1 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.
The ages of a sample of 40 students were recorded.
The results are given in the table below.
Age (x years) 8 x 10 10 x 11 11 x 12 12 x 14 14 x 16 16 x 19
Frequency 7 8 6 10 3 6
(a) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 year, draw a horizontal axis for ages from 8 to 19 years.
Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit, draw a vertical axis for frequency densities
from 0 to 8 units.
On your axes, draw a histogram to illustrate the distribution of ages. [3]
(b) In which interval does the median lie? [1]
(c) Calculate an estimate of the mean age of the students. [3]
(d) Calculate an estimate of the number of students who were under 13 years old. [1]
(e) One student is chosen at random from this sample of 40 students.
Write down the probability that this student is
(i) under 8, [1]
(ii) over 16. [1]
(f) A second student is now chosen at random from the remaining 39 students.
Calculate the probability that one student is over 16 and the other is not over 16.
Give your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms. [2]
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2 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.
The heights of 120 children were measured.
The results are summarised in the table below.
Height (h cm) 135 < h ⭐ 140 140 < h ⭐ 145 145 < h ⭐ 150 150 < h ⭐ 155 155 < h ⭐ 160 160 < h ⭐ 180
Frequency 15 20 25 30 20 10
(a) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 5 cm, draw a horizontal axis for heights from 135 cm to 180 cm.
Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit, draw a vertical axis for frequency densities from 0 to 6 units.
On your axes, draw a histogram to represent the information in the table. [3]
(b) Estimate how many children have heights greater than 170 cm. [1]
(c) One child was chosen at random.
Find the probability that the height of this child was less than or equal to 140 cm.
Give your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms. [1]
(d) Two children were chosen at random.
Find the probability that they both had heights in the range 150 < h ⭐ 155. [2]
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3 Answer THE WHOLE of this question on a sheet of graph paper.
The waiting times of 50 people at a supermarket checkout were recorded.
The results are summarised in the table below.
Time
(t minutes) 1<t3 3<t4 4<t5 5<t7 7<t9 9 < t 12
Number
4 10 8 14 8 6
of people
(a) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 minute, draw a horizontal axis for waiting times
between 0 and 12 minutes.
Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit, draw a vertical axis for frequency densities
from 0 to 10 units.
On your axes, draw a histogram to illustrate the distribution of waiting times. [3]
(b) In which class does the upper quartile lie? [1]
(c) Calculate an estimate of the mean waiting time. [3]
(d) One person is chosen, at random, from the 50 people.
Write down the probability that this person waited
(i) less than 1 minute, [1]
(ii) more than 5 minutes. [1]
(e) A second person is now chosen, at random, from the remaining 49 people.
Expressing each answer as a fraction in its lowest terms, calculate the probability that
(i) both people waited more than 5 minutes, [1]
(ii) one person waited more than 5 minutes and the other waited 5 minutes or less. [2]
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4 Answer the WHOLE of this question on a sheet of graph paper.
The time taken by 140 children to run 200 metres was recorded.
The results are summarised in the table below.
Time (t seconds) 22 ⭐ t < 24 24 ⭐ t < 26 26 ⭐ t < 31 31 ⭐ t < 36 36 ⭐ t < 46
Frequency 12 18 42 28 40
(i) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 2 seconds, draw a horizontal axis for time
from 22 seconds to 46 seconds.
Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit, draw a vertical axis for frequency density
from 0 to 9 units.
On your axes, draw a histogram to represent the information in the table. [3]
(ii) Estimate the number of children who took less than 25 seconds to run 200 metres. [1]
(iii) One child was chosen at random.
Calculate the probability that the time taken by this child was less than 36 seconds.
Express your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms. [1]
(iv) Out of the 30 children who took less than 26 seconds, two were chosen at random.
Calculate the probability that they both took less than 24 seconds. [2]
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5 The table shows the distribution of the masses of 90 apples.
Mass
60 m 80 80 m 90 90 m 95 95 m 100 100 m 110 110 m 130
(m grams)
Frequency 10 16 20 21 22 1
(a) In which interval does the median lie? [1]
(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean.
[3]
(c) A histogram is drawn to represent this information.
(i) Calculate the frequency density of the interval 90 m 95. [1]
(ii) The rectangle representing the apples with masses in the interval 80 m 90 has width
2 cm and height 4 cm.
Find the width and height of the rectangle representing the apples with masses in
the interval 90 m 95. [2]
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6 The masses of 120 potatoes were recorded.
The table below shows the distribution of their masses.
Mass (m grams) 0 ⭐ m ⬍ 100 100 ⭐ m ⬍ 150 150 ⭐ m ⬍ 200 200 ⭐ m ⬍ 250 250 ⭐ m ⬍ 350
Frequency 14 28 37 21 20
(a) (i) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 50 grams, label the horizontal axis for masses from
0 to 350 grams.
Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 0.1 unit, label the vertical axis for frequency densities
from 0 to 0.8 units.
Draw a histogram to represent the information in the table.
[3]
(ii) Estimate the number of potatoes with a mass greater than 270 grams.
Answer .......................................... [1]
(iii) In which interval is the upper quartile of the distribution?
Answer .......................................... [1]
(iv) Find the probability that a potato chosen at random has a mass less than 150 grams.
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
Answer .......................................... [1]
19
The masses of some oranges were recorded.
The table below shows the distribution of their masses.
Mass (n grams) 100 ⭐ n ⬍ 150 150 ⭐ n ⬍ 200 200 ⭐ n ⬍ 250
Frequency 14 p 26
(b) The estimated mean mass of an orange is 183 grams.
Find the value of p.
Answer ........................................ [3]
(c) (i) An orange is chosen at random.
Find the probability that it has a mass less than 250 grams.
Answer ........................................ [1]
(ii) A potato and an orange are chosen at random.
Calculate the probability that they both have a mass less than 150 grams.
Answer ........................................ [2]
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7 The journey times of 80 drivers are summarised in the table.
Time
60 < t ⭐ 80 80 < t ⭐ 90 90 < t ⭐ 95 95 < t ⭐ 100 100 < t ⭐ 110 110 < t ⭐ 130
(t minutes)
Number
4 10 14 20 24 8
of drivers
(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean journey time.
Answer ...................... minutes [3]
(b) (i) A driver is chosen at random.
Find the probability that the journey time for this driver is 95 minutes or less.
Answer .................................... [1]
(ii) Two drivers are chosen at random without replacement.
Calculate the probability that both their journey times are more than 100 minutes.
Answer ..................................... [2]
(c) Complete the histogram to represent the information in the table.
Frequency
density 2
0
60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130
Time (t minutes)
[3]
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8 The heights of 150 children are measured.
The results are summarised in the table.
Height
130 < h 140 140 < h 150 150 < h 155 155 < h 160 160 < h 170 170 < h 190
(h cm)
Frequency 10 30 20 30 35 25
(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean height.
Answer ............................... cm [3]
(b) (i) One child is chosen at random.
Find the probability that this child has a height greater than 160 cm.
Answer ..................................... [1]
(ii) Two children are chosen at random without replacement.
Find the probability that the height of one child is greater than 160 cm and the height of
the other is 150 cm or less.
Answer ..................................... [2]
(c) Complete the histogram to represent the information in the table.
4
Frequency
3
density
0
130 140 150 160 170 180 190
Height (h cm)
[3]
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9 Thefrequencydiagramshowsthedistributionofthenumberoflettersreceivedbyafamily
eachdayovera31dayperio
Number 5
of days
4
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of letters
Forthisdistribution,find
(i) themode,
Answer ............................................... [1]
(ii) themedian.
Answer ............................................... [1]
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10 Thedistributionoftheweightsofluggagefor140passengersisshowninthetable.
Weightof
luggage 01wG6 61wG10 101wG14 141wG16 161wG18 181wG22 221wG30
(wkg)
Frequency 15 14 20 24 31 24 12
(i) Calculateanestimateofthemeanweightofluggage.
Answer ........................................... kg[3]
(ii) Onthegridopposite,drawahistogramtorepresentthisdata. [3]
(iii) Estimatetheprobabilitythatapassenger,chosenatrandom,hasluggageweighingless
than13kg.
Answer ............................................... [2]
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 w
Weight of luggage (kg)
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11 (a) The distribution of the times spent by 200 customers at a restaurant one evening is shown in
the table.
Time (t minutes) 30 G t < 60 60 G t < 80 80 G t < 90 90 G t < 100 100 G t < 120
Frequency 24 p q 58 28
The diagram shows part of the histogram that represents this data.
Frequency
3
density
0
30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
Time (t minutes)
(i) Complete the histogram. [1]
(ii) Find p and q.
Answer p = .........................................
q = ......................................... [2]
(iii) Estimate the probability that a customer, chosen at random, spent more than 95 minutes
in the restaurant.
Answer ................................................ [1]
(b) The table below shows the distribution of the ages of these customers.
Age (y years) 0 < y G 20 20 < y G 40 40 < y G 60 60 < y G 80
Frequency 34 57 85 24
(i) State the modal class.
Answer ................................................ [1]
(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean age of these customers.
Answer ...................................... years [3]
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12 The table summarises the ages of the members of a film club.
Age (a years) 15 G a 1 20 20 G a 1 30 30 G a 1 40 40 G a 1 60 60 G a 1 80
Frequency 12 36 45 33 24
(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean age of the members.
Answer .................................................... [3]
(ii) On the grid below, draw a histogram to represent this data.
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Age (a years)
[3]
(iii) Find an estimate for the number of members of the film club who are over 50.
Answer .................................................... [1]
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13 (a) The histogram represents the distribution of the masses, in grams, of individual apples in a box.
5
Frequency
density
4
0
80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120
Mass (g)
This information is summarised in the table below.
Mass (m g) Frequency
80 < m G 90 5
90 < m G 95 8
95 < m G 100 p
100 < m G 102.5 q
102.5 < m G 105 20
105 < m G 110 23
110 < m G 120 10
Calculate p and q.
Answer p = .............. q = .............. [2]
(b) The mass of each plum in a box is recorded correct to the nearest 5 grams.
Mass (to the nearest 5 g) Frequency
10 – 15 6
20 – 25 18
30 – 35 25
40 – 45 10
50 – 55 1
(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass of a plum.
Answer ........................................ g [3]
(ii) Calculate the upper bound for the total mass of plums in the box.
Answer ........................................ g [2]
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14 The table shows the distribution of the total cost per person for holidays in 2014 for another
group of people.
Total cost per
0 G c 1 250 250 G c 1 500 500 G c 1 1000 1000 G c 1 2000 2000 G c 1 3500
person ($c)
Frequency 35 20 15 8 6
(i) Draw a histogram to represent this data.
0.14
0.12
0.10
0.08
Frequency
density
0.06
0.04
0.02
0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
Total cost ($)
[3]
(ii) Estimate the number of people who spent less than $700 on holidays in 2014.
Answer ............................................ [2]
2
(iii) Of the people who spent less than $250 on holidays in 2014, did not go on holiday.
7
How many people did not go on holiday in 2014?
Answer ............................................ [1]
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15 The length of time taken by 80 drivers to complete a particular journey is summarised in the table
below.
Time
60 1 t G 80 80 1 t G 90 90 1 t G 95 95 1 t G 100 100 1 t G 110 110 1 t G 130
(t minutes)
Number of
4 10 14 20 24 8
drivers
(a) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 10 minutes, draw a horizontal axis for times from 60 minutes to
130 minutes.
Choose a suitable scale for the vertical axis and draw a histogram to represent this information.
[3]
(b) In which of the intervals does the median time lie?
Answer .......................................... [1]
(c) Calculate an estimate of the mean time taken to complete the journey.
Answer ............................ minutes [3]
(d) One driver is chosen at random.
Calculate the probability that this driver took 95 minutes or less for the journey.
Answer .......................................... [1]
(e) Two of the 80 drivers are chosen at random.
(i) Calculate the probability that both took more than 100 minutes for the journey.
Answer .......................................... [2]
(ii) Calculate the probability that one took 80 minutes or less and the other took more than
110 minutes.
Answer .......................................... [2]
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16 Steven asked 25 women how many children they have.
The results are summarised in the table below.
Number of children Frequency
0 7
1 5
2 6
3 4
4 3
(a) Find
(i) the mean,
Answer .......................................... [2]
(ii) the median,
Answer .......................................... [1]
(iii) the mode.
Answer .......................................... [1]
(b) Steven says that the mode is the average that best represents the data.
Explain why Steven is wrong.
Answer ....................................................................................................................................... [1]
(c) Steven chooses two women at random from the group.
Calculate the probability that both of them have just one child.
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
Answer .......................................... [2]
(d) Draw a bar chart to represent this data.
Frequency
Number of children
[2]
(e) Steven shows Frank the paper on which he recorded the data from his survey.
Part of the paper has been torn.
1 4 2 2 3
0 1 0 3 2
2 0 4 1
3 1 0
0 2 2
Which five numbers are missing from the paper?
Answer ...... , ...... , ...... , ...... , ...... [1]
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17 The times taken by 135 runners to complete a cross-country course were recorded.
The results are summarised in the table.
Time (t minutes) 20 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 35 35 1 t G 40 40 1 t G 50 50 1 t G 70
Number of runners 15 30 40 35 15
(i) On the grid, draw a histogram to represent this information.
Frequency
density
20 30 40 50 60 70
Time (t minutes)
[3]
(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean time.
Answer ............................. minutes [3]
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18 Sunil recorded the lengths, in minutes, of the 150 phone calls he made one month.
His results are summarised in the table.
Length of call (t minutes) 01tG5 5 1 t G 10 10 1 t G 20 20 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 50
Frequency 35 42 30 28 15
(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean length of a call.
Answer ............................. minutes [3]
(b) On the grid below, draw a histogram to represent this data.
Frequency
density
0
0 10 20 30 40 50
Length of call (t minutes)
[3]
(c) Find an estimate for the percentage of Sunil’s calls that were longer than 25 minutes.
Answer ...................................... % [2]
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19 (a) Jenny recorded the time, in minutes, of 40 movies.
The table summarises her results.
Time (t minutes) 60 1 t G 80 80 1 t G 100 100 1 t G 120 120 1 t G 140 140 1 t G 160
Frequency 2 7 15 11 5
On the grid, draw a frequency polygon to represent this information.
16
14
12
10
Frequency
8
0
60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160
Time (t minutes)
[2]
(b) Jenny asked 60 people how many movies they had each watched in the last month.
The table summarises her results.
Number of movies 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency p 14 15 7 q 5 2
The mean number of movies watched is 2.3 .
Find the value of p and the value of q.
Answer p = .....................................
q = ..................................... [3]
(c) Jenny also asked which type of movie each of the 60 people preferred.
The table summarises her results.
Type of movie Action Comedy Drama Horror
Frequency 24 15 9 12
(i) Complete the pie chart to represent the results.
Action
[3]
(ii) One of the 60 people is chosen at random.
Find the probability that this person preferred drama or horror movies.
Answer ........................................... [1]
(iii) Two of the 60 people are chosen at random.
Calculate the probability that they both preferred comedy movies.
Answer ........................................... [2]
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20 (a) One afternoon, there were 200 visitors to a library.
The table summarises the time, in minutes, each visitor spent in the library.
Time (t minutes) 0 1 t G 20 20 1 t G 40 40 1 t G 60 60 1 t G 90 90 1 t G 180
Frequency 26 76 56 24 18
(i) On the grid, draw a histogram to represent this data.
Frequency
density
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 t
Times (minutes)
[3]
(ii) Work out the percentage of these visitors who spent more than 40 minutes in the library.
................................................ % [2]
(b) Mario recorded the number of books borrowed by each of the 200 visitors to the library.
His results are shown in the table.
Number of books 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 17 47 42 28 32 21 13
(i) Find the median.
.................................................... [1]
(ii) Calculate the mean.
.................................................... [2]
(iii) One of the visitors is selected at random.
Find the probability that this visitor borrowed more than 4 books.
.................................................... [1]
(iv) Two of the visitors are selected at random.
Find the probability that only one of them borrowed 6 books.
Give your answer as a decimal correct to 4 significant figures.
.................................................... [3]
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21 Rowan throws a dice 200 times.
The bar chart shows his results.
50
40
30
Frequency
20
10
0
1 2 3 4 5 6
Number on dice
(i) Use the bar chart to complete the table of results.
Number on dice 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 46 31 28
[1]
(ii) Using Rowan’s results, find the relative frequency that he threw a number less than 3.
................................................. [2]
(iii) Rowan says that the dice he has thrown is not a fair dice.
Make two comments to explain why the dice may not be fair.
.............................................................................................................................................
............................................................................................................................................. [2]
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