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One thousand candidates sit an examination. The distribution of marks is shown in the following grouped frequency
table.
Marks
110
Number of
candidates
(a)
1120
2130
3140
4150
5160
6170
7180
8190
91100
50
100
170
260
220
90
45
30
20
15
Copy and complete the following table, which presents the above data as a cumulative frequency distribution.
(3)
Mark
Number of
candidates
10
20
15
65
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
905
(b)
Draw a cumulative frequency graph of the distribution, using a scale of 1 cm for 100 candidates on the
vertical axis and 1 cm for 10 marks on the horizontal axis.
(c)
(5)
(i)
(ii)
Candidates who scored less than 35 were required to retake the examination.
How many candidates had to retake?
(iii)
(2)
(3)
(3)
2.
At a conference of 100 mathematicians there are 72 men and 28 women. The men have a mean height of 1.79 m and
the women have a mean height of 1.62 m. Find the mean height of the 100 mathematicians.
3.
Mark
Frequency
The mean mark is 4.6.
4.
(a)
(b)
1
0
2
4
3
6
4
k
5
8
6
6
7
6
5.
A box contains 100 cards. Each card has a number between one and six written on it.
The following table shows the frequencies for each number.
(a)
Number
1
Frequency
26
Calculate the value of k.
(b)
Find
2
10
3
20
4
k
5
29
6
11
(2)
6.
(i)
the median;
(ii)
In a school with 125 girls, each student is tested to see how many sit-up exercises (sit-ups) she can do in one minute.
The results are given in the table below.
Number of sit-ups
(a)
Number of students
(i)
15
16
17
18
19
20
Write down the value of p.
(ii)
11
21
33
q
18
8
Cumulative
number of students
11
32
p
99
117
125
(3)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(2)
7.
A set of data is
18, 18, 19, 19, 20, 22, 22, 23, 27, 28, 28, 31, 34, 34, 36.
The box and whisker plot for this data is shown below.
(a)
(b)
8.
B = ......
C= ......
D = ......
E = ......
(a)
Frequency
0 age 20
20 age 40
40 age 60
60 age 80
80 age 100
40
Mid-interval
value
10
(2)
9.
There are 50 boxes in a factory. Their weights, w kg, are divided into 5 classes, as shown in the following table.
(a)
Class
Weight (kg)
A
9.5 w 18.5
B
18.5 w 27.5
C
27.5 w 36.5
D
36.5 w 45.5
E
45.5 w 54.5
Show that the estimated mean weight of the boxes is 32 kg.
Number of boxes
7
12
13
10
8
(3)
(b)
There are x boxes in the factory marked Fragile. They are all in class E. The estimated mean weight of all
the other boxes in the factory is 30 kg. Calculate the value of x.
(c)
An additional y boxes, all with a weight in class D, are delivered to the factory. The total estimated mean
weight of all of the boxes in the factory is less than 33 kg. Find the largest possible value of y.
(4)
(5)
10.
The cumulative frequency graph below shows the heights of 120 girls in a school.
1 3 0
1 2 0
11 0
1 0 0
C u m u la tiv e fre q u e n c y
9 0
8 0
7 0
6 0
5 0
4 0
3 0
2 0
1 0
0
1 5 0
1 5 5
1 6 0
1 6 5
1 7 0
1 7 5
1 8 0
1 8 5
H e ig h t in c e n tim e tre s
(a)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
Given that 60 of the girls are taller than a cm, find the value of a.
The following is the cumulative frequency curve for the time, t minutes, spent by 150 people in a store on a particular
day.
150
140
130
120
110
100
c u m u la tiv e fre q u e n c y
11.
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
10
11
12
tim e (t)
(a)
(i)
(ii)
Find the number of people who spent between 5 and 7 minutes in the store.
4
(iii)
(b)
Given that 40 of the people spent longer than k minutes, find the value of k.
(3)
(c)
(i)
On your answer sheet, copy and complete the following frequency table.
t (minutes)
0t2
2t4
4t6
6t8
Frequency
10
23
(ii)
Hence, calculate an estimate for the mean time spent in the store.
8 t 10
10 t 12
15
(5)
(Total 14 marks)
12.
The mean of the population x1, x2, ........ , x25 is m. Given that
= 300 and
25
i 1
= 625, find
25
( x m)
i
i 1
13.
14.
(a)
the value of m;
(b)
The box and whisker diagram shown below represents the marks received by 32 students.
(a)
(b)
(c)
The four populations A, B, C and D are the same size and have the same range.
Frequency histograms for the four populations are given below.
(a)
Each of the three box and whisker plots below corresponds to one of the four populations. Write the letter of
the correct population under each plot.
5
......
(b)
15.
......
......
Each of the three cumulative frequency diagrams below corresponds to one of the four populations. Write the
letter of the correct population under each diagram.
(b)
16.
r;
(ii)
s.
In the research department of a university, 300 mice were timed as they each ran through a maze. The results are
shown in the cumulative frequency diagram opposite.
(a)
(b)
(c)
17.
(i)
Time t (seconds)
Number of mice
t7
0
7t8
16
8t9
22
9 t 10
p
10 t 11
q
11 t 12
70
12 t 13
44
13 t 14
31
14 t 15
23
Find the value of p and the value of q.
(ii)
A supermarket records the amount of money d spent by customers in their store during a busy period. The results are
as follows:
Money in $ (d)
Number of customers (n)
020
24
2040
16
4060
22
6080
40
80100
18
100120
10
120140
4
(a)
Find an estimate for the mean amount of money spent by the customers, giving your answer to the nearest
dollar ($).
(b)
Copy and complete the following cumulative frequency table and use it to draw a cumulative frequency
graph. Use a scale of 2 cm to represent $20 on the horizontal axis, and 2 cm to represent 20 customers on the
vertical axis.
(2)
(5)
Money in $ (d)
Number of customers (n)
<20
24
<40
40
<60
<80
< 100
< 120
< 140
(c)
The time t (minutes), spent by customers in the store may be represented by the equation
t=
2d
2
3
+ 3.
(i)
Use this equation and your answer to part (a) to estimate the mean time in minutes spent by customers
in the store.
(ii)
Use the equation and the cumulative frequency graph to estimate the number of customers who spent
more than 37 minutes in the store.
18.
A taxi company has 200 taxi cabs. The cumulative frequency curve below shows the fares in dollars ($) taken by the
cabs on a particular morning.
2 0 0
1 8 0
1 6 0
1 4 0
N um ber of cabs
1 2 0
1 0 0
8 0
6 0
4 0
2 0
1 0
(a)
2 0
3 0
4 0
F a r e s
5 0
6 0
7 0
8 0
( $ )
(ii)
The company charges 55 cents per kilometre for distance travelled. There are no other charges. Use the curve to
answer the following.
(b)
On that morning, 40% of the cabs travel less than a km. Find the value of a.
(c)
(4)
19.
The 45 students in a class each recorded the number of whole minutes, x, spent doing experiments on Monday. The
results are x = 2230.
(a)
Find the mean number of minutes the students spent doing experiments on Monday.
Two new students joined the class and reported that they spent 37 minutes and 30 minutes respectively.
(b)
20.
A test marked out of 100 is written by 800 students. The cumulative frequency graph for the marks is given
800
700
600
N um ber
of
c a n d id a te s
500
400
300
200
100
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
800
700
600
N um ber
of
c a n d id a te s
500
400
300
200
100
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
M a rk
21.
(a)
Write down the number of students who scored 40 marks or less on the test.
(b)
The middle 50% of test results lie between marks a and b, where a < b. Find a and b.
22.
The cumulative frequency curve below shows the heights of 120 basketball players in centimetres.
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
N u m b e r o f p la y e rs
50
40
30
20
10
0
160
165
170
175
180
185
190
195
200
H e ig h t in c e n tim e tre s
(b)
23.
The table below shows the marks gained in a test by a group of students.
Mark
1
2
3
Number of students
5
10
p
The median is 3 and the mode is 2. Find the two possible values of p.
24.
4
6
5
2
The cumulative frequency curve below shows the marks obtained in an examination by a group of 200 tudents.
2 0 0
1 9 0
1 8 0
1 7 0
1 6 0
1 5 0
1 4 0
N u m b e r
o f
s tu d e n ts
1 3 0
1 2 0
1 1 0
1 0 0
9 0
8 0
7 0
6 0
5 0
4 0
3 0
2 0
1 0
0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
M a rk o b ta in e d
7 0
8 0
9 0
1 0 0
(a)
Use the cumulative frequency curve to complete the frequency table below.
(b)
Mark (x)
0 x < 20
20 x < 40
Number of
22
students
Forty percent of the students fail. Find the pass mark.
40 x < 60
60 x < 80
80 x < 100
20
A student measured the diameters of 80 snail shells. His results are shown in the following cumulative frequency
graph. The lower quartile (LQ) is 14 mm and is marked clearly on the graph.
90
80
C u m u la tiv e fre q u e n c y
5.
1 0
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
(a)
10
15
L Q = 14
20
25
30
35
40
45
D ia m e te r (m m )
On the graph, mark clearly in the same way and write down the value of
11
(b)
26.
(i)
the median;
(ii)
The number of hours of sleep of 21 students are shown in the frequency table below.
Hours of sleep
4
5
6
7
8
10
12
Number of students
2
5
4
3
4
2
1
Find
(a)
the median;
(b)
(c)
27.
Three positive integers a, b, and c, where a < b < c, are such that their median is 11, their mean is 9 and their range is
10. Find the value of a.
28.
10
1
20
2
30
5
40
k
50
3
From January to September, the mean number of car accidents per month was 630. From October to December, the
mean was 810 accidents per month.
What was the mean number of car accidents per month for the whole year?
30.
The speeds in km h
(a)
Speed v
Number of cars
v 60
0
60 < v 70
7
70 < v 80
25
80 < v 90
63
90 < v 100
70
100 < v 110
71
110 < v 120
39
120 < v 130
20
130 < v 140
5
v > 140
0
Calculate an estimate of the mean speed of the cars.
(b)
The following table gives some of the cumulative frequencies for the information above.
Speed v
v 60
v 70
v 80
v 90
Cumulative frequency
0
7
32
95
12
v 100
v 110
v 120
v 130
v 140
a
236
b
295
300
(i)
(ii)
On graph paper, construct a cumulative frequency curve to represent this information. Use a scale of
1
1 cm for 10 km h on the horizontal axis and a scale of 1 cm for 20 cars on the vertical axis.
(5)
(c)
(ii)
31.
Weight (W)
80 < W 85
85 < W 90
Number of
packets
10
100 < W
105
105 < W
110
110 < W
115
13
26
(a)
Use the midpoint of each interval to nd an estimate for the standard deviation of the weights.
(b)
Copy and complete the following cumulative frequency table for the above data.
3)
Weight (W)
Number of
packets
W 85
W 90
15
W 95
W 100
W 105
W 110
W 115
80
(1)
(c)
A cumulative frequency graph of the distribution is shown below, with a scale 2 cm for 10 packets on the
vertical axis and 2 cm for 5 grams on the horizontal axis.
13
80
70
60
50
N um ber
of
p a c k e ts
40
30
20
10
80
85
90
95
100
W e ig h t (g ra m s )
105
110
115
the median;
(ii)
(d)
the sum
One of the 80 packets is selected at random. Given that its weight satises
85 < W 110, nd the probability that its weight is greater than 100 grams.
(4)
(Total 14 marks)
32.
the median;
(b)
the mean.
Number (x)
Frequency (f )
33.
1
5
2
9
3
16
4
18
5
20
6
7
The following diagram represents the lengths, in cm, of 80 plants grown in a laboratory.
14
20
15
fre q u e n c y
10
5
0
(a)
10
20
30
40
50
le n g th (c m )
60
70
80
90
100
50 and 60?
(ii)
70 and 90?
(2)
(b)
Calculate estimates for the mean and the standard deviation of the lengths of the plants.
(c)
Explain what feature of the diagram suggests that the median is different from the mean.
(d)
34.
A survey is carried out to find the waiting times for 100 customers at a supermarket.
(a)
waiting time
number of
(seconds)
customers
030
5
30 60
15
60 90
33
90 120
21
120150
11
150180
7
180210
5
210240
3
Calculate an estimate for the mean of the waiting times, by using an appropriate approximation to represent
each interval.
(b)
(c)
Use the cumulative frequency table to draw, on graph paper, a cumulative frequency graph, using a scale of 1
cm per 20 seconds waiting time for the horizontal axis and 1 cm per 10 customers for the vertical axis.
(d)
Use the cumulative frequency graph to find estimates for the median and the lower and upper quartiles.
(
35.
In a school with 125 girls, each student is tested to see how many sit-up exercises (sit-ups) she can do in one minute.
The results are given in the table below.
Number of sit-ups
Number of students
15
11
Cumulative
number of students
11
15
(a)
(i)
16
17
18
19
20
Write down the value of p.
(ii)
(b)
(c)
21
33
q
18
8
32
p
99
117
125
(2)
16