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Practice Paper Style Questions
Topic: Cumulative Frequency (Higher Tier) 12 – 13

For this paper you must have: 14 – 15

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 HB pencil
 ruler (with cm & mm)
 rubber
 protractor
 compass
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Time allowed
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 Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Draw diagrams in pencil.
 Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
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1 This table shows information about the height, h millimetres, 120 bean plants grow in a outside the
box

fortnight:

Height (h millimetres) Frequency

70 < ℎ ≤ 80 3

80 < ℎ ≤ 90 11

90 < ℎ ≤ 100 35

100 < ℎ ≤ 110 33

110 < ℎ ≤ 120 27

120 < ℎ ≤ 130 11

(a) Write down the modal class interval.

Answer ...................................... (1 mark)

(b) Complete the cumulative frequency table:

Height (h millimetres) Cumulative Frequency

70 < ℎ ≤ 80 3

80 < ℎ ≤ 90

……… 90 < ℎ ≤ 100

100 < ℎ ≤ 110

110 < ℎ ≤ 120

120 < ℎ ≤ 130

(1 mark)
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(c) On the grid below, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your cumulative
frequency table.

120

100
Cumulative frequency

80

60

40

20

0
70 80 90 100 110 120 130
Height (h millimetres)

(2 marks)

(d) Use your graph to find an estimate for the median.

Answer ................................mm...... (1 mark)

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2 Here are four cumulative frequency diagrams:

Here are four box and whisker plots:

Box & Whisker Plot 1 Box & Whisker Plot 2

Box & Whisker Plot 3 Box & Whisker Plot 4

For each box and whisker plot, write down the letter of the matching cumulative frequency
diagram.

1 2 3 4

(2 marks) 5
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3 This table shows information about the number of aces served by players in a tennis
tournament:

Number of aces Frequency

0 < 𝑛 ≤ 20 14

20 < 𝑛 ≤ 30 28

30 < 𝑛 ≤ 40 22

40 < 𝑛 ≤ 50 11

50 < 𝑛 ≤ 60 5

(a) Write down the modal class interval.

Answer ...................................... (1 mark)

(b) Complete the cumulative frequency table:

Number of aces Cumulative Frequency

0 < 𝑛 ≤ 20

20 < 𝑛 ≤ 30

……… 30 < 𝑛 ≤ 40

40 < 𝑛 ≤ 50

50 < 𝑛 ≤ 60

(1 mark)
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(c) On the grid below, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your cumulative
frequency table.

80

70

60

50
Cumulative frequency

40

30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Number of aces
(2 marks)

(d) Use your graph to find an estimate for:

(i) the median number of aces;

Answer ....................................... (1 mark)

(ii) the interquartile range of the number of aces.

Answer ...................................... (2 marks)

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4 This table shows information about the number of apps on 100 children’s tablets:

Number of apps Frequency

0 < 𝑛 ≤ 20 18

20 < 𝑛 ≤ 40 20

40 < 𝑛 ≤ 60 37

60 < 𝑛 ≤ 80 16

80 < 𝑛 ≤ 100 7

100 < 𝑛 ≤ 120 2

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table below for this information:

Number of apps Cumulative Frequency

0 < 𝑛 ≤ 20

20 < 𝑛 ≤ 40

……… 40 < 𝑛 ≤ 60

60 < 𝑛 ≤ 80

80 < 𝑛 ≤ 100

100 < 𝑛 ≤ 120

(1 mark)
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(b) On the grid below, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

100

80
Cumulative frequency

60

40

20

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Number of Apps
(2 marks)

(c) Use your graph to find an estimate for the median number of apps.

Answer ........................................ (1 mark)

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5 This table shows information about the ages, y years, of 60 teachers:

Age (y years) Frequency

20 < 𝑛 ≤ 30 12

30 < 𝑛 ≤ 40 15

40 < 𝑛 ≤ 50 18

50 < 𝑛 ≤ 60 12

60 < 𝑛 ≤ 70 3

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table below for this information:

Age (y years) Cumulative Frequency

20 < 𝑛 ≤ 30

30 < 𝑛 ≤ 40

……… 40 < 𝑛 ≤ 50

50 < 𝑛 ≤ 60

60 < 𝑛 ≤ 70

(1 mark)
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(b) On the grid below, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

70

60

50
Cumulative frequency

40

30

20

10

0
20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Age in Years
(2 marks)

(c) Use your graph to find an estimate for the median age.

Answer ........................................ (1 mark)

(d) Use your cumulative frequency graph to find an estimate for the number of teachers
older than 55 years.

Answer ........................................ (1 mark)

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6 This table shows information about the marks (m) scored by 120 students in an exam:

Mark m Frequency

0 < 𝑚 ≤ 20 7

20 < 𝑚 ≤ 40 12

40 < 𝑚 ≤ 60 45

60 < 𝑚 ≤ 80 36

80 < 𝑚 ≤ 100 20

(a) On the grid below, draw a cumulative frequency graph for this information.

120

100

80
Cumulative frequency

60

40

20

0 20 40 60 80 100
Mark
(3 marks)
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(b) 75% of the students pass the exam.

Use the cumulative frequency graph to estimate the pass mark.

Answer ................................................................. (2 marks)

(c) Use your cumulative frequency graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range.

Answer ................................................................. (2 marks)

(d) Use your cumulative frequency graph to find an estimate for the following:

(i) The number of students who scored less than 50 marks.

Answer ................................................................. (1 mark)

(ii) The number of students who scored more than 70 marks.

Answer ................................................................. (1 mark)

(iii) The number of students who scored more than 90 marks.

Answer ................................................................. (1 mark)

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7 Paul measured the height, in cm, of each of the cucumber plants in his greenhouse.

He used his measurements to draw the box-and-whisker plot shown below:

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Height in cm

(a) Write down the median height.

Answer ...........................................cm....... (1 mark)

(b) Work out the interquartile range.

Answer ...........................................cm....... (2 marks)

(c) *Explain why the interquartile range may offer a better measure of spread than the
range.

......................................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................................

(1 mark)
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8 This box-and-whisker plot gives information about the weights of bags on a train:

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

Weight (kg)

(a) Write down the median weight.

Answer ...........................................kg....... (1 mark)

(b) Work out the interquartile range of the weights.

Answer ...........................................kg....... (2 marks)

(c) *Jo says the lightest bag weighs 9kg. She is wrong. Explain why.

......................................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................................

(1 mark)

There are 270 bags on the train.

(d) Work out the number of bags with a weight of 21kg or more.

Answer .................................................... (2 marks)

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