UCSI International School

Statistics

21.1.16
59 min
51 marks
To be completed in class and at home

1. A school has 350 students.

The table shows the number of students attending school in one week.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

334 329 348 341 323

For these values,

(i) calculate the mean,

Answer (i) ……………….……

[2]

(ii) find the median,

Answer (ii) …….………………

[1]

(iii) find the range.

Answer (iii) ……………………

[1]

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2.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Minimum
temperature 4 6 0 –2 –4 2
°C
Maximum
temperature 8 10 5 7 2 7
°C

The table shows the minimum and maximum temperatures on six days of a week.

(a) (i) On Sunday the minimum temperature was 5°C lower than on Saturday.
The maximum temperature was 2°C higher than on Saturday.

Use this information to complete the table.

[2]

(ii) Find the difference between the minimum and maximum temperatures on
Thursday.

Answer (a) (ii) …………………….…… °C

[1]

(b) Use the table to complete the graphs below for all seven days.

10
M ax im u m
tem p eratu re
8

6
Tem p eratu re °C

0
M o n d ay Tu esd ay Wed n esd ay T h u rsd ay F rid ay S atu rd ay S u n d ay
–2
M in im u m
tem p eratu re
–4

–6
[2]

(c) Use your graphs to find

(i) on how many days the temperature fell below –1 °C,

Answer (c) (i) ….....……….………….……..

[1]

(ii) which day had the largest difference between minimum and maximum
temperatures.

Answer (c) (ii) …….....……………….……...

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3. Asif tests a six-sided spinner.

He draws a bar chart to show the results.

14

12

10

8
F req u en cy
6

0
1 2 3 4 5 6

N u m b er

(i) How many times did he spin this spinner?

Answer (i) ………….…..………………

[2]

(ii) Calculate the mean score for this spinner.

Answer (ii) ……………..………………

[3]

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4. Carlos is in a class of 12 students.
He compares the results of the students in a mathematics test with their results in a history test.

The table shows these results.

Student A B C D E F G H I J K L
Mathematics mark 17 8 11 15 14 19 9 12 19 18 13 15
History mark 10 13 10 8 11 7 14 11 10 11 11 10

(a) A student is chosen at random.

What is the probability that the student scored more than 10 marks

(i) in mathematics,

Answer (a)(i) ……..……………

[1]

(ii) in mathematics and in history,

Answer (a)(ii) ……..……………

[1]

(iii) in at least one subject?

Answer (a)(iii) ……….…………

[1]

(b) The mean mathematics mark is 14.2.

Calculate the mean history mark.

Answer (b) ………………………

[2]

(c)
15
14
13
12
11
H isto ry
m ark 1 0
9
8
7

0 7 8 9 1 0 11 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0
M ath em atics m ark

(i) On the grid, plot the points to show the results of the 12 students.
[3]

(ii) Draw a line of best fit.

[1]

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 (iii) What type of correlation does this show?

Answer (c)(iii) …………………

[1]

5. Which word describes the correlation in the scatter graph below?

Answer …….………………..……………
[1]

6. The table below shows the average daily sunshine, s, and the total monthly rainfall, r, for a city
during one year.

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

s (hours) 6 7 7 9 10 12 12 12 9 8 6 5

r (mm) 70 52 72 41 20 6 1 4 16 52 65 67

(a) For s, find

(i) the mode

Answer (a)(i) …..………… hours

[1]

(ii) the range,

Answer(a)(ii) ……...……… hours

[1]

(iii) the median.

Answer (a)(iii) ………….… hours

[2]

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 (b) On the grid below, plot the 10 points for March to December to complete the scatter
diagram.
r

70

60

50

To tal
M o n th ly 4 0
R ain fall
(m m )
30

20

10

0
s
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Av erag e D aily S u n sh in e (h o u rs)
[3]

(c) (i) Calculate the mean of s.

Answer (c)(i) ……………… hours

[2]

(ii) The mean of r is 38.8 millimetres.

On the grid, plot the point representing these means. Label this point M.
[1]

(d) (i) Draw a line of best fit on the grid.

[1]

(ii) What type of correlation does your scatter diagram show?

Answer (d)(ii) ……………………

[1]

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