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1. The distribution below shows the heights, in cm, of five athletes in a training camp.
171 131 159 143 131
(a) Find the median of the heights of the athletes.
(b) When the sixth and the tallest athlete joins the camp the range becomes 42 cm.
Calculate the height of the sixth athlete.
Answer (a) ………………………. cm [1]
(b) ……………………… cm [2]
2. A box contains 40 identical crayons in colours black, blue, red and white.
The table below shows the probability of picking a crayon in each of these colours.
Colour of crayon Black Blue Red White
Probability w
(a) Find w, the probability of picking a white crayon.
(b) Calculate the number of blue crayons in the box.
Answer (a) ………………………. [2]
(b) ………………………. [1]
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3. The mean selling price of two cows is P6750. The selling price of one of the
cows is P7000.
Calculate the selling price of the other cow.
Answer P ………………………… [2]
4. The distribution below shows allowances paid to 7 people.
P1200, P1000, P1700, P2400, P1500, P2100 and P800.
Calculate
(a) the range,
(b) the lower quartile,
(c) the interquartile range of the distribution.
Answer (a) P ………………………… [1]
(b) P ………………………… [1]
(c) P ………………………… [2]
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5. A group of 24 workers gave the following as their shoe sizes:
5, 4, 8, 4, 6, 8, 5, 7,
7, 6, 8, 7, 7, 5, 5, 3,
6, 8, 6, 6, 6, 7, 6, 6.
(a) Complete the frequency table for the sizes of shoes.
Shoe size Number of workers
3 1
4 2
5 4
6 8
7
8
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(b) What is the most common shoe size amongst workers?
(c) One worker was selected at random from the group.
What is the probability that the shoe size of the worker is 5?
Answer (b) …………………………… [1]
(c) …………………………… [1]
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6. The table below shows fuel consumption of a motor vehicle and corresponding average
speed taken at every 100 km.
Speed (km/h) 62 76 59 85 50 68 90 108
Fuel consumption ( litres/100 km ) 4.7 5.7 4.4 6.4 3.8 5.1 6.8 8.3
(a) Plot a scatter graph of the values on the pair of axes below. [3]
10.0
9.0
8.0
7.0
Fuel
Consumption
(litre/100 km)
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Speed ( km/h )
(b) What type of correlation is there between the speed and the fuel consumption of
the vehicle?
Answer (b) ………………………… [1]
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7. Athletes were chosen at random for a doping test.
The probability of an athlete testing positive for doping is .
Calculate the number of athletes who are likely to test positive when 300 athletes are
tested for doping.
Answer ……………………………….. [2]
8. The distribution below shows the masses, in kg, at birth, of 9 babies.
3.6, 4.5, 2.9, 3.3, 2.7, 3.9, 2.8, 4.4, 3.4.
Calculate
(a) the median mass,
(b) the mean mass of the babies.
Answer (a) ……………………….. kg [1]
(b) ……………………….. kg [2]
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9. The table below shows distances, d metres, covered by each of the 30 athletes in a long
jump competition.
Distance, Number of
d ( metres ) athletes
6.2 ≤ d < 6.4 2
6.4 ≤ d < 6.6 12
6.6 ≤ d < 6.8 10
6.8 ≤ d < 7.0 5
7.0 ≤ d < 7.2 1
(a) What is the modal class of the distribution?
(b) An athlete is chosen at random for some tests.
What is the probability, in lowest terms, that the athlete would have covered less
than 6.8?
(c) On the grid below, draw a histogram to represent the distance covered by the 30
athletes. [2]
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12
10
8
Number of
athletes 6
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6.2 6.4 6.6 6.8 7.0 7.2 7.4
Distance, d ( metres )
Answer (a) ……………………………. [1]
(b) ……………………………. [2]
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10. The diagram below shows the speeds, in km/h, of 22 cars recorded at a point.
Number 6
of
cars 5
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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Speed( km/h )
(a) What is
(i) the modal class,
(ii) the mid-value of the class showing the number of cars between 10 km/h and 20 km/h?
(b) On the diagram above, draw a frequency polygon that shows the information in the
histogram. [2]
(c) What is the probability that a car passing at the point travels at a speed between
40 km/h and 50 km/h?
Answer (a) (i)………………………. [1]
(ii) ……………………… [1]
(c) …………………………. [1]
