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For a study, a researcher collected 200 leaves from oak trees. After measuring the lengths of the leaves, in cm, she produced the following cumulative frequency graph.

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Write down the median length of these leaves.

[1]
a.

Write down the number of leaves with a length less than or equal to 8 cm.

[1]
b.



On 90 journeys to his office, Isaac noted whether or not it rained. He also recorded his journey time to the office, and classified each journey as short, medium or long.

Of the 90 journeys to the office, there were 3 short journeys when it rained, 22 medium journeys when it rained, and 15 long journeys when it rained. There were also 14 short journeys when it did not rain.

Isaac carried out a χ2 test at the 5% level of significance on these data, looking at the weather and the types of journeys.

Write down H0, the null hypothesis for this test.

[1]
a.

Find the expected number of short trips when it rained.

[3]
b.

The p-value for this test is 0.0206.

State the conclusion to Isaac’s test. Justify your reasoning.

[2]
c.



Each athlete on a running team recorded the distance (M miles) they ran in 30 minutes.

The median distance is 4 miles and the interquartile range is 1.1 miles.

This information is shown in the following box-and-whisker plot.

The distance in miles, M, can be converted to the distance in kilometres, K, using the formula K=85M.

The variance of the distances run by the athletes is 169km2.

The standard deviation of the distances is b miles.

A total of 600 athletes from different teams compete in a 5km race. The times the 600 athletes took to run the 5km race are shown in the following cumulative frequency graph.

There were 400 athletes who took between 22 and m minutes to complete the 5km race.

Find the value of a.

[2]
a.

Write down the value of the median distance in kilometres (km).

[1]
b.

Find the value of b.

[4]
c.

Find m.

[3]
d.

The first 150 athletes that completed the race won a prize.

Given that an athlete took between 22 and m minutes to complete the 5km race, calculate the probability that they won a prize.

[5]
e.



Malthouse school opens at 08:00 every morning.

The daily arrival times of the 500 students at Malthouse school follow a normal distribution. The mean arrival time is 52 minutes after the school opens and the standard deviation is 5 minutes.

Find the probability that a student, chosen at random arrives at least 60 minutes after the school opens.

[2]
a.i.

Find the probability that a student, chosen at random arrives between 45 minutes and 55 minutes after the school opens.

[2]
a.ii.

A second school, Mulberry Park, also opens at 08:00 every morning. The arrival times of the students at this school follows exactly the same distribution as Malthouse school.

Given that, on one morning, 15 students arrive at least 60 minutes after the school opens, estimate the number of students at Mulberry Park school.

[2]
b.



A food scientist measures the weights of 760 potatoes taken from a single field and the distribution of the weights is shown by the cumulative frequency curve below.

Find the number of potatoes in the sample with a weight of more than 200 grams.

[2]
a.

Find the median weight.

[1]
b.i.

Find the lower quartile.

[1]
b.ii.

Find the upper quartile.

[1]
b.iii.

The weight of the smallest potato in the sample is 20 grams and the weight of the largest is 400 grams.

Use the scale shown below to draw a box and whisker diagram showing the distribution of the weights of the potatoes. You may assume there are no outliers.

 

[2]
c.



Consider the following sets:

The universal set U consists of all positive integers less than 15;
A is the set of all numbers which are multiples of 3;
B is the set of all even numbers.

Write down the elements that belong to A B .

[3]
a.

Write down the elements that belong to A B .

[2]
b.i.

Write down n ( A B ) .

[1]
b.ii.



Jim heated a liquid until it boiled. He measured the temperature of the liquid as it cooled. The following table shows its temperature, d degrees Celsius, t minutes after it boiled.

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Jim believes that the relationship between d and t can be modelled by a linear regression equation.

Write down the independent variable.

[1]
a.i.

Write down the boiling temperature of the liquid.

[1]
a.ii.

Jim describes the correlation as very strong. Circle the value below which best represents the correlation coefficient.

0.992 0.251 0 0.251 0.992

[2]
b.

Jim’s model is d = 2.24 t + 105 , for 0 t 20 . Use his model to predict the decrease in temperature for any 2 minute interval.

[2]
c.



A florist sells bouquets of roses. The florist recorded, in Table 1, the number of roses in each bouquet sold to customers.

Table 1

The roses can be arranged into bouquets of size small, medium or large. The data from Table 1 has been organized into a cumulative frequency table, Table 2.

Table 2

Complete the cumulative frequency table.

[2]
a.

Write down the probability that a bouquet of roses sold is not small.

[2]
b.

A customer buys a large bouquet.

Find the probability that there are 12 roses in this bouquet.

[2]
c.



Deb used a thermometer to record the maximum daily temperature over ten consecutive days. Her results, in degrees Celsius (°C), are shown below.

14, 15, 14, 11, 10, 9, 14, 15, 16, 13

For this data set, find the value of

the mode.

[1]
a.

the mean.

[2]
b.

the standard deviation.

[1]
c.



A group of 120 students sat a history exam. The cumulative frequency graph shows the scores obtained by the students.

The students were awarded a grade from 1 to 5, depending on the score obtained in the exam. The number of students receiving each grade is shown in the following table.

The mean grade for these students is 3.65.

Find the median of the scores obtained.

[1]
a.

Find an expression for a in terms of b.

[2]
b.

Find the number of students who obtained a grade 5.

[3]
c.i.

Find the minimum score needed to obtain a grade 5.

[2]
c.ii.



The masses of Fuji apples are normally distributed with a mean of 163g and a standard deviation of 6.83g.

When Fuji apples are picked, they are classified as small, medium, large or extra large depending on their mass. Large apples have a mass of between 172g and 183g.

Approximately 68% of Fuji apples have a mass within the medium-sized category, which is between k and 172g.

Determine the probability that a Fuji apple selected at random will be a large apple.

[2]
a.

Find the value of k.

[3]
b.



Anne-Marie planted four sunflowers in order of height, from shortest to tallest.

Flower C is 32cm tall.

The median height of the flowers is 24cm.

The range of the heights is 50cm. The height of Flower A is pcm and the height of Flower D is qcm.

The mean height of the flowers is 27cm.

Find the height of Flower B.

[2]
a.

Using this information, write down an equation in p and q.

[1]
b.

Write down a second equation in p and q.

[1]
c.

Using your answers to parts (b) and (c), find the height of Flower A.

[1]
d.i.

Using your answers to parts (b) and (c), find the height of Flower D.

[1]
d.ii.



The marks achieved by students taking a college entrance test follow a normal distribution with mean 300 and standard deviation 100.

In this test, 10 % of the students achieved a mark greater than k.

Marron College accepts only those students who achieve a mark of at least 450 on the test.

Find the value of k.

[2]
a.

Find the probability that a randomly chosen student will be accepted by Marron College.

[2]
b.

Given that Naomi attends Marron College, find the probability that she achieved a mark of at least 500 on the test.

[2]
c.



Ms Calhoun measures the heights of students in her mathematics class. She is interested to see if the mean height of male students, μ 1 , is the same as the mean height of female students, μ 2 . The information is recorded in the table.

At the 10 % level of significance, a t -test was used to compare the means of the two groups. The data is assumed to be normally distributed and the standard deviations are equal between the two groups.

State the null hypothesis.

[1]
a.i.

State the alternative hypothesis.

[1]
a.ii.

Calculate the p -value for this test.

[2]
b.

State, giving a reason, whether Ms Calhoun should accept the null hypothesis.

[2]
c.



In a school, students in grades 9 to 12 were asked to select their preferred drink. The choices were milk, juice and water. The data obtained are organized in the following table.

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A χ 2 test is carried out at the 5% significance level with hypotheses:

H 0 : the preferred drink is independent of the grade H 1 : the preferred drink is not independent of the grade

The χ 2 critical value for this test is 12.6.

Write down the value of x .

[1]
a.

Write down the number of degrees of freedom for this test.

[1]
b.

Use your graphic display calculator to find the χ 2 statistic for this test.

[2]
c.

State the conclusion for this test. Give a reason for your answer.

[2]
d.



A disc is divided into 9 sectors, number 1 to 9. The angles at the centre of each of the sectors un form an arithmetic sequence, with u1 being the largest angle.

It is given that u9=13u1.

Write down the value of Σi=19ui.

[1]
a.

Find the value of u1.

[4]
b.

A game is played in which the arrow attached to the centre of the disc is spun and the sector in which the arrow stops is noted. If the arrow stops in sector 1 the player wins 10 points, otherwise they lose 2 points.

Let X be the number of points won

Find E(X).

[2]
c.



A scientist measures the concentration of dissolved oxygen, in milligrams per litre (y) , in a river. She takes 10 readings at different temperatures, measured in degrees Celsius (x).

The results are shown in the table.

It is believed that the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the river varies linearly with the temperature.

For these data, find Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient, r.

[2]
a.i.

For these data, find the equation of the regression line y on x.

[2]
a.ii.

Using the equation of the regression line, estimate the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the river when the temperature is 18 °C.

[2]
b.



A city hired 160 employees to work at a festival. The following cumulative frequency curve shows the number of hours employees worked during the festival.

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The city paid each of the employees £8 per hour for the first 40 hours worked, and £10 per hour for each hour they worked after the first 40 hours.

Write down the number of employees who worked 50 hours or less.

[1]
a.ii.

Find the amount of money an employee earned for working 40 hours;

[1]
b.i.



Events A and B are independent with P ( A B ) = 0.2 and P ( A B ) = 0.6 .

Find P ( B ) .

[2]
a.

Find P ( A B ) .

[4]
b.



Sara regularly flies from Geneva to London. She takes either a direct flight or a non-directflight that goes via Amsterdam.

If she takes a direct flight, the probability that her baggage does not arrive in London is 0.01.
If she takes a non-direct flight the probability that her baggage arrives in London is 0.95.

The probability that she takes a non-direct flight is 0.2.

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Complete the tree diagram.

[3]
a.

Find the probability that Sara’s baggage arrives in London.

[3]
b.



Consider the following Venn diagrams.

Write down an expression, in set notation, for the shaded region represented by Diagram 1.

[1]
a.i.

Write down an expression, in set notation, for the shaded region represented by Diagram 2.

[1]
a.ii.

Write down an expression, in set notation, for the shaded region represented by Diagram 3.

[2]
a.iii.

Shade, on the Venn diagram, the region represented by the set  ( H I ) .

 

[1]
b.i.

Shade, on the Venn diagram, the region represented by the set J K .

[1]
b.ii.



The following Venn diagram shows the events A and B , where P ( A ) = 0.3 . The values shown are probabilities.

Find the value of p .

[2]
a.

Find the value of q .

[2]
b.

Find P ( A B ) .

[2]
c.



The random variable X is normally distributed with a mean of 100. The following diagram shows the normal curve for X .

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Let R be the shaded region under the curve, to the right of 107. The area of R is 0.24.

Write down P ( X > 107 ) .

[1]
a.

Find P ( 100 < X < 107 ) .

[3]
b.

Find P ( 93 < X < 107 ) .

[2]
c.



A bag contains 5 red and 3 blue discs, all identical except for the colour. First, Priyanka takes a disc at random from the bag and then Jorgé takes a disc at random from the bag.

Complete the tree diagram.

[3]
a.

Find the probability that Jorgé chooses a red disc.

[3]
b.



Srinivasa places the nine labelled balls shown below into a box.

Srinivasa then chooses two balls at random, one at a time, from the box. The first ball is not replaced before he chooses the second.

Find the probability that the first ball chosen is labelled A.

[1]
a.i.

Find the probability that the first ball chosen is labelled A or labelled N.

[1]
a.ii.

Find the probability that the second ball chosen is labelled A, given that the first ball chosen was labelled N.

[2]
b.

Find the probability that both balls chosen are labelled N.

[2]
c.



A school consists of 740 students divided into 5 grade levels. The numbers of students in each grade are shown in the table below.

The Principal of the school wishes to select a sample of 25 students. She wishes to ensure that, as closely as possible, the proportion of the students from each grade in the sample is the same as the proportions in the school.

Calculate the number of grade 12 students who should be in the sample.

[3]
a.

The Principal selects the students for the sample by asking those who took part in a previous survey if they would like to take part in another. She takes the first of those who reply positively, up to the maximum needed for the sample.

State which two of the sampling methods listed below best describe the method used.

Stratified          Quota          Convenience          Systematic          Simple random

[2]
b.



The water temperature (T) in Lake Windermere is measured on the first day of eight consecutive months (m) from January to August (months 1 to 8) and the results are shown below. The value for May (month 5) has been accidently deleted.

Assuming the data follows a linear model for this period, find the regression line of T on m for the remaining data.

[2]
a.

Use your line to find an estimate for the water temperature on the first day of May.

[2]
b.

Explain why your line should not be used to estimate the value of m at which the temperature is 10.0°C.

[1]
c.i.

Explain in context why your line should not be used to predict the value for December (month 12).

[1]
c.ii.

State a more appropriate model for the water temperature in the lake over an extended period of time. You are not expected to calculate any parameters.

[1]
d.



Arriane has geese on her farm. She claims the mean weight of eggs from her black geese is less than the mean weight of eggs from her white geese.

She recorded the weights of eggs, in grams, from a random selection of geese. The data is shown in the table.

In order to test her claim, Arriane performs a t-test at a 10% level of significance. It is assumed that the weights of eggs are normally distributed and the samples have equal variances.

State, in words, the null hypothesis.

[1]
a.

Calculate the p-value for this test.

[2]
b.

State whether the result of the test supports Arriane’s claim. Justify your reasoning.

[2]
c.



Andre will play in the semi-final of a tennis tournament.

If Andre wins the semi-final he will progress to the final. If Andre loses the semi-final, he will not progress to the final.

If Andre wins the final, he will be the champion.

The probability that Andre will win the semi-final is p. If Andre wins the semi-final, then the probability he will be the champion is 0.6.

The probability that Andre will not be the champion is 0.58.

Complete the values in the tree diagram.

[1]
a.

Find the value of p.

[2]
b.

Given that Andre did not become the champion, find the probability that he lost in the semi-final.

[3]
c.



A newspaper vendor in Singapore is trying to predict how many copies of The Straits Times they will sell. The vendor forms a model to predict the number of copies sold each weekday. According to this model, they expect the same number of copies will be sold each day.

To test the model, they record the number of copies sold each weekday during a particular week. This data is shown in the table.

A goodness of fit test at the 5% significance level is used on this data to determine whether the vendor’s model is suitable.

The critical value for the test is 9.49 and the hypotheses are

H0: The data satisfies the model.
H1: The data does not satisfy the model.

Find an estimate for how many copies the vendor expects to sell each day.

[1]
a.

Write down the degrees of freedom for this test.

[1]
b.i.

Write down the conclusion to the test. Give a reason for your answer.

[4]
b.ii.



In a city, 32% of people have blue eyes. If someone has blue eyes, the probability that they also have fair hair is 58%. This information is represented in the following tree diagram.

It is known that 41% of people in this city have fair hair.

Calculate the value of

Write down the value of a.

[1]
a.

Find an expression, in terms of b, for the probability of a person not having blue eyes and having fair hair.

[1]
b.

b.

[2]
c.i.

c.

[1]
c.ii.



A bag contains n marbles, two of which are blue. Hayley plays a game in which she randomly draws marbles out of the bag, one after another, without replacement. The game ends when Hayley draws a blue marble.

 Let n = 5. Find the probability that the game will end on her

Find the probability, in terms of n , that the game will end on her first draw.

[1]
a.i.

Find the probability, in terms of n , that the game will end on her second draw.

[3]
a.ii.

third draw.

[2]
b.i.

fourth draw.

[2]
b.ii.

Hayley plays the game when n = 5. She pays $20 to play and can earn money back depending on the number of draws it takes to obtain a blue marble. She earns no money back if she obtains a blue marble on her first draw. Let M be the amount of money that she earns back playing the game. This information is shown in the following table.

Find the value of k so that this is a fair game.

[7]
c.



Karl has three brown socks and four black socks in his drawer. He takes two socks at random from the drawer.

Complete the tree diagram.

[1]
a.

Find the probability that Karl takes two socks of the same colour.

[2]
b.

Given that Karl has two socks of the same colour find the probability that he has two brown socks.

[3]
c.



Charles wants to measure the strength of the relationship between the price of a house and its distance from the city centre where he lives. He chooses houses of a similar size and plots a graph of price, P  (in thousands of dollars) against distance from the city centre, d  (km).

The data from the graph is shown in the table.

Explain why it is not appropriate to use Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient to measure the strength of the relationship between P and d .

[1]
a.

Explain why it is appropriate to use Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient to measure the strength of the relationship between P and d .

[1]
b.

Calculate Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient for this data.

[6]
c.

State what conclusion Charles can make from the answer in part (c).

[1]
d.



Mr Burke teaches a mathematics class with 15 students. In this class there are 6 female students and 9 male students.

Each day Mr Burke randomly chooses one student to answer a homework question.

In the first month, Mr Burke will teach his class 20 times.

Find the probability that on any given day Mr Burke chooses a female student to answer a question.

[1]
a.

Find the probability he will choose a female student 8 times.

[2]
b.

Find the probability he will choose a male student at most 9 times.

[3]
c.



A set of data comprises of five numbers  x 1 , x 2 , x 3 , x 4 , x 5  which have been placed in ascending order. 

Recalling definitions, such as the Lower Quartile is the  n + 1 4 t h  piece of data with the data placed in order, find an expression for the Interquartile Range.

[2]
a.

Hence, show that a data set with only 5 numbers in it cannot have any outliers.

[5]
b.

Give an example of a set of data with 7 numbers in it that does have an outlier, justify this fact by stating the Interquartile Range.

[2]
c.



A calculator generates a random sequence of digits. A sample of 200 digits is randomly selected from the first 100 000 digits of the sequence. The following table gives the number of times each digit occurs in this sample.

It is claimed that all digits have the same probability of appearing in the sequence.

Test this claim at the 5% level of significance.

[7]
a.

Explain what is meant by the 5% level of significance.

[2]
b.



Each month the number of days of rain in Cardiff is recorded.
The following data was collected over a period of 10 months.

11    13    8    11    8    7    8    14    x    15

For these data the median number of days of rain per month is 10.

Find the value of x.

[2]
a.

Find the standard deviation

[2]
b.i.

Find the interquartile range.

[2]
b.ii.



On a work day, the probability that Mr Van Winkel wakes up early is 4 5 .

If he wakes up early, the probability that he is on time for work is p .

If he wakes up late, the probability that he is on time for work is 1 4 .

The probability that Mr Van Winkel arrives on time for work is 3 5 .

Complete the tree diagram below.

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[2]
a.

Find the value of p .

[4]
b.



A sample of 120 oranges was tested for Vitamin C content. The cumulative frequency curve below represents the Vitamin C content, in milligrams, of these oranges.

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The minimum level of Vitamin C content of an orange in the sample was 30.1 milligrams. The maximum level of Vitamin C content of an orange in the sample was 35.0 milligrams.

Draw a box-and-whisker diagram on the grid below to represent the Vitamin C content, in milligrams, for this sample.

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University students were surveyed and asked how many hours, h , they worked each month. The results are shown in the following table.

Use the table to find the following values.

The first five class intervals, indicated in the table, have been used to draw part of a cumulative frequency curve as shown.

p .

[1]
a.i.

q .

[1]
a.ii.

On the same grid, complete the cumulative frequency curve for these data.

[2]
b.

Use the cumulative frequency curve to find an estimate for the number of students who worked at most 35 hours per month.

[2]
c.



Applicants for a job had to complete a mathematics test. The time they took to complete the test is normally distributed with a mean of 53 minutes and a standard deviation of 16.3. One of the applicants is chosen at random.

For 11% of the applicants it took longer than k minutes to complete the test.

There were 400 applicants for the job.

Find the probability that this applicant took at least 40 minutes to complete the test.

[2]
a.

Find the value of k .

[2]
b.

Estimate the number of applicants who completed the test in less than 25 minutes.

[2]
c.



Eduardo believes that there is a linear relationship between the age of a male runner and the time it takes them to run 5000 metres.

To test this, he recorded the age, x years, and the time, t minutes, for eight males in a single 5000m race. His results are presented in the following table and scatter diagram.

Eduardo looked in a sports science text book. He found that the following information about r was appropriate for athletic performance.

For this data, find the value of the Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient, r.

[2]
a.

Comment on your answer to part (a), using the information that Eduardo found.

[1]
b.

Write down the equation of the regression line of t on x, in the form t=ax+b.

[1]
c.

A 57-year-old male also ran in the 5000m race.

Use the equation of the regression line to estimate the time he took to complete the 5000m race.

[2]
d.



Chicken eggs are classified by grade (4, 5, 6, 7 or 8), based on weight. A mixed carton contains 12 eggs and could include eggs from any grade. As part of the science project, Rocky buys 9 mixed cartons and sorts the eggs according to their weight.

State whether the weight of the eggs is a continuous or discrete variable.

[1]
a.

Write down the modal grade of the eggs.

[1]
b.

Use your graphic display calculator to find an estimate for the standard deviation of the weight of the eggs.

[2]
c.

The mean weight of these eggs is 64.9 grams, correct to three significant figures.

Use the table and your answer to part (c) to find the smallest possible number of eggs that could be within one standard deviation of the mean.

[2]
d.



Leo is investigating whether a six-sided die is fair. He rolls the die 60 times and records the observed frequencies in the following table:

Leo carries out a χ2 goodness of fit test at a 5% significance level.

Write down the null and alternative hypotheses.

[1]
a.

Write down the degrees of freedom.

[1]
b.

Write down the expected frequency of rolling a 1.

[1]
c.

Find the p-value for the test.

[2]
d.

State the conclusion of the test. Give a reason for your answer.

[2]
e.



Rosewood College has 120 students. The students can join the sports club ( S ) and the music club ( M ).

For a student chosen at random from these 120, the probability that they joined both clubs is 1 4 and the probability that they joined the music club is 1 3 .

There are 20 students that did not join either club.

Complete the Venn diagram for these students.

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[2]
a.

One of the students who joined the sports club is chosen at random. Find the probability that this student joined both clubs.

[2]
b.

Determine whether the events S and M are independent.

[2]
c.



A random variable Z is normally distributed with mean 0 and standard deviation 1. It is known that P( z < −1.6) = a and P( z > 2.4) = b . This is shown in the following diagram.

A second random variable X is normally distributed with mean m and standard deviation s .

It is known that P( x < 1) = a .

Find P(−1.6 < z < 2.4). Write your answer in terms of a and b .

[2]
a.

Given that z > −1.6, find the probability that z < 2.4 . Write your answer in terms of a and b .

[4]
b.

Write down the standardized value for  x = 1 .

[1]
c.

It is also known that P( x > 2) = b .

Find  s .

[6]
d.



The following scatter diagram shows the scores obtained by seven students in their mathematics test, m, and their physics test, p.

The mean point, M, for these data is (40, 16).

Plot and label the point M ( m ¯ , p ¯ )  on the scatter diagram.

[2]
a.

Draw the line of best fit, by eye, on the scatter diagram.

[2]
b.

Using your line of best fit, estimate the physics test score for a student with a score of 20 in their mathematics test.

[2]
c.



Sungwon plays a game where she rolls a fair 6-sided die and spins a fair spinner with 4 equal sectors. During each turn in the game, the die is rolled once and the spinner is spun once. The score for each turn is the sum of the two results. For example, 1 on the die and 2 on the spinner would receive a score of 3.

The following diagram represents the sample space.

Sungwon takes a second turn.

Find the probability that Sungwon’s score on her first turn is greater than 4.

[2]
a.

Find the probability that Sungwon scores greater than 4 on both of her first two turns.

[2]
b.

Sungwon will play the game for 11 turns.

Find the expected number of times the score on a turn is greater than 4.

[2]
c.



In an international competition, participants can answer questions in only one of the three following languages: Portuguese, Mandarin or Hindi. 80 participants took part in the competition. The number of participants answering in Portuguese, Mandarin or Hindi is shown in the table.

A boy is chosen at random.

State the number of boys who answered questions in Portuguese.

[1]
a.

Find the probability that the boy answered questions in Hindi.

[2]
b.

Two girls are selected at random.

Calculate the probability that one girl answered questions in Mandarin and the other answered questions in Hindi.

[3]
c.



The diagram below shows part of the screen from a weather forecasting website showing the data for town A. The percentages on the bottom row represent the likelihood of some rain during the hour leading up to the time given. For example there is a 69% chance (a probability of 0.69) of rain falling on any point in town A between 0900 and 1000.

Paula works at a building site in the area covered by this page of the website from 0900 to 1700. She has lunch from 1300 to 1400.

In the following parts you may assume all probabilities are independent.

Paula needs to work outside between 1000 and 1300.

Paula will also spend her lunchtime outside.

Write down the probability it rains during Paula’s lunch break.

[1]
a.

Find the probability it will rain in each of the three hours Paula is working outside.

[2]
b.

Find the probability it will not rain while Paula is outside.

[2]
c.

Find the probability it will rain at least once while Paula is outside.

[2]
d.



Let the universal set, U , be the set of all integers x such that 1 x < 11 .
A , B and C are subsets of U .

A = { 1 2 3 4 6 8 }
B = { 2 3 5 7 }
C={13579}

Write down n ( B ) .

[1]
a.

Complete the following Venn diagram using all elements of U .

[4]
b.

Write down an element that belongs to ( A B ) C .

[1]
c.



A factory produces bags of sugar with a labelled weight of 500g. The weights of the bags are normally distributed with a mean of 500g and a standard deviation of 3g.

A bag that weighs less than 495g is rejected by the factory for being underweight.

Write down the percentage of bags that weigh more than 500g.

[1]
a.

Find the probability that a randomly chosen bag is rejected for being underweight.

[2]
b.

A bag that weighs more than k grams is rejected by the factory for being overweight. The factory rejects 2% of bags for being overweight.

Find the value of k.

[3]
c.



The following box-and-whisker plot shows the number of text messages sent by students in a school on a particular day.

Find the value of the interquartile range.

[2]
a.

One student sent k text messages, where k > 11 . Given that k is an outlier, find the least value of k.

[4]
b.



A school café sells three flavours of smoothies: mango ( M ), kiwi fruit ( K ) and banana ( B ).
85 students were surveyed about which of these three flavours they like.

35 students liked mango, 37 liked banana, and 26 liked kiwi fruit
2 liked all three flavours
20 liked both mango and banana
14 liked mango and kiwi fruit
3 liked banana and kiwi fruit

Using the given information, complete the following Venn diagram.

[2]
a.

Find the number of surveyed students who did not like any of the three flavours.

[2]
b.

A student is chosen at random from the surveyed students.

Find the probability that this student likes kiwi fruit smoothies given that they like mango smoothies.

[2]
c.



Hafizah harvested 49 mangoes from her farm. The weights of the mangoes, w, in grams, are shown in the following grouped frequency table.

Write down the modal group for these data.

[1]
a.

Use your graphic display calculator to find an estimate of the standard deviation of the weights of mangoes from this harvest.

[2]
b.

On the grid below, draw a histogram for the data in the table.

[3]
c.



Give your answers to four significant figures.

A die is thrown 120 times with the following results.

Showing all steps clearly, test whether the die is fair

(i)   at the 5% level of significance;

(ii)  at the 1% level of significance.

[7]
a.

Explain what is meant by “level of significance” in part (a).

[3]
b.



The histogram shows the time, t, in minutes, that it takes the customers of a restaurant to eat their lunch on one particular day. Each customer took less than 25 minutes.

The histogram is incomplete, and only shows data for 0 ≤ t < 20.

The mean time it took all customers to eat their lunch was estimated to be 12 minutes.

It was found that k customers took between 20 and 25 minutes to eat their lunch.

Write down the mid-interval value for 10 ≤ t < 15.

[1]
a.

Write down the total number of customers in terms of k.

[1]
b.i.



Consider the following graphs of normal distributions.

At an airport, the weights of suitcases (in kg) were measured. The weights are normally distributed with a mean of 20 kg and standard deviation of 3.5 kg.

In the following table, write down the letter of the corresponding graph next to the given mean and standard deviation.

[2]
a.

Find the probability that a suitcase weighs less than 15 kg.

[2]
b.

Any suitcase that weighs more than k  kg is identified as excess baggage.
19.6 % of the suitcases at this airport are identified as excess baggage.

Find the value of k .

[2]
c.



A tetrahedral (four-sided) die has written on it the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. The die is rolled many times and the scores are noted. The table below shows the resulting frequency distribution.

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The die was rolled a total of 100 times.

The mean score is 2.71.

Write down an equation, in terms of x and y , for the total number of times the die was rolled.

[1]
a.

Using the mean score, write down a second equation in terms of x and y .

[2]
b.

Find the value of x and of y .

[3]
c.



The lengths of trout in a fisherman’s catch were recorded over one month, and are represented in the following histogram.

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Complete the following table.

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A study was conducted to investigate whether the mean reaction time of drivers who are talking on mobile phones is the same as the mean reaction time of drivers who are talking to passengers in the vehicle. Two independent groups were randomly selected for the study.

To gather data, each driver was put in a car simulator and asked to either talk on a mobile phone or talk to a passenger. Each driver was instructed to apply the brakes as soon as they saw a red light appear in front of the car. The reaction times of the drivers, in seconds, were recorded, as shown in the following table.

At the 10% level of significance, a t-test was used to compare the mean reaction times of the two groups. Each data set is assumed to be normally distributed, and the population variances are assumed to be the same.

Let μ1 and μ2 be the population means for the two groups. The null hypothesis for this test is H0:μ1μ2=0.

State the alternative hypothesis.

[1]
a.

Calculate the p-value for this test.

[2]
b.

State the conclusion of the test. Justify your answer.

[2]
c.i.

State what your conclusion means in context.

[1]
c.ii.



The Home Shine factory produces light bulbs, 7% of which are found to be defective.

Francesco buys two light bulbs produced by Home Shine.

The Bright Light factory also produces light bulbs. The probability that a light bulb produced by Bright Light is not defective is a .

Deborah buys three light bulbs produced by Bright Light.

Write down the probability that a light bulb produced by Home Shine is not defective.

[1]
a.

Find the probability that both light bulbs are not defective.

[2]
b.i.

Find the probability that at least one of Francesco’s light bulbs is defective.

[2]
b.ii.

Write down an expression, in terms of a , for the probability that at least one of Deborah’s three light bulbs is defective.

[1]
c.



A quadratic function f can be written in the form f ( x ) = a ( x p ) ( x 3 ) . The graph of f has axis of symmetry x = 2.5 and y -intercept at ( 0 ,   6 )

Find the value of p .

[3]
a.

Find the value of a .

[3]
b.

The line y = k x 5 is a tangent to the curve of f . Find the values of k .

[8]
c.



The following diagram shows the graph of f , the derivative of f .

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The graph of f has a local minimum at A, a local maximum at B and passes through ( 4 ,   2 ) .

The point P ( 4 ,   3 ) lies on the graph of the function, f .

Write down the gradient of the curve of f at P.

[1]
a.i.

Find the equation of the normal to the curve of f at P.

[3]
a.ii.

Determine the concavity of the graph of f when 4 < x < 5 and justify your answer.

[2]
b.



Galois Airways has flights from Hong Kong International Airport to different destinations. The following table shows the distance, x kilometres, between Hong Kong and the different destinations and the corresponding airfare, y , in Hong Kong dollars (HKD).

The Pearson’s product–moment correlation coefficient for this data is 0.948 , correct to three significant figures.

The distance from Hong Kong to Tokyo is 2900  km.

Use your graphic display calculator to find the equation of the regression line y on x .

[2]
a.

Use your regression equation to estimate the cost of a flight from Hong Kong to Tokyo with Galois Airways.

[2]
b.

Explain why it is valid to use the regression equation to estimate the airfare between Hong Kong and Tokyo.

[2]
c.



The weights of apples on a tree can be modelled by a normal distribution with a mean of 85 grams and a standard deviation of 7.5 grams.

A sample of apples are taken from 2 trees, A and B, in different parts of the orchard.

The data is shown in the table below.

The owner of the orchard wants to know whether the mean weight of the apples from tree A(μA) is greater than the mean weight of the apples from tree B(μB) so sets up the following test:

H0:μA=μB and H1:μA>μB

Find the probability that an apple from the tree has a weight greater than 90 grams.

[2]
a.

Find the p-value for the owner’s test.

[2]
b.i.

The test is performed at the 5% significance level.

State the conclusion of the test, giving a reason for your answer.

[2]
b.ii.



A hospital collected data from 1000 patients in four hospital wards to review the quality of its healthcare. The data, showing the number of patients who became infected during their stay in hospital, was recorded in the following table.

A χ 2 -test was performed at the 5% significance level.

The critical value for this test is 7.815.

The null hypothesis for the test is

H 0 : Becoming infected during a stay in the hospital is independent of the ward.

Find the expected frequency of the patients who became infected whilst in Nightingale ward.

[2]
a.

For this test, write down the χ 2 statistic.

[2]
b.

State, giving a reason, whether the null hypothesis should be rejected.

[2]
c.



In a class of 30 students, 19 play tennis, 3 play both tennis and volleyball, and 6 do not play either sport.

The following Venn diagram shows the events “plays tennis” and “plays volleyball”. The values t and v represent numbers of students.

Find the value of t.

[2]
a.i.

Find the value of v.

[2]
a.ii.

Find the probability that a randomly selected student from the class plays tennis or volleyball, but not both.

[2]
b.



A group of 130 applicants applied for admission into either the Arts programme or the Sciences programme at a university. The outcomes of their applications are shown in the following table.

An applicant is chosen at random from this group. It is found that they were accepted into the programme of their choice.

Find the probability that a randomly chosen applicant from this group was accepted by the university.

[1]
a.

Find the probability that the applicant applied for the Arts programme.

[2]
b.

Two different applicants are chosen at random from the original group.

Find the probability that both applicants applied to the Arts programme.

[3]
c.



Let θ be an obtuse angle such that  sin θ = 3 5 .

Let  f ( x ) = e x sin x 3 x 4 .

Find the value of tan θ .

[4]
a.

Line L passes through the origin and has a gradient of tan θ . Find the equation of L .

[2]
b.

Find the derivative of f .

[5]
c.

The following diagram shows the graph of f  for 0 ≤ x ≤ 3. Line M is a tangent to the graph of f at point P.

Given that M is parallel to L , find the x -coordinate of P.

[4]
d.



Jae Hee plays a game involving a biased six-sided die.

The faces of the die are labelled −3, −1, 0, 1, 2 and 5.

The score for the game, X, is the number which lands face up after the die is rolled.

The following table shows the probability distribution for X.

Jae Hee plays the game once.

Find the exact value of p .

[1]
a.

Calculate the expected score.

[2]
b.

Jae Hee plays the game twice and adds the two scores together.

Find the probability Jae Hee has a total score of −3.

[3]
c.



Six coins are tossed simultaneously 320 times, with the following results.

At the 5% level of significance, test the hypothesis that all the coins are fair.




A group of 60 sports enthusiasts visited the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic games to watch a variety of sporting events.

The most popular sports were snowboarding (S), figure skating (F) and ice hockey (H).

For this group of 60 people:

4 did not watch any of the most popular sports,
x watched all three of the most popular sports,
9 watched snowboarding only,
11 watched figure skating only,
15 watched ice hockey only,
7 watched snowboarding and figure skating,
13 watched figure skating and ice hockey,
11 watched snowboarding and ice hockey.

Complete the Venn diagram using the given information.

[3]
a.

Find the value of x.

[2]
b.

Write down the value of  n ( ( F H ) S ) .

[1]
c.



All the children in a summer camp play at least one sport, from a choice of football ( F ) or basketball ( B ). 15 children play both sports.

The number of children who play only football is double the number of children who play only basketball.

Let x be the number of children who play only football.

There are 120 children in the summer camp.

Write down an expression, in terms of x , for the number of children who play only basketball.

[1]
a.

Complete the Venn diagram using the above information.

[2]
b.

Find the number of children who play only football.

[2]
c.

Write down the value of n ( F ) .

[1]
d.



Abhinav carries out a χ2 test at the 1 % significance level to determine whether a person’s gender impacts their chosen professional field: engineering, medicine or law.

He surveyed 220 people and the results are shown in the table.

State the null hypothesis, H0, for this test.

[1]
a.

Calculate the expected number of male engineers.

[2]
b.

Find the p-value for this test.

[2]
c.

Abhinav rejects H0.

State a reason why Abhinav is incorrect in doing so.

[1]
d.



A survey was carried out to investigate the relationship between a person’s age in years ( a ) and the number of hours they watch television per week ( h ). The scatter diagram represents the results of the survey.

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The mean age of the people surveyed was 50.

For these results, the equation of the regression line h on a is h = 0.22 a + 15 .

Find the mean number of hours that the people surveyed watch television per week.

[2]
a.

Draw the regression line on the scatter diagram.

[2]
b.

By placing a tick (✔) in the correct box, determine which of the following statements is true:

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[1]
c.

Diogo is 18 years old. Give a reason why the regression line should not be used to estimate the number of hours Diogo watches television per week.

[1]
d.



The number of sick days taken by each employee in a company during a year was recorded. The data was organized in a box and whisker diagram as shown below:

For this data, write down

the minimum number of sick days taken during the year.

[1]
a.i.

the lower quartile.

[1]
a.ii.

the median.

[1]
a.iii.

Paul claims that this box and whisker diagram can be used to infer that the percentage of employees who took fewer than six sick days is smaller than the percentage of employees who took more than eleven sick days.

State whether Paul is correct. Justify your answer.

[2]
b.



Place the numbers  2 π , 5 , 3 1 and  2 3 2  in the correct position on the Venn diagram.

[4]
a.

In the table indicate which two of the given statements are true by placing a tick (✔) in the right hand column.

[2]
b.



Pablo drives to work. The probability that he leaves home before 07:00 is 3 4 .

If he leaves home before 07:00 the probability he will be late for work is 1 8 .

If he leaves home at 07:00 or later the probability he will be late for work is 5 8 .

Copy and complete the following tree diagram.

[3]
a.

Find the probability that Pablo leaves home before 07:00 and is late for work.

[2]
b.

Find the probability that Pablo is late for work.

[3]
c.

Given that Pablo is late for work, find the probability that he left home before 07:00.

[3]
d.

Two days next week Pablo will drive to work. Find the probability that he will be late at least once.

[3]
e.



Anita is concerned that the construction of a new factory will have an adverse affect on the fish in a nearby lake. Before construction begins she catches fish at random, records their weight and returns them to the lake. After the construction is finished she collects a second, random sample of weights of fish from the lake. Her data is shown in the table.

Anita decides to use a t-test, at the 5% significance level, to determine if the mean weight of the fish changed after construction of the factory.

State an assumption that Anita is making, in order to use a t-test.

[1]
a.

State the hypotheses for this t-test.

[1]
b.

Find the p-value for this t-test.

[3]
c.

State the conclusion of this test, in context, giving a reason.

[2]
d.



A bag contains 5 green balls and 3 white balls. Two balls are selected at random without replacement.

Complete the following tree diagram.

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[3]
a.

Find the probability that exactly one of the selected balls is green.

[3]
b.



A game is played where two unbiased dice are rolled and the score in the game is the greater of the two numbers shown. If the two numbers are the same, then the score in the game is the number shown on one of the dice. A diagram showing the possible outcomes is given below.

Let T be the random variable “the score in a game”.

Find the probability that

Complete the table to show the probability distribution of T.

[2]
a.

a player scores at least 3 in a game.

[1]
b.i.

a player scores 6, given that they scored at least 3.

[2]
b.ii.

Find the expected score of a game.

[2]
c.



Let f ( x ) = x 3 2 x 2 + a x + 6 . Part of the graph of f is shown in the following diagram.

The graph of f crosses the y -axis at the point P. The line L is tangent to the graph of f at P.

Find the coordinates of P.

[2]
a.

Find f ( x ) .

[2]
b.i.

Hence, find the equation of L in terms of a .

[4]
b.ii.

The graph of f has a local minimum at the point Q. The line L passes through Q.

Find the value of a .

[8]
c.



Dune Canyon High School organizes its school year into three trimesters: fall/autumn ( F ), winter ( W ) and spring ( S ). The school offers a variety of sporting activities during and outside the school year.

The activities offered by the school are summarized in the following Venn diagram.

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Write down the number of sporting activities offered by the school during its school year.

[1]
a.

Determine whether rock-climbing is offered by the school in the fall/autumn trimester.

[1]
b.

Write down the elements of the set F W ;

[1]
c.i.

Write down n ( W S ) .

[1]
c.ii.

Write down, in terms of F , W and S , an expression for the set which contains only archery, baseball, kayaking and surfing.

[2]
d.



The Malthouse Charity Run is a 5 kilometre race. The time taken for each runner to complete the race was recorded. The data was found to be normally distributed with a mean time of 28 minutes and a standard deviation of 5 minutes.

A runner who completed the race is chosen at random.

Write down the probability that the runner completed the race in more than 28 minutes.

[1]
a.

Calculate the probability that the runner completed the race in less than 26 minutes.

[2]
b.

It is known that 20% of the runners took more than 28 minutes and less than k minutes to complete the race.

Find the value of k.

[3]
c.



In an effort to study the level of intelligence of students entering college, a psychologist collected data from 4000 students who were given a standard test. The predictive norms for this particular test were computed from a very large population of scores having a normal distribution with mean 100 and standard deviation of 10. The psychologist wishes to determine whether the 4000 test scores he obtained also came from a normal distribution with mean 100 and standard deviation 10. He prepared the following table (expected frequencies are rounded to the nearest integer):

 

Copy and complete the table, showing how you arrived at your answers.

[5]
a.

Test the hypothesis at the 5% level of significance.

[6]
b.



The mass of a certain type of Chilean corncob follows a normal distribution with a mean of 400 grams and a standard deviation of 50 grams.

A farmer labels one of these corncobs as premium if its mass is greater than a grams. 25% of these corncobs are labelled as premium.

Write down the probability that the mass of one of these corncobs is greater than 400 grams.

[1]
a.

Find the value of a .

[2]
b.

Estimate the interquartile range of the distribution.

[3]
c.



A polygraph test is used to determine whether people are telling the truth or not, but it is not completely accurate. When a person tells the truth, they have a 20% chance of failing the test. Each test outcome is independent of any previous test outcome.

10 people take a polygraph test and all 10 tell the truth.

Calculate the expected number of people who will pass this polygraph test.

[2]
a.

Calculate the probability that exactly 4 people will fail this polygraph test.

[2]
b.

Determine the probability that fewer than 7 people will pass this polygraph test.

[3]
c.



The price per kilogram of tomatoes, in euro, sold in various markets in a city is found to be normally distributed with a mean of 3.22 and a standard deviation of 0.84.

On the following diagram, shade the region representing the probability that the price of a kilogram of tomatoes, chosen at random, will be higher than 3.22 euro.

[1]
a.i.

Find the price that is two standard deviations above the mean price.

[1]
a.ii.

Find the probability that the price of a kilogram of tomatoes, chosen at random, will be between 2.00 and 3.00 euro.

[2]
b.

To stimulate reasonable pricing, the city offers a free permit to the sellers whose price of a kilogram of tomatoes is in the lowest 20 %.

Find the highest price that a seller can charge and still receive a free permit.

[2]
c.



Consider f(x), g(x) and h(x), for x∈ R where h(x) =  ( f g ) (x).

Given that g(3) = 7 , g′ (3) = 4 and f ′ (7) = −5 , find the gradient of the normal to the curve of h at x = 3.




At Springfield University, the weights, in kg, of 10 chinchilla rabbits and 10 sable rabbits were recorded. The aim was to find out whether chinchilla rabbits are generally heavier than sable rabbits. The results obtained are summarized in the following table.

A t-test is to be performed at the 5% significance level.

Write down the null and alternative hypotheses.

[2]
a.

Find the p-value for this test.

[2]
b.

Write down the conclusion to the test. Give a reason for your answer.

[2]
c.



In a group of 20 girls, 13 take history and 8 take economics. Three girls take both history and economics, as shown in the following Venn diagram. The values p and q represent numbers of girls.

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Find the value of p ;

[2]
a.i.

Find the value of q .

[2]
a.ii.

A girl is selected at random. Find the probability that she takes economics but not history.

[2]
b.



The diagram shows a circular horizontal board divided into six equal sectors. The sectors are labelled white (W), yellow (Y) and blue (B).

A pointer is pinned to the centre of the board. The pointer is to be spun and when it stops the colour of the sector on which the pointer stops is recorded. The pointer is equally likely to stop on any of the six sectors.

Eva will spin the pointer twice. The following tree diagram shows all the possible outcomes.

Find the probability that both spins are yellow.

[2]
a.

Find the probability that at least one of the spins is yellow.

[3]
b.

Write down the probability that the second spin is yellow, given that the first spin is blue.

[1]
c.



The following Venn diagram shows the sets A , B , C and U .

x is an element of U .

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In the table indicate whether the given statements are True or False.

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[5]
a.

On the Venn diagram, shade the region A ( B C ) .

[1]
b.



Let f ( x ) = 1 + e x and g ( x ) = 2 x + b , for x R , where b is a constant.

Find ( g f ) ( x ) .

[2]
a.

Given that lim x + ( g f ) ( x ) = 3 , find the value of b .

[4]
b.



A college runs a mathematics course in the morning. Scores for a test from this class are shown below.

25   33   51   62   63   63   70   74   79   79   81   88   90   90   98

For these data, the lower quartile is 62 and the upper quartile is 88.

The box and whisker diagram showing these scores is given below.

Test scores

Another mathematics class is run by the college during the evening. A box and whisker diagram showing the scores from this class for the same test is given below.

Test scores

A researcher reviews the box and whisker diagrams and believes that the evening class performed better than the morning class.

Show that the test score of 25 would not be considered an outlier.

[3]
a.

With reference to the box and whisker diagrams, state one aspect that may support the researcher’s opinion and one aspect that may counter it.

[2]
b.



As part of a study into healthy lifestyles, Jing visited Surrey Hills University. Jing recorded a person’s position in the university and how frequently they ate a salad. Results are shown in the table.

Jing conducted a χ 2 test for independence at a 5 % level of significance.

State the null hypothesis.

[1]
a.

Calculate the p -value for this test.

[2]
b.

State, giving a reason, whether the null hypothesis should be accepted.

[2]
c.



At the end of a school day, the Headmaster conducted a survey asking students in how many classes they had used the internet.

The data is shown in the following table.

The mean number of classes in which a student used the internet is 2.

State whether the data is discrete or continuous.

[1]
a.

Find the value of k .

[4]
b.

It was not possible to ask every person in the school, so the Headmaster arranged the student names in alphabetical order and then asked every 10th person on the list.

Identify the sampling technique used in the survey.

[1]
c.



Kayla wants to measure the extent to which two judges in a gymnastics competition are in agreement. Each judge has ranked the seven competitors, as shown in the table, where 1 is the highest ranking and 7 is the lowest.

Calculate Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient for this data.

[5]
a.

State what conclusion Kayla can make from the answer in part (a).

[1]
b.



A group of 20 students travelled to a gymnastics tournament together. Their ages, in years, are given in the following table.

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The lower quartile of the ages is 16 and the upper quartile is 18.5.

For the students in this group write down the median age.

[1]
a.ii.

Draw a box-and-whisker diagram, for these students’ ages, on the following grid.

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[3]
b.



In a high school, 160 students completed a questionnaire which asked for the number of people they are following on a social media website. The results were recorded in the following box-and-whisker diagram.

The following incomplete table shows the distribution of the responses from these 160 students.

Write down the mid-interval value for the 100 < x ≤ 150 group.




A health inspector analysed the amount of sugar in 500 different snacks prepared in various school cafeterias. The collected data are shown in the following box-and-whisker diagram.


Amount of sugar per snack in grams

The health inspector visits two school cafeterias. She inspects the same number of meals at each cafeteria. The data is shown in the following box-and-whisker diagrams.

Meals prepared in the school cafeterias are required to have less than 10 grams of sugar.

State, giving a reason, which school cafeteria has more meals that do not meet the requirement.




Stephen was invited to perform a piano recital. In preparation for the event, Stephen recorded the amount of time, in minutes, that he rehearsed each day for the piano recital.

Stephen rehearsed for 32 days and data for all these days is displayed in the following box-and-whisker diagram.

Stephen states that he rehearsed on each of the 32 days.

Write down the median rehearsal time.

[1]
a.

State whether Stephen is correct. Give a reason for your answer.

[2]
b.

On k days, Stephen practiced exactly 24 minutes.

Find the possible values of k.

[3]
c.