1.

1 Mode, median and range

MASTER

1 The data shows the number of football cards some students have.
21, 56, 12, 21, 48

To find the range, work out

largest value smallest value.

a What is the range of the data?

b What is the mode of the data?

The mode is the most

common value.

2 Write down the median of each set of data.

a 7

11

b 2

11

11

The median is the middle value

when the data is written in order.

Be careful, there are

two middle values!

Worked
example

3 Write down a set of five pieces of data with two modes.

Strategy hint
Try out different values.

4 Write down a set of five pieces of data with no mode.

5 Find the mode, range and median for this set of marks.
13

15

15

mode =

17

14

range =

16

14

18

15

16

median =

6 The data shows Alices internet speed at 6 pm for the last six days.
The last piece of data is missing.
180 Mb/s

215 Mb/s

150 Mb/s

135 Mb/s

160 Mb/s

Guided

The median is 155 Mb/s.

What could the missing value be?

The median is in the

middle, and there are 6
pieces of data, so the
missing value must be
smaller than the median.

median
Put in order: 135
A possible value is

160
Mb/s.

7 Problem-solving Write down a set of

a five pieces of data with a median of 7.5
b four pieces of data with a median of 7.5.

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Strategy hint
Write down the middle
value (or values) first,
then choose the values
either side of the
median.

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1.2 Displaying data

MASTER

1 Real The data shows the number of students absent from school in one week.
Mon: 40

Tue: 30

Wed: 25

Thur: 60

Fri: 55
Try to make all of the

Draw a pictogram for this data.

you draw the same size.

Monday
Key

Tuesday

represents 20 students

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

2 Year 7 students were asked, Why do you like Saturdays?

The tally chart shows their replies.
Reason

Tally

Frequency

no school
stay up late
play lots of games

Guided

other

a How many students said no school?

= 5, so 5 +

b Eight students said they play lots of games. Put the tally marks for this data in the table.
c Complete the tally chart.
d Reasoning Why is other one of the choices in the tally chart?

Guided

3 a Draw a bar-line chart on this grid using the data from Question 2.

Draw a bar-line chart,

not a bar chart. Use
lines, not bars.

Frequency

Worked
example

No
school

Stay up
late
Reason

Modal is another word for mode.

b Which is the modal reason?

c Reasoning Why would it be incorrect to give a median for this data?

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1.3 Grouping data

MASTER

1 Problem-solving A survey was carried out on the calories eaten in one day by a group of men.
Here are the results.
Frequency

12001699

12

17002199

Calorie intake by adult males in one day

Frequency

Calories

20
15
10

22002699

18

27003199

16

13

32003699
37004199

1200- 1700- 2200- 2700- 3200- 37001699 2199 2699 3199 3699 4199
Calories

a How many men ate between 2200 and 2699 calories?

b How many men ate between 3700 and 4199 calories?
c Complete the grouped frequency table and the bar chart for the data.
d What is the modal class?
e How many men took part in the survey?
2 Real At football training, each player took 24 penalties. The data shows the number of goals
scored by each player.
12, 17, 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 9, 5, 7, 18, 8, 8, 4, 8, 15, 9
Guided

a Complete the Tally and Frequency columns in the grouped tally chart.
Goals scored

Tally

Frequency

Tally the data one at a time in order:

first the 12, then 17, then 3, and so on.

04
59
1014
1519
2024

b Which is the modal class?

3 a Reasoning Charins magazine says that an average male should have 2700 calories per day.
Look at your bar chart in Question 1. Are these adult males
having enough calories according to Charins magazine?
Give a reason for your answer.

Strategy hint
You could say how many are
having about enough calories
and how many probably are not.

b Reasoning Explain why you cannot tell how many men are having 2500 calories per day.

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1.4 Averages and comparing data

MASTER

Guided

1 Find the mean of 5, 8, 13, 14

5 + 8 + 13 + 14
40
mean = ___________ = ____ =

Divide by the number of values.

2 Real The table shows the names and times from the Mens 100 m 2012 Olympic final.
Name

Bolt

Blake

Gatlin

Gay

Bailey

Martina

Thompson

Powell

Time (s)

9.63

9.75

9.79

9.80

9.88

9.94

9.98

11.99

What was the mean time?

3 Richard and Nora record how many internet sales they have made recently.
Richard

72

81

78

88

75

87

75

Nora

77

83

85

79

82

77

77

80

a Complete the table.

Mode

Range

Median

Mean

To find the median, put

the values in order.

Richard
Guided

Nora

Richard
Mode = 75
=
Range = 88
Median: 72 75 75 78 80 81 87 88

Nora

b Reasoning Use the means and ranges to write two sentences comparing their numbers of sales.

4 Problem-solving / Reasoning The data shows the distances driven

by a taxi driver in the last two weeks.
9

27

33

10

138

54

10

29

39

51

Which average best represents the distances driven by the driver?

Strategy hint
Start by working out the
three different averages:
mode, median and mean.

5 Problem-solving Enrique recorded the number of baskets he scored in five basketball matches.
He calculated the mean score.
8

12

mean = 7

He spilt tea on his score sheet. He knows he scored the

same number of baskets in the second and third games.

Strategy hint
Use the mean to work out how many
baskets he must have scored in total.

How many baskets did he score in the third game?

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MASTER

1.5 Line graphs and more bar charts

1 The line graph shows the number of Millies friends who sent her a text in one week.
a How many friends sent Millie a text on Tuesday?
7
6
Frequency

b On which two days did the same number of

friends text Millie?

5
4
3
2
1

One friend sent Millie 1 text on Saturday, and seven

friends sent her texts on Sunday.

0
Mon

Tue

Wed

2 The dual-bar chart shows information about the amount

of money customers spent each morning in Bims Bakery.

Fri

Sat

Sun

less than 3 spent

3 or more spent

45
40

a How many customers did Bims Bakery have

on Monday?

35
Frequency

Guided

c Complete the line graph for Saturday and Sunday.

Thu
Day

45 + 15 =
b On which day did the most customers spend
less than 3?

30
25
20
15
10
5
0

Mon

Tue

c Why has Wednesday only got one bar?

Which bar seems to be missing?
Why do you think this is?

Wed Thu
Day

Fri

On which day is the

dark bar the tallest?

On Friday, 40 customers spent less than 3 and 15 spent 3 or more.

d Complete the bar chart for Friday.

3 Here is some information about the eye colour of students in Annes class.
Complete the table and the compound bar chart for the data.

Frequency

20

Boys

16
Girls

12

Brown

Blue

Other

Boys

Girls

Worked
example

8
4
0

Brown
Blue
Other
Colour of eyes

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MASTER

1.6 Using spreadsheets

1 The data shows how many pets Peters friends have.

Guided

1, 1, 0, 2, 7, 2, 0, 2, 4

a Input the data into column A of a spreadsheet, starting at cell A1.

cell A1
cell B2

1
2

b Find the mode.

i Type the word Mode in cell A10.
ii In cell A11, type exactly =mode(
iii Select all of the numbers and press Enter to put the mode into cell A11.
iv Write down the mode of the data.
c Find the median.
i Type the word Median in cell A12.
ii In cell A13, type exactly =me
iii Select the data and press

to put the median into cell A

iv Write down the median of the data.

2 Peter collects data on how many children there are in his friends families.
2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 4
a Enter the data into cells B1B9.
To find the range, Peter types Range in cell B10.
In cell B11 he then types exactly =B9-B5
b Why did Peter use cells B9 and B5 to find the range?

c What cell could Peter have used instead of cell B5?

d Follow these steps to get the mean of column B into cell B13.
i Type the word Mean in cell B12.
ii In cell B13, type exactly =average(
iii Select the data and press Enter to put the mean into cell B13.
iv Write down the mean of the data.

3 Janis asked her friends which pop group or pop artist they
liked the most.
a Copy the table onto a new spreadsheet, starting at cell A1.
b Draw a bar chart for the data by following these steps.
i Select the whole table.
ii Click the Insert tab.

Pop group or artist

Friends

Justin Bieber
The Saturdays
James Blunt
Katy Perry
Other

7
2
4
5
8

iii Click Column and select the first 2-D column bar chart.
iv Click Layout and choose options to change your bar chart title, label the axes and turn
off the legend.

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1 Strengthen

Averages and range

1 Write down the mode of each set of data.

The most common

item is the mode.

a red, blue, green, red, yellow, red, green, purple

b 13, 43, 63, 13, 33, 43, 103, 23, 43
c 9, 3, 7, 1, 0, 3, 8, 12, 0

This set of data has two modes. Write down both.

2 Look at this set of data.

Guided

5 0 8 0 4 1 3

Write the values in order, smallest to largest.

The middle value is the median.

a Work out the median of the data.

0 0 1

median =
Range = largest value smallest value

b Work out the range of the data.

c The value 6 is added to the data.

Work out the new median.

Write the new value in the ordered list.

Find the middle two numbers.
The median is halfway between them.

Worked
example

3 Use your calculator to find the mean of these masses.

450 g, 275 g, 507 g, 340 g, 404 g

Charts and tables

4 Jordan did a charity run. These are the amounts donated by people.

Guided

50p, 50p, 1, 50p, 50p, 20p, 1, 1, 1, 50p, 10p, 1, 20p, 20p, 1,

20p, 1, 50p, 10p, 1, 10p, 1, 20p, 50p, 1, 20p, 10p, 1, 50p, 20p
a Complete the tally chart.

Amount

b Complete the bar chart.

10p

Tally

Frequency

20p

c What is the modal donation?

50p
1

d Which amount was donated by 8 people?

Which amount has a frequency of 8?
Remember to write down the units ( or p).
Frequency

e How many people donated money to Jordan?

12
10
8
6
4
2
0

f What is the range of money donated?

10p

20p

50p
Donation

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5 Chloe recorded the time it took her to do each maths homework for a term.
Frequency

1524

2534

3544

11

4554

12

12
Frequency

Time (minutes)

5564

10
8
6
4
2

6574

1524 2534 3544 4554 5564 6574

Time (minutes)

a Fill in the frequency table for the class 5564 minutes.

b Two bars are missing from the bar chart. Complete the bar chart.

Look on the bar chart for the

frequency of the bar for 5564.

c What is the modal class?

6 The table shows the total amount of money of Chriss savings for buying Christmas presents at the
beginning of each month.
Month

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Amount ()

50

60

70

70

100

10

a Complete the line graph.

Amount ()

100
80
60
40
20
0
Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct
Month

Nov

Dec

b How much had Chris saved by the beginning of July?

c In which month did Chris save the most?

Worked
example

d What happened in September?

e How much money did Chris spend on Christmas presents in November?

Comparing data
7 Jim and Rosie are comparing the amount of pocket money they earned in February.
Jim says, My modal amount was 5, and the range was 12.
Rosie says, My modal amount was 4, and the range was 3.
Use the modes and ranges to compare the pocket money they earned.

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1 Extend

1 a Some teenagers gave the design of a blue phone cover these marks out of 10.
7, 4, 8, 8, 9, 7, 2, 7, 8, 6, 3, 8, 9
i Work out the median mark.
ii Work out the range of the marks.
b Some other teenagers gave the design of a red phone cover these marks out of 10.
7, 4, 5, 8, 5, 7, 5, 7, 8, 6, 5, 6
i Work out the median mark.
ii Work out the range of the marks.
c Reasoning Use the medians and ranges to compare the teenagers marks for the two phone
covers. Write down two sentences.

2 Two football players keep headers going on their own

for as long as possible.

Mean number
of headers

Range

The table shows a summary of the information.

Player A

15

12

Reasoning Which football player is better at headers?

Explain your choice.

Player B

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3 Problem-solving
a The range of three integers u, 4, u is 3.
Find two possible missing numbers.

An integer is a whole number.

b The median of four integers u, 4, u, 10 is 6.

Find two possible missing numbers.
c Three integers, u, u, u have a mode of 2 and a mean of 5.
Write down the three missing numbers.
d The mean of three integers u, u, 3 is 1.
i Find two possible missing numbers.
ii Find two other possible missing numbers.

You can use negative numbers.

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4 Real Bob is a ski guide. He uses a GPS device to monitor his position, distance travelled (d km),
andaltitude (m). Bob records the distance he skis each day he works for a month.
76, 80, 103, 108, 88, 55, 72, 93, 89, 90, 75, 67, 67, 67, 72, 94, 88, 100, 72, 67
Distance (d km)

Tally

Frequency

The class 80 < d , 100

includes all the values
from 80 up to, but not
including, 100.

40 < d , 60
60 < d , 80

Literacy
hint
Altitude is the
height above
sea level.

80 < d , 100

Worked
example

100 < d , 120

i Complete the tally chart.

ii Write down the modal class.
iii On how many days did Bob ski less than 100 km?

b Bob decides that he should have 6 equal distance classes instead of 4.

i Make a new tally chart for the data using 6 equal classes.
Distance (d km)

Tally

Frequency

Look at the smallest and largest

distances skied before deciding
on the size of class intervals.

ii Write down the new modal class.

c Reasoning Bob thinks that the new tally chart is better than
the old one. Why might he think this?

Is the new tally chart more or less

accurate than the old one? Why?

The line graph shows Bobs altitude before lunch one day while working.
Height above sea level (m)

Altitude readings from GPS

2100
2000
1900
1800
1700
1600
1500
08 00

09 00

10 00

11 00

12 00

Time

13 00

If the skier is getting

higher, they are on
a ski lift!

d Bob met his customers at the meeting point at 08 00.

What time did Bob get onto the first ski lift?
e How far did the first ski lift ascend?
f How long did Bob queue for the second ski lift?

Does Bobs altitude change

while he is queuing?

g Estimate Bobs height above the meeting point at 10 30.

h Modelling Is this line graph a good model for predicting Bobs altitude before lunch every day that
he works? Give reasons for your answer.
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1 Unit test

TEST

PROGRESS BAR Colour in the progress bar as you get questions correct.
Then fill in the progression chart on pages 111113.

1 Gia gets these scores on a computer game: 10, 0, 0, 5, 15

a Write down the mode.
b Work out the range.
c Work out the median.
d Work out the mean.
Gia plays again and scores 10.
e Work out the new median.
f Write down the new mode.
g Without working out the new mean, write down whether the new mean is smaller or larger than
the old mean. Explain your answer.
2 The table and chart show the depth of water in a pond at 9 am each day for a week during summer.
Day
Depth (cm)

Mon

Tue

32

31

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun
29

Depth (cm)

32
30
28
26
24
0

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu
Day

Fri

Sat

Sun

a Complete the table with information from the line graph.

b Complete the line graph with information from the table.
c What was the depth of water in the pond at 9 am on Tuesday?
d On which day was the pond 25 cm deep?
e On which day do you think it rained? Give a reason for your answer.
3 Mr Ree gives both of his Year 7 classes a general knowledge quiz each week.
The table shows some information about their scores.
Mean percentage score

Range

7G

82

55

7B

77

22

a Write two sentences comparing the performances of the two classes.

b Which class do you think are better at general knowledge? Give a reason for your answer.

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