Grade 11 MATHEMATICS

DATA HANDLING MEMO

1.1 IQR = upper quartile – lower quartile

5 = 9 – lower quartile 
 Lower
= 4 (2)
quartile
1.2 If there are another two points above 7, there must be another two points below 7
as well, so the total number of data points would be 9.  (1)

1.3 Range = 10 – 3

= 7 (1)

Mean 3  4  5  5,8  7  8  8,2  9  10

1.4
= 9

= 6,67  (1)

Median
2.1 251 pages  (2)
=
Lower
2.2 = 200 
quartile
Upper
= 302  (2)
quartile
2.3 75% of the popular books surveyed have less than 302 pages.  (1)

Median
3.1 468  (2)
=

Upper
3.2 = 580 
quartile
Lower
= 342  (2)
quartile

3.3

 

(4)

4. Median = 12  (6th observation out of 11 is median.)

Maximum = 30

= 30 – 22 (Range = 22)
Minimum
 = 8

Upper quartile = 27  (3rd largest out of 11.)

 Lower
= 27 – 13 (Interquartile range = 13)
quartile
= 14 

 

(8)

Median
5.1 1,64  (2)
=
IQR
5.2 upper quartile – lower quartile
=
= 1,72 – 1,58 

= 0,14  (3)
5.3

 

(4)

Range
6.1 85 – 68
=

= 17  (1)

Median 76  78
6.2 =
age 2 

= 77  (3)

Lower
6.3 = 72 
quartile

Upper
= 81  (2)
quartile

6.4

  (4)
7.2
The data suggest that younger drivers tend to receive more speeding fines than older
drivers,  and this could mean that younger drivers drive faster or more recklessly than (1)
older drivers.

8.1

8.2

8.3