QUEEN’S COLLEGE

Form 2A – August 2022

Test 1
Tutor: Fidel DaSilva
Total: 25 marks

The times, to the nearest minute, that 50 shoppers took to complete their shopping at Albuhaur’s
Supermarket were recorded as

Copy and complete the following table (6 marks)

Time Spent Number of

Midpoint
Shopping Tally Shoppers 𝑓𝑥
𝑥
(minutes) 𝑓
10 – 19
20 – 29
30 – 39
40 – 49
50 – 59
60 – 60
(b) State ONE advantage and ONE disadvantage of using a grouped frequency table (2 marks)
(c) State: (i) The lower limit of the 2nd class
(ii) The width of the median class (3 marks)
(d) Plot a histogram to show the information in the table (4 marks)
(e) Suggest a means by which Mr Albuhaur could have found out how much time customers
were spending in his store. (2 marks)
(f) Calculate an estimate of the mean time a customer spent in the store (4 marks)
(g) If you were Mr. Albuhaur, would you want customers to spend a longer or shorter time in
your store? Give a reason why and state how you would go about keeping customers inside the
store for a longer/shorter period of time. (4 marks)