THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL

2022-23

Topic: Statistics Year 8

1) Find the mean, median, mode and range for each data set.
a) 18, 18, 15, 18, 18, 24, 21, 21, 24, 14
Mean-19.1 Median-18 Mode-18 Range-10
b) 94, 69, 84, 69, 90, 75, 94, 90, 90, 9, 5
Mean-69.9 Median-84 Mode-90 Range-89
c) 22, 5, 22, 13, 12, 24, 24, 9, 24, 19
Mean-17.4 median-20.5 Mode-24 Range-19
d) 23, 1, 1, 18, 1, 3, 18, 10, 7, 3
Mean- 8.5 median-5 mode-1 range-22
e) $55, $78, $99, $23, $55, $78.50, $89.30, $77
Mean-69.4 median-77.5 mode-55 range-66.3

2) If ninety workers are paid $8.00 an hour, nine workers are paid $9.00 an hour, and one person is
paid $17.00 an hour, is it accurate to say that the company pays a range of wages from $8.00 an
hour to $17.00 an hour? Yes

3) Tomato Plants - The heights (in inches) of eight tomato plants are: 36, 45, 52, 40, 38, 41, 50, and
48
• What is the range of the tomato plant heights? 52-36=16
• Find the mean, median, and mode(s) of the tomato plant heights.
Mean 43.8 Median-43 Mode- no mode

4) World Population - The populations (in millions) in 2000 on each of the six inhabited continents
were: 803, 487, 348, 3686, 730, and 31
• What is the range of the populations? 3655
• Find the mean, median, and mode(s) of the populations.
Mean- 956.16 Median-608.5 Mode- no mode

5) Find the missing number using the given data.

1) 29 2) 68 3) 33 4) 130 5) 2 6) 92

6) The data on the mode of transport used by 720 students are given below:
7) Andy and his friends count their football cards. Who
has fewer than 30 cards?
Amanda

8) The graph shows the populations of three towns in two

different years. How much greater was the population of Las
Farmas than the population of Rockvale in 2010?
75000

9) 100 students were asked to choose their favourite subject.

How many students chose science? 50

10) Barry is playing darts and puts his first five scores into a bar
chart. What is the range of his scores? 28
11) This graph shows the temperature in a room over twelve hours. Answer the questions below.

• What was the lowest temperature recorded

on the chart? 15 0C
• What was the temperature at 3 o’clock am?
17 0C

• What was the temperature at 11.00? 20 0C

• Which hour shows the biggest rise in

temperature?
7 to 8 pm
• For how long was the temperature between 16 and 17 degrees? 6 hours
• Can you estimate the temperature at 07.30? 19 0C
• Can you estimate the temperature at 10.00? 20.5 0C

12) This table shows the number of pairs of shoes of various sizes in the stock room of a shoe shop.

• Find the modal shoe size (size 12)

• Find the range of shoe sizes. (13 – 10 = 3)
• What is the mean shoe size? (12)
• What is the median shoe size? (size 12)