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A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA, 41 (0700.8 2012.Pape 8.01) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA “The ages, x years, of 150 cars are summarised by 2.x = 645 and Za? = 8287.5. Find Z(x—)?, where denotes the mean of x. 4) we (Bs CHAM) Ke 2012 = 2020 ‘wrmw.examemate.com 1 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 2- (0708.8 2012-Paper 813.01) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA Ashfag and Kuljithave done a school statistics project on the prices of a particular model of headphones for MP3 players. Ashfaq collected prices from 21 shops. Kuljit used the intemet to collect prices fivun 163 websites. (@ Name a suitable statistical diagram for Ashfaq to represent his data, together with a reason for ‘choosing this particular diagram. R) Gi) Name a suitable statistical diagram for Kuljit to represent her data, together with a reason for choosing this particular diagram, 0 ~ peyee eX AMA 2012+ 2020 2 vwoexamemate.com 2 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 3 (0700.8 2012Paper 39.02) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘The heights, 1’em, of a group of young children are summarised by Xx 100) = 72, E(x— 100)? = 499.2. ‘The mean height is 104.8cm. (@ Find the number of children in the group, RI Gi) Find 2x 104.8) 2012 = 2020 3 ‘wrmw.examemate.com A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 4 (0706.5 2012-Paper 82-04) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘The back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram shows the values taken by two variables A and B. @) 310 1335 “ @ 41 2234457778 (10) 8 833 01333466799 (11) (122) 988655432110 247 @) ) 99886542 15 Q) (s) 98710 4 a) key: 4 | 16 | 7 meas =0.164 and 8 = 0.167 (@ Find the median and the interquartile range for variable A Bl i) You are given that, for variable B, the median is 0.171, the upper quartile is (179 and the lower quartile is 0.164. Draw box-and-whisker plots for A and B in a single diagram on graph mer _ examin (A 2012 = 2020 4 ‘www.exam-mate.com 4 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 5 ~ (9700.8 2012.Paper 81-5) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘The lengths of the diagonals in metres of the 9 most popular flat screen TVs and the 9 most popular conventional TVs are shown below. Flatscreen: 0.85 0.04 0.91 0.96 1.04 0.89 107 0.92 0.76 Conventional: 0.69 0.65 0.85 0.77 0.74 0.67 0.71 0.86 0.75 (i) Represent this information on a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram. (4) (ii) Find the median and the interquartile range of the lengths of the diagonals of the 9 conventional TVs 3) Find the mean and standard deviation of the lengths of the diagonals of the 9 flat screen TVs [2] > Raye ex 2012 «2000 5 vn examematecom A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA, 6 - (o708.w 2012-Paper 811-02) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘The amounts of money, x dollars, that 24 people had in their pockets are summarised by 2(x ~ 36) = -60 GI and ¥(x ~ 36)? = 227-76. Find 3.x and 32°. 2012 = 2020 ‘wrmw.examemate.com 6 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 7 (o708.W 2012-Paper 82.08) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘The table summarises the times that 112 people took to travel to work on a particular day. Time to travel to Wark (ainatesy O Raye ex 2012 «2000 2 vn examematecom 2 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 18 - 67088 2013-Paper 82.05) ~ REPRESENTATION OF OTA ‘The following are the annual amounts of money spent on clothes, to the nearest $10, by 27 people. 10 40 60 80 100 130 140 140 140 150 150 150 160 160 160 160 170 180 180 200 210 250 270 280 310 450 570 i) Construct a stem-and-leaf diagram for the data, BI (i) Find th median and the interquartile range of the data. BI ‘An ‘outlier’ is defined as any data value which is more than 1.5 times the interquartile range above ‘the upper quartile, or more than 1.5 times the interquartile range below the lower quartile. Git) List te outlier, BI ~ peyee eX AMA 2012+ 2020 3 vwoexamemate.com 1B A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA, 414 ~ (6709-8 2013-Paper 69.06) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘The weights, x kilograms, of 144 people were recorded. The results are summarised in the cumulative frequency table below. Weight (x kilograms) x= 40 x= 50 S60 x65 x70 x<90 ‘Cumulative frequency 0 12 4 64 92 144 @ On graph paper, draw a cumulative frequency graph to represent these results. (ii) 64 people weigh more than ckg. Use your graph to find the value of c. (ii) Calculate estimates of the mean and standard deviation of the weights. 21 RI [6 exOMinl > Aayee 2012 = 2020 ‘wnww.examemate.com 4 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 15 ~ (6709. 2018-Paper 69-01) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘The distance of a student's home from college, correct to the nearest kilometre, was recorded for each of SS students, The distances are summarised in the following table Distance from college (km) | 1-3 | 4-5 | 6-8 | 9-11 | 12-16 ‘Number of students 18 13 8 12 4 Dominic is asked lo dhaw a histugran ty illustate the data. Dominic's diagtant is shows below. Number of students Distance (km) Give two reasons why this is not a correet histogram. el 2012 = 2020 15 ‘www.exam-mate.com A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA, 116 ~ (e709. 2018-Paper Bi-08) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA Swati measured the lengths, xem, of 18 stick insects and found that £7 length is cm, find the values of D(x — 5) and E(x 967. Given that the mean, (51 we (S exh) Ke 2012 = 2020 ‘wrmw.examemate.com 16 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 117 ~ (e709. 2015-PaperB'-04) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘The following are the house prices in thousands of dollars, arranged in ascending order, for 51 houses from a certain area, 253 270 310 354 386 428 433 468 472 477 485 520 520 S24 S26 S31 535 536 538 S41 543 S46 S48 549 551 554 572 583 590 GOS 614 638 G49 652 666 670 682 684 690 710 725 726 731 734 745 760 800 854 863 957 986 (@ Draw a box-and-whisker plot to represent the data, [4 An expensive house is defined as a house which has a price that is more than 1.5 times the interquartile range above the upper quartile. Gii) For the above data, give the prices of the expensive houses. i Gili) Give one disadvantage of using a box-and-whisker plot rather than a stem-and-leaf diagram to represent this set of data. a ~ exarne (Av ye Boi2= 2020 7 Yaa exanematecomh wv A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 18 - (e709.W2018-Paper 812.04) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘The following histogram summarises the times, in minutes, taken by 190 people to complete a race. ‘Hrequency density 20 18 16 14 12 10 os 06 os 02 + Time in 100 200 300 700” minutes @ Show that 75 people took between 200 and 250 minutes to complete the race. Gi) Calculate estimates of the mean and standard deviation of the times of the 190 people. G Explain why your answers to part (i) are estimates. m1 [6] tH, re) xara) 2012 = 2020 18 ‘wnww.examemate.com 18 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 19 ~ (e709. 2018-Paper 89-04) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA Barry weighs 20 oranges and 25 lemons. For the oranges, the mean weight is 220 g and the standard deviation is 32g. For the lemons, the mean weight is 118 and the standard deviation is 12.g. @ Find the mean weight of the 45 fruits 21 (‘The individual weights of the oranges in grams are denoted by x,, and the individual weights ot the lemons in grams are denoted by x). By first finding 2.7 and Ex}, find the variance of the weights of the 45 fruits. (5) > We (Arye OKA AK) 2012 - 2020 19 ‘won examemate,com 19 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 20 - (709-8 2014 Paper 89-01) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘Some adults and some children each tried to estimate, without using a watch, the number of seconds that had elapsed in a fixed time-interval. Their estimates are shown below. Adults: 55 58 67 74 63 61 63 71 56 53 S4 78 73 64 62 Children: 86 95 89 72 61 84 77 92 81 Sd 43 68 62 67 83 @ Draw a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram to represent the data. Gl (ii) Make two comparisons between the estimates of the adults and the children. 2] > Raye ex 2012 «2000 20 vn examematecom 20 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA, 21 (708-8 2014 Paper 69.04) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘The heights, xem, of a group of 28 people were measured. The mean height was found to be 172.6cm and the standard deviation was found to be 4.58¢m. A person whose height was 161.8 cm left the group. @ Find the mean height of the remaining group of 27 people. RI (ii) Find 2° for the original group of 28 people. Hence find the standard deviation of the heights of the remaining group of 27 people. i] exaVinal (payee 2012 = 2020 2 ‘wnww.examemate.com 2 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 22 - e709.8 2014 Paper 872-06) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘The times taken by 57 athletesto run 100 metres are summarised in the following cumulative frequency table. Tine Geconds) [100 | 105 | =110 | «120 [=128 | «138 ‘Cumulative frequency | 0 4 10 | 40 | 49 | 37 i) State how many athletes ran 100 metres in a time between 10.5 and 11.0 seconds. tH Gi) Draw a histogram on graph paper to represent the times taken by these athletes to run 100 metres. ta) (Gi Catcuate estimates ofthe mean and variance of the times taken by these athletes ia) _ Aeyce XA) Boi2= 2020 2 Yaa exanematecomh 2 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 28 ~ (6708-8 2014 Paper B/1.Q7) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA A typing test is taken by 111 people, The numbers of typing errors they make in the test are summarised in the table below. Number of typing errors | 1-5 | 6-20 36-60 | 61-80 Frequency 24 9 21 15 a2 @ Draw a histogram on graph paper to represent this information, (51 i) Calculate an estimate of the mean number of typing errors for these 111 people. BI 1s the lower quartile and which class contains the upper quartile. Hence find the least possible value of the intarquartile range Bl _ We (peyee ea) Ww 2012 = 2020 23 ‘www.exam-mate.com 23 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 24 ~ (e709. 2014-PaperBi-Q1) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA Find the mean and variance of the following data. Bl tte 2 fares 2 eree eee 3 eee 2 eee er eel Oe) we (Arye exami (A’) 2012 = 2020 24 ‘wrmw.examemate.com 24 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 25 - (e709.w2014-Paper 89-02) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA A traffic camera measured the speeds, x kilometres per hour, of 8 cars travelling along a certain street, with the following results. 62.7 50.6 642 61S 683 66.9 62.0 623 Find E(x — 62). ul i) Find D(x ~ 62)° uw (iii) Find the mean and variance of the speeds of the 8 cars. BI > peyee exam [Aye 2012 - 2020 25 wwrw.examemate,com 25 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 26 - (e709. 2014-PperBi'-04) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘The following back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram shows the times to load an application on 61 smartphones of type A and 43 smartphones of type B. o 9760433|2/1358 “ a $$44222|3/ 044566667889 (12) (13) 9988876643220|4/ 0112368899 (10) © 655432110|5| 25669 () ow 9730/6|1389 ) 6 x74410|7|57 e 0) 7666533210|8|1244 (4) © 86555|9|06 (2) Key: 3]2|1 means 0.23 seconds for type A and 0.21 seconds for type B. (@) Find the median and quartiles for smartphones of type A. BI You are given that the median, lower quartile and upper quartile for smattphones of type B are 0.46 seconds, 0.36 seconds and 0.63 seconds respectively. Gi) Roprosont tho data by drawing a pair of box-and-whiskor plots in/a single Paper. (i Compare the loading times fr these two types of smarypone uu _ re) exahN) 2012+ 2020 2 wa examemate,com 26 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA 27 ~ (e709. 2014-Paper 812.04) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘Sharik attempts a multiple choice revision question on-line. There are 3 suggested answers, one of which is correct. When Sharik chooses an answer the computer indicates whether the answer is right ‘or wrong. Sharik first chooses one of the three suggested answers at random. If this answer is wrong, Ihe hay a second (ry, choosing ant answer at random from the reumtining 2. IF dais answer is also wrong, ‘Sharik then chooses the remaining answer, which must be correct. @ Draw fully labelled tree diagram to illustrate the various choices that Sharik can make until the computer indicates that he has answered the question correctly. ies) Gi) The random variable X’ is the number of attempts that Sharik makes up to and including the ‘one that the computer indicates is correct. Draw up the probability distribution table for and find EC). 4 _ Arye exam [Aye Boi2= 2020 7 Yaa exanematecomh 27 A-Level Cambridge STATISTICS 1 CH1 - REPRESENTATION OF DATA, 28 - (e709.W 2014 Paper B/9-04) ~ REPRESENTATION OF DATA ‘A random sample of 25 people recorded the number of glasses of water they drank in a particular week. The results are shown below. 23 22 47 46 19 19 26 28 18 a 32 36 7 26 28 4 45 38 22 24 @ Draw a stem-and-leaf diagram to represent the data Gi) On graph paper draw a box-and-whisker plot to represent the data. 25 42 13 41 30 BI (51 _ examin (A 2012 = 2020 28 ‘wnww.examemate.com 28

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