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1 The number of bowls of hot soup sold decreases when the temperature rises.

What type of correlation does this statement describe?

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[Total: 1]

2 The scatter diagram shows the number of people and the number of phones in each of 8 buildings.

(a) One of the buildings contains 42 people.

Write down the number of phones in this building.

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(b) What type of correlation is shown in the scatter diagram?

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[Total: 2]
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What type of correlation does the scatter diagram show?

................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

4 The scatter diagram shows the physics mark and the chemistry mark for each of 12 students.

(a) What type of correlation is shown in the scatter diagram?

................................................... [1]

(b) On the scatter diagram, draw a line of best fit. [1]

(c) Find an estimate of the chemistry mark for another student who has a physics mark of 4.

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[Total: 3]

5 The scatter diagram shows the heights and masses of some five-year-old boys.

30

25
Mass
(kg) 20

15

10
90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135
Height (cm)

(a) The height of one of the boys is likely to have been recorded incorrectly.

Write down the mass of this boy.

Answer(a) ................................................... kg [1]

(b) What type of correlation does the scatter diagram show?

Answer(b) ................................................... [1]

(c)
(i) Draw a line of best fit on the scatter diagram.

[1]

(ii) Another boy had a height of 108 cm.

His mass was not recorded.

Use your line of best fit to estimate the boy’s mass.

Answer(c)(ii) ................................................... kg [1]

[Total: 4]

6 A class of 15 students take two tests in science, paper 1 and paper 2.

The scores for each student are shown in the table.

Paper 1 5 11 12 20 26 31 32 37 45 47 51 54 55 23 42

Paper 2 12 15 27 27 51 44 52 54 54 74 66 72 78 30 58
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80

75

70

65

60

55

50

45

Paper 2 40

35

30

25

20

15

10

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Paper 1

(a) Complete the scatter diagram.

The first thirteen points have been plotted for you.
[1]

(b) What type of correlation is shown in the scatter diagram?

................................................... [1]

(c) On the grid, draw a line of best fit. [1]

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(d) Another student scores 24 on paper 1.

Use your line of best fit to find an estimate for their score on paper 2.

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[Total: 4]

7 Belle records the height, in centimetres, and the mass, in kilograms, of some goats.
Some of her results are shown in the scatter diagram.
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(a) The table shows four more results.

Height (cm) 23 30 36 38

Mass (kg) 31.2 33.5 34.6 34.8

Plot these points on the scatter diagram. [2]

(b) What type of correlation is shown in this scatter diagram?

................................................... [1]

(c) (i) Draw a line of best fit on the scatter diagram. [1]

(ii) Use your line of best fit to estimate the height of a goat with mass 32.5 kg.

................................................... cm [1]

(d) Work out the percentage of the 12 goats that have a height between 26 cm and 35 cm.

................................................... % [3]

[Total: 8]

8 Ten students eat cereal with milk for breakfast.

The amounts are shown in the table.

Cereal (g) 40 20 58 70 60 35 28 40 55 46

Milk (ml) 190 85 240 305 320 180 150 230 340 220
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(a) Complete the scatter diagram.

The first six points have been plotted for you.
[2]

(b) For these students, describe the relationship between the amount of cereal and the amount of milk.

.......................................................................................................................................................... [1]

(c) On the grid, draw a line of best fit. [1]

(d) Another student has 280 ml of milk with her cereal.

Use your line of best fit to estimate an amount of cereal this student has.

................................................... g [1]

(e) Explain why this scatter diagram should not be used to estimate the amount of milk for a student who
has more than 70 g of cereal.

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[Total: 6]