Botswana Open University

Junior Certificate
Mathematics

UNIT 13 ASSIGNMENT

Instructions
1. Answer all questions
2. Write your answers on the spaces provided on this question paper
3. Omission of essential working will in loss of marks
4. The total of the marks for this paper is 45
JC: Mathematics Unit 13 Assignment

The Frequency table below shows the number of eggs laid by hens on a farm. Use the table to
answer questions 1 and 2.

Number of eggs Number of hens

6 2
7 4
9 3
10 3

1. Calculate the median number of eggs.

A. 3.5
B. 7
C. 7.5
D. 8

2. What is the probability of throwing a number less than 5 on an ordinary die?

A.
B.
C.
D. 4

The bar chart below shows the number of people in four villages. Use the graph to answer
question 3.

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3. What is the total number of people who live in Marung and Borwa?

A. 3 000
B. 5 000
C. 8 000
D. 14 000

4. What is the range in the distribution below?

2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15

A. 2
B. 10
C. 13
D. 15

5. What is the inter-quartile range in the distribution below?

A. 4
B. 8
C. 9
D. 12

6. The numbers are written in cards as follows:

7, -3, 9, -5, 6

(a) Arrange these numbers in ascending order [2 marks]

(b) Which number is the median? [1 mark]
(c) Find the range [2 marks]
(d) Find the mean [3 marks]
(e) A number is to be picked up at random, what is the [2 marks]
probability of picking up a number less than 0.

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Answer (a) _______________

(b) _______________
(c) ________________
(d) ________________
(e) ________________

7. The bar chart below illustrates the shoe sizes worn by a group of pupils in form 3.

Frequency

 
Shoe sizes

(a) How many pupils wear size 2? [1 mark]

(b) How many pupils wear size less than 6? [2 marks]
(c) How many pupils were in the group? [2 marks]
(d) If the above bar chart is transformed to a pie chart, what will be [2 marks]
the sector angle for those who wear size 3?

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Answer (a) ____________

(b) ____________
(c) ____________
(d) ____________

8. Tebogo asked 24 girls how many packets of sweets they ate last week. The results are
shown in the table below.

Number of packets of sweets 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Number of girls 4 0 6 5 3 2 1 3 0

(a) Write down the mode [ 2 marks]

(b) Work out the median number of packets [ 2 marks]
(c) Calculate the mean number of packets [ 2 marks]

Answer _______________
_______________
_______________

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9. The distribution of the marks obtained by 100 students in a test is as shown below:

Marks Number of students
11 – 20 3
21 – 30 5
31 – 40 6
41 – 50 14
51 – 60 23
61 – 70 30
71 – 80 11
81 – 90 6
91 – 100 2

(a) State the modal class [1 mark]

(b) Calclate an estimate of the mean [4 marks]

Answer
(a)_____________
(b)_____________

10. The table below shows the number of words per paragraph in a chidren’s book.

Number of words per paragraph Number of paragraphs
1 – 11
11 – 20
21 – 30
31 – 40
41 – 50

On the grid below, draw the cumulative frequency curve to illustrate this information and use
it to estimate;
(a) the median [3 marks]
(b) the lower quartile [3 marks]
(c) the upper quartile [3 marks]
(d) the inter-quartile range [3 marks]

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Answer (a)____________
(b)____________
(c)____________
(d)____________

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