This document provides 17 multi-part statistics questions at varying difficulty levels intended to help students prepare for the DSE Math Level 3, 4, or 5 exams. The questions cover topics such as median, mean, standard deviation, histograms, stem-and-leaf diagrams, box plots, and probability. They involve analyzing data distributions, calculating statistical measures, and interpreting graphs related to exam scores, employee salaries, reaction times, and other real-world data sets. Working through these questions will help students gain practice applying their statistical skills to word problems.
This document provides 17 multi-part statistics questions at varying difficulty levels intended to help students prepare for the DSE Math Level 3, 4, or 5 exams. The questions cover topics such as median, mean, standard deviation, histograms, stem-and-leaf diagrams, box plots, and probability. They involve analyzing data distributions, calculating statistical measures, and interpreting graphs related to exam scores, employee salaries, reaction times, and other real-world data sets. Working through these questions will help students gain practice applying their statistical skills to word problems.
This document provides 17 multi-part statistics questions at varying difficulty levels intended to help students prepare for the DSE Math Level 3, 4, or 5 exams. The questions cover topics such as median, mean, standard deviation, histograms, stem-and-leaf diagrams, box plots, and probability. They involve analyzing data distributions, calculating statistical measures, and interpreting graphs related to exam scores, employee salaries, reaction times, and other real-world data sets. Working through these questions will help students gain practice applying their statistical skills to word problems.
This document provides 17 multi-part statistics questions at varying difficulty levels intended to help students prepare for the DSE Math Level 3, 4, or 5 exams. The questions cover topics such as median, mean, standard deviation, histograms, stem-and-leaf diagrams, box plots, and probability. They involve analyzing data distributions, calculating statistical measures, and interpreting graphs related to exam scores, employee salaries, reaction times, and other real-world data sets. Working through these questions will help students gain practice applying their statistical skills to word problems.
[Finish the following questions if you aim at DSE Math Level 3] Q1 [CE Math 91 1] In Figure l, the cumulative frequency polygon shows the distribution of the marks of 80 students in a Mathematics test. (a) From the figure, write down the median of the distribution. (b) Complete the table below. Hence find the mark of the students in the test.
Q2 [CE Math 92 8] In a sports competition, the mean score of a team of m men and n women is 70. (a) Find the total score of the team in terms of m and n. (b) If the mean score of the men is 75 and the mean score of the women is 62, find the ratio m: n. (c) If there are altogether 39 persons in the team, find the number of men.
Q3 [CE Math 86 3] The table below shows the number of students in three classes of a school and their average marks in a test: Class No. of Students Average Mark F. 5A 40 61 F. 5B x 70 F. 5C 35 50 If the overall average mark of the three classes is 60, find x.
Q4 [CE Math 85 7] The pie-chart in Figure 2 shows the distribution of traffic accidents in Hong Kong in 1983. There were 4200 traffic accidents on H.K. Island, 9240 accidents in Kowloon and n accidents in the New Territories. Find n and x.
Q5 [CE Math 83 3] Given five real numbers − 6, , + 2, + 3, + 6. Find (a) the mean, (b) the standard deviation.
Page 1 New Senior Secondary Mathematics Advanced Exercise Ch. 21: Statistics Q6 [CE Math 82 7] In a certain school, the numbers of students living on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories are in the ratios 2: 7: 3. The pie chart in the figure shows the distribution. (a) Find , and z. (b) If the number of students living on Hong Kong Island is 240, find the total number of students in the school.
Q7 [CE Math 80 C8]
Two classes, A and B, each of 40 students, took a test. In the test, students may score 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 marks. In Figure 3, the distribution of marks of class A is shown in the bar chart on the left of PQ and that of class B is shown on the right. (a) Find, by inspection, which class has a greater standard deviation of marks. (b) If 70 students from the two classes pass the test, what is the minimum mark that a student should get in order to obtain a pass?
[Finish the following questions if you aim at DSE Math Level 4]
Q8 [CE Math 82 C12]
(a) The pie-chart in Figure 6(a) shows how Mr Wong’s income was distributed between his expenses and savings for March. If his rent is $2000, find Mr Wong’s income for that month.
(b) The table below shows the percentage changes when each item of Mr Wong’s expenses in April is compared with that in March. Item Food Rent Travelling Education Miscellaneous Savings Items Percentage Increased by Increased by Increased by No change No change ? Change 10% 30% 30% The pie-chart in Figure 6(b) shows how Mr Wong’s income was distributed between his expenses and savings for April. (i) Suppose that Mr Wong’s income in March and April were the same. (1) Find x, y and z in Figure 6(b). (2) Calculate the percentage change in Mr Wong’s saving for April when compared with those for March. (ii) If Mr Wong’s income in April actually increased by 37.5%, what percentage of his income in April was spent on food?
Page 2 New Senior Secondary Mathematics Advanced Exercise Ch. 21: Statistics Q9 [CE Math 81 6] Figure 1 shows the cumulative frequency polygon of the marks obtained by 100 students taking a mathematics test.
(a) If 75% of the students pass the test, what is the pass mark, correct to the nearest integer? (b) If the pass mark were 40, how many students would pass the test? (c) Find the inter-quartile range.
Q10 [CE Math 81 C6]
The heights of 1000 students form a symmetrical distribution with a mean of 1.70 m and a standard deviation of 0.02 m. If 67% of the students lie within one standard deviation of the mean and 97% lie within two standard deviations of the mean, find (a) the number of students who are shorter than 1.74 m. (b) the number of students whose heights lie between 1.68 m and 1.74 m.
Q11 [ASL M&S 95 1]
The numbers of hours spent by 25 students in studying for an examination are as follows: 11 8 25 21 18 25 7 32 29 18 18 18 22 12 5 30 19 15 20 50 25 10 26 23 12 (a) Copy and complete the following stem and-leaf diagram for the above data:
(b) Find the mode, the median and the interquartile range of the numbers of hours spent by the 25 students.
[Finish the following questions if you aim at DSE Math Level 5]
Q12 [CE Math 93 7] The following frequency table shows the distribution of the scores of 200 students in a Mathematics examination.
(a) Copy the cumulative frequency table onto your
answer book and fill in the blanks. (b) (i) Draw the cumulative frequency polygon on the graph paper and determine the interquartile range. (ii) If the pass percentage is set at 60 %, determine the pass score from the cumulative frequency polygon. (c) Find the mean and standard deviation of the distribution of scores. (Working Steps need not be shown. ) (d) The teacher found that the scores were too low. He added 20 to each score. Write down the mean and the standard deviation of the new set of scores.
Q13 [CE Math 90 12]
(a) The distribution of the monthly salaries of 100 employees in a firm is shown in the histogram in Figure 5. (i) Find the modal class, median, mean, interquartile range and mean deviation of the monthly salaries of the 100 employees. (ii) Now the firm employs 10 more employees whose monthly salaries are all $6500. Will the standard deviation of the monthly salaries of all the employees in the firm become greater, smaller or remain unchanged? Explain briefly. (b) The mean of 7 numbers , , … , is ̅ and the squares of their deviations from ̅ are 9, 4, 1, 0, 1, 4, 9 respectively. Find the standard deviation of the 7 numbers.
Figure 4 shows the cumulative frequency curve of the marks of 600 students in a mathematics contest. (a) From the curve, find (i) the median, and (ii) the inter quartile range of the distribution of marks. (b) A student with marks greater than or equal to 100 will be awarded a prize. (i) Find the number of students who will be awarded prizes. (ii) If one student is chosen at random from the 600 students, find the probability that the student is a prize-winner. (iii) If two students are chosen at random, find the probability that (1) both of them are prize-winners, (2) at least one of them is a prize-winner.
Page 5 New Senior Secondary Mathematics Advanced Exercise Ch. 21: Statistics Q15 [ASL M&S 94 4] Figure 2 shows the cumulative frequency polygon of weights (in kg) for a group of 100 students
(a) Draw a histogram of the weights.
(b) Determine inter-quartile range of weights from the cumulative frequency polygon. (c) Determine the mean weight from the histogram.
Page 6 New Senior Secondary Mathematics Advanced Exercise Ch. 21: Statistics Q16 [ASL M&S 96 1] A stem-and-leaf diagram for the test scores or 30 students is shown below:
(a) Find the mean. mode and interquartile range of these scores. (b) If the score 71 an incorrect record and the correct score is 11, which of the statistics in (a) will have different values? Find the correct values of these statistics.
Q17 [ASL M&S 99 3]
A test was carried out to see how quickly a class of students reacted to a visual instruction to press a particular key when they played a computer game. Their reaction times, measured in tenths of a second, are recorded and the statistics for the whole class are summarized below. Lower quartile Upper quartile Median Minimum Maximum Boys 8 14 11 5 17 Girls 9 16 11 7 21
(a) Draw two box-and-whisker diagrams in your answer book comparing the reaction times of boys and girls. (b) Suppose a boy and a girl are randomly selected from the class. Which one will have a bigger chance of having a reaction time shorter than 1.1 seconds? Explain.
Q18 [ASL M&S 10 5]
The following stem-and-leaf diagram shows the distribution of the test scores of 21 students taking a statistics course.
Let ̅ be the mean of these 21 scores. It is known that if the smallest value of these 21 scores is removed, the range is decreased by 27 and the mean is increased by 2. (a) Find the values of a, b and ̅ . (b) The teacher wants to select 6 students to participate in a competition by first excluding the student with the lowest score. If the students are randomly selected, find the probability that there will be (i) no students with score higher than 70 being selected; (ii) at least 2 students with scores higher than 70 being selected.
[Finish the following questions if you aim at DSE Math Level 5*] Q19 [ASL M&S 96 7] A reporter wished to find the mean number of children per family in a village. She visited the only primary school in the village and asked all the pupils there what the number of children, including themselves, was in each or their families The data obtained are presented in the following frequency table: Number of children 1 2 3 4 5 in the family Number of pupils 10 11 6 9 4 The reporter concludes that mean number or children per family is 1 × 10 + 2 × 11 + 3 × 6 + 4 × 9 + 5 × 4 10 + 11 + 6 + 9 + 4 Is her conclusion justified? Explain your answer.
Q20 [ASL M&S 97 2]
In an experiment. Temperatures of a certain liquid under various experimental settings are measured. The box-and-whisker diagram for these temperatures (in oC) is constructed below: (a) Find the range (in oC) of the temperatures. (b) The temperature C (in oC) can be converted to the temperature F (in oF) according to the formula = + 32.
(i) Find the median and interquartile range of the temperatures in oF. (ii) If the mean and standard deviation of the temperatures are 22 oC and 2 oC respectively, find their values in oF.
Q21 [ASL M&S 98 3]
40 students participate in a 5-day summer camp. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of heights in cm of these students.
(a) Find the median of the distribution of heights.
(b) A student is to be selected randomly to hoist the school flag every day during the camp. Find the probability that (i) the fourth day will be the first time that a student taller than 170 cm will be selected, (ii) out of the 5 selected students, exactly 3 are taller than 170 cm.
A fitness centre advertised a programme specifically designed for women weighing 70 kg or more, and claimed that their individual weights could be reduced by at least 20 kg on completion of the programme. Twenty-one women joined the programme and their weights in kg when they started are shown below: Stem (tens) Leaf (units) 7 0 0 2 3 5 5 7 8 1 1 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 0 2 5 8 9 9 (a) Find the median and the interquartile range of these weights. (b) On completion of the programme, the median, lower quartile and upper quartile of the weights of these women are 73 kg, 68 kg and 77 kg respectively. The lightest and heaviest women weigh 60 kg and 82 kg respectively. Draw two box-and-whisker diagrams in your answer book comparing the weights of these women before and after the programme. (c) Referring to the box-and-whisker diagram in (b), someone claimed that none of these women had reduced their individual weights by 20 kg or more on completion of the programme. Determine whether this claim is correct or not. Explain your answer briefly.
Q23 [ASL M&S 01 3]
The ages of 35 members of a golf club are shown below: Stem (tens) Leaf (units) 1 a 8 8 9 9 2 0 1 2 3 4 4 7 8 3 1 2 2 5 b 9 9 4 0 2 5 5 6 5 2 2 5 5 8 8 6 0 1 c 6
It is known that the median and the range of the ages are 36 and 48 respectively, and the ages of the two eldest members differ by 1. (a) Find the unknown digits a, b and c. (b) The three members whose ages correspond to the three unknown digits a, b and c are replaced with three new members with ages 12, 38 and 68 respectively. Draw two box-and-whisker diagrams in your answer book comparing the age distributions of the members before and after replacement.
Q24 [ASL M&S 02 7]
Twenty-two students in a class attended an examination. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of the examination marks of these students. (a) Find the mean of the examination marks. (b) Two students left the class after the examination and their marks are deleted from the stem-and-leaf diagram. The mean of the remaining marks is then increased by 1.2 and there are two modes. Find the two deleted marks. (c) Two students are randomly selected from the remaining 20 students. Find the probability that their marks are both higher than 75.
Q25 [ASL M&S 03 5]
A researcher conducted a study on the time (in minutes) spent on using the Internet by university students. Thirty questionnaires were sent out and only 19 were returned. The results are as follows: 12 13 14 15 15 21 25 29 36 37 38 41 47 49 49 49 52 54 57 (a) Construct a stem and leaf diagram for these data. (b) Suppose that the researcher has received eight more questionnaires. Three of them show that the time spent on using the Internet is one hour. The others show that the time spent is more than one hour. (i) Find the revised median and the revised interquartile range of the time spent. (ii) Describe briefly the change in the mean and the change in the range of the time spent.
Page 9 New Senior Secondary Mathematics Advanced Exercise Ch. 21: Statistics Q26 [ASL M&S 05 4] The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of heights in cm of 32 students: It is found that three records less than 150 cm are incorrect. Each of them should be 10 cm greater than the original record. Find the change in each of the following statistics after correcting the three records: (a) the mean, (b) the median, (c) the mode, (d) the range, (e) the interquartile range.
Q27 [ASL M&S 07 4]
Albert conducted a survey on the time spent (in hours) on watching television by 16 students. The data recorded are 3.7, 1.2, 2.1, 5.1, 2.1, 4.7, 1.9, 2.4, 2.4, 2.9, 3.6, 2.3, 3.9, 2.2, 1.8 and k, where k is the missing datum. (a) Albert assumes that the range of these data is 5.3 hours. (i) Find the value of k. (ii) Construct a stem and leaf diagram for these data. (iii) Find the mean and the median of these data. (b) Albert finds that the assumption in (a) is incorrect and he can only assume that the range of these data is greater than 5.3 hours. Describe the change in the mean and the change in the median of these data due to the revision of Albert's assumption.
Q28 [ASL M&S 08 6]
A test is taken by a class of 18 students. The marks are as follows: 55 82 74 70 91 75 79 89 68 79 59 72 79 73 60 71 82 k where k is Jane's mark. It is known that the mean mark of the class is the same irrespective of including or excluding Jane's. (a) Find the value of k. (b) If 3 student marks are selected randomly from the set of the 18 student marks, find the probability that exactly 1 of them is the mode of the set of the 18 student marks. (c) A student mark x is classified as an outlier if it lies outside the interval − 2 < < + 2 , where is the mean and is the standard deviation of the set of marks. (i) Find all the outlier(s) of the set of the 18 student marks. (ii) In order to assess the students' performance in the test, all outliers are removed from the set. Describe the change in the median and the standard deviation of the student marks due to such removal.
[Finish the following questions if you aim at DSE Math Level 5**] Q29 [ASL M&S 06 4] The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of the numbers of books read by 24 students of a school in the first term:
(a) Find the median and the interquartile range of the numbers of books read. (b) The librarian of the school ran a reading award scheme in the second term. The following table shows some statistics of the distribution of the numbers of books read by these 24 students in the second term:
(i) Draw two box-and-whisker diagrams of the same scale to compare the numbers of books read by these students in the first term and in the second term. (ii) The librarian claims that not less than 50% of these students read at least 5 more books in the second term than that in the first term. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
A football team and a basketball team are formed in a school. The number of members in each team and some summary statistics of their weights are given as follows:
It is known that there is only one student belonging to both teams and his weight is 69.5 kg. Find the mean and standard deviation of the weights of these 25 students, giving the answers correct to one decimal places.
Q31 [ASL AppMath 98 6]
Twenty-five boys and five girls sit for an examination. The mean and variance of the marks of all these thirty candidates are 61 and 64 respectively. The mean mark of the boys is 60, and the marks obtained by the five girls are 80, 60, 75, 65 and x. (a) Find x. (b) Find the variance of the marks obtained by the boys.
Q32 [ASL AppMath 08 7]
In a city of n households, let be the sum of the first i lowest household incomes for = 1, 2, … , . Figure 2 sketches a shaded polygon with vertices ! , " = !0, 0", !1, ", !2, ", … , ! , # ". Let A be the area of the polygon. As a measure of disparity in household income, the Gini coefficient (GC) is defined as 2% $ = ! − 1" # !#& "'( (a) Show that % = − ,̅ where ̅ is the mean of , , … , # . (b) Suppose all n household incomes are the same. Show that GC = 0. (c) Will GC be changed if all n household incomes are doubled?
