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3 The depth, d centimetres, of a river was recorded each day during a period of one year (365 days).
The results are shown by the cumulative frequency curve.
400
300
cumulative
frequency 200
100
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
depth, d (cm)
(a) Use the cumulative frequency curve to find
(i) the median depth, [1]
(ii) the inter-quartile range, [2]
(iii) the depth at the 40th percentile, [2]
(iv) the number of days when the depth of the river was at least 25 cm. [2]
(b)
d 0<d 10 10<d 20 20<d 30 30<d 40 40<d 50 50<d 60 60<d 70
Number of days 17 41 62 98 85 p q
(i) Show that p = 47 and q = 15. [2]
(ii) Use the information in the table and the values of p and q to calculate an estimate of the mean
depth of the river. [4]
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7 The speeds (v kilometres/hour) of 150 cars passing a 50 km/h speed limit sign are recorded.
A cumulative frequency curve to show the results is drawn below.
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120
110
100
90
Cumulative 80
frequency
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Speed (v kilometres / hour)
(a) Use the graph to find
(i) the median speed, [1]
(ii) the inter-quartile range of the speeds, [2]
(iii) the number of cars travelling with speeds of more than 50 km/h. [2]
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(b) A frequency table showing the speeds of the cars is
Speed (v km/h) 30<v 35 35<v 40 40<v 45 45<v 50 50<v 55 55<v 60
Frequency 10 17 33 42 n 16
(i) Find the value of n. [1]
(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean speed. [4]
(c) Answer this part of this question on a sheet of graph paper.
Another frequency table for the same speeds is
Speed (v km/h) 30<v 40 40<v 55 55<v 60
Frequency 27 107 16
Draw an accurate histogram to show this information.
Use 2 cm to represent 5 units on the speed axis and 1 cm to represent 1 unit on the frequency density
axis (so that 1 cm2 represents 2.5 cars). [5]
8 f(x) = x2 – 4x + 3 and g(x) = 2x – 1.
(a) Solve f(x) = 0. [2]
(b) Find g-1(x). [2]
(c) Solve f(x) = g(x), giving your answers correct to 2 decimal places. [5]
(d) Find the value of gf(–2). [2]
(e) Find fg(x). Simplify your answer. [3]
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6 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.
Kristina asked 200 people how much water they drink in one day.
The table shows her results.
Amount of water (x litres) Number of people
0<x 0.5 8
0.5 < x 1 27
1<x 1.5 45
1.5 < x 2 50
2<x 2.5 39
2.5 < x 3 21
3<x 3.5 7
3.5 < x 4 3
(a) Write down the modal interval. [1]
(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean. [4]
(c) Make a cumulative frequency table for this data. [2]
(d) Using a scale of 4 cm to 1 litre of water on the horizontal axis and 1 cm to 10 people on the
vertical axis, draw the cumulative frequency graph. [5]
(e) Use your cumulative frequency graph to find
(i) the median, [1]
(ii) the 40th percentile, [1]
(iii) the number of people who drink at least 2.6 litres of water. [2]
(f) A doctor recommends that a person drinks at least 1.8 litres of water each day.
What percentage of these 200 people do not drink enough water? [2]
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180
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Cumulative
frequency 100
( h)
80
60
40
20
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Number of hours worked (h)
200 people record the number of hours they work in a week.
The cumulative frequency graph shows this information.
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(a) Use the graph to find
(i) the median, [1]
(ii) the upper quartile, [1]
(iii) the inter-quartile range, [1]
(iv) the number of people who work more than 60 hours in a week. [2]
(b) Omar uses the graph to make the following frequency table.
Hours
0IhY10 10IhY20 20IhY30 30IhY40 40IhY50 50IhY60 60IhY70 70IhY80
worked (h)
Frequency 12 34 36 30 38 30 p q
(i) Use the graph to find the values of p and q. [2]
(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean number of hours worked in a week. [4]
(c) Shalini uses the graph to make a different frequency table.
Hours worked (h) 0IhY30 30IhY40 40IhY50 50IhY80
Frequency 82 30 38 50
When she draws a histogram, the height of the column for the interval 30IhY40 is 9 cm.
Calculate the height of each of the other three columns. [4]
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9 The heights of 100 students are measured.
The results have been used to draw this cumulative frequency diagram.
Cumulative
frequency
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 185 190
Height (cm)
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(a) Find
(i) the median height,
Answer(a)(i) cm [1]
(ii) the lower quartile,
Answer(a)(ii) cm [1]
(iii) the inter-quartile range,
Answer(a)(iii) cm [1]
(iv) the number of students with a height greater than 177 cm.
Answer(a)(iv) [2]
(b) The frequency table shows the information about the 100 students who were measured.
Height (h cm) 150 < h Y=160 160 < h Y=170 170 < h Y=180 180 < h Y=190
Frequency 47 18
(i) Use the cumulative frequency diagram to complete the table above. [1]
(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean height of the 100 students.
Answer(b)(ii) cm [4]
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Time
0 I t Y 20 20 I t Y 35 35 I t Y 45 45 I t Y 55 55 I t Y 70 70 I t Y 80
(t mins)
Frequency 6 15 19 37 53 20
The table shows the times taken, in minutes, by 150 students to complete their homework on one day.
(a) (i) In which interval is the median time?
Answer(a)(i) [1]
(ii) Using the mid-interval values 10, 27.5, ……..calculate an estimate of the mean time.
Answer(a)(ii) min [3]
(b) (i) Complete the table of cumulative frequencies.
Time
t Y 20 t Y 35 t Y 45 t Y 55 t Y 70 t Y 80
(t mins)
Cumulative
6 21
frequency
[2]
(ii) On the grid, label the horizontal axis from 0 to 80, using the scale 1 cm represents 5 minutes
and the vertical axis from 0 to 150, using the scale 1 cm represents 10 students.
Draw a cumulative frequency diagram to show this information. [5]
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(c) Use your graph to estimate
(i) the median time, Answer(c)(i) min [1]
(ii) the inter-quartile range,
Answer(c)(ii) min [2]
(iii) the number of students whose time was in the range 50 I t Y 60,
Answer(c)(iii) [1]
(iv) the probability, as a fraction, that a student, chosen at random, took longer than 50 minutes,
Answer(c)(iv) [2]
(v) the probability, as a fraction, that two students, chosen at random, both took longer than 50
minutes.
Answer(c)(v) [2]
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Cumulative
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frequency
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60
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20
m
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mass (kilograms)
The masses of 200 parcels are recorded.
The results are shown in the cumulative frequency diagram above.
(a) Find
(i) the median,
Answer(a)(i) kg [1]
(ii) the lower quartile,
Answer(a)(ii) kg [1]
(iii) the inter-quartile range,
Answer(a)(iii) kg [1]
(iv) the number of parcels with a mass greater than 3.5 kg.
Answer(a)(iv) [2]
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(b) (i) Use the information from the cumulative frequency diagram to complete the grouped
frequency table.
Mass (m) kg 0ImY4 4ImY6 6ImY7 7 I m Y 10
Frequency 36 50
[2]
(ii) Use the grouped frequency table to calculate an estimate of the mean.
Answer(b)(ii) kg [4]
(iii) Complete the frequency density table and use it to complete the histogram.
Mass (m) kg 0ImY4 4ImY6 6ImY7 7 I m Y 10
Frequency
9 16.7
density
40
35
30
25
Frequency
density 20
15
10
m
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mass (kilograms)
[4]
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