SCATTER GRAPHS – PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1.
The table below shows the ages and salaries of 10 people.
Age Salary
35 £38,000
26 £26,000
41 £45,000
29 £30,000
22 £18,000
32 £29,000
45 £47,000
37 £37,000
39 £38,000
25 £32,000
(a) Plot the data on the axis below.
50000
45000
40000
35000
Salary (£)
30000
25000
20000
15000
20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Age
(b) Describe the relationship between age and salary.
(c) Describe the correlation of your scatter graph.
2.
The scatter graph below shows the average daily temperatures (in ° C) and the number of
ice creams sold by an ice cream van over 20 days in June.
(a) On the 1st of July, the average temperature was 20 ° C and 76 ice creams were sold.
Plot this additional data point onto the scatter graph.
160
140
120
100
Ice creams sold
80
60
40
20
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Average Daily Temperature (° C)
(b) Circle the outlier in the data.
(c) What was the average temperature on the day when the most ice creams were sold?
(d) Describe the correlation of the scatter graph.
(e) Describe the relationship between the average daily temperature and the number of
ice creams sold.
(f) Use the scatter graph to estimate the number of ice creams that would be sold when
the average daily temperature is 34 ° C.
3.
The scatter graph below shows the body fat percentage of a group of people and how
many minutes it took them to run 5 kilometres.
(a) Freddie has a body fat percentage of 22% and took 31 minutes. Plot this additional
data point onto the scatter graph.
45
40
35
Minutes taken
30
25
20
15
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Body fat %
(b) Circle the outlier in the data.
(c) What was the quickest time?
(d) How many people ran 5 kilometres in less than half an hour?
(e) Describe the correlation of the scatter graph.
(f) Greg has a body fat percentage of 32%. Use the graph to estimate how many minutes
Greg would run 5 kilometres in.
4.
The scatter graph below shows the values and mileages of 18 Volkswagen Polos.
12000
10000
8000
Value (£)
6000
4000
2000
0
0 4000 8000 12000 16000 20000 24000 28000
Mileage
(a) Describe the relationship between value and mileage.
(b) Use the graph to estimate the value of a Volkswagen Polo with a mileage of 16,000.
(c) Use the graph to estimate the mileage of a Volkswagen Polo that has a value of
£8,800.
(d) Explain why it might not be appropriate to use the graph to estimate the value of a
Volkswagen Polo with a mileage of 27,200.
5.
The scatter graph below shows the monthly cost of rent for 25 flats in Bristol and their
distance from the city centre (in miles).
1500
1250
1000
Monthly rent (£)
750
500
250
0
0 2 4 6 8 10
Distance from city centre (miles)
(a) Describe the correlation of the graph.
(b) Describe the relationship between monthly rent and distance from the city centre.
(c) How many of the 25 flats have a monthly rent of less than £800?
(d) Use the graph to estimate the monthly rent for a flat 5 miles from the city centre.
6.
A class of 25 students took a maths test.
The scatter graph below shows the marks they scored in the test and the number of
hours they spent revising.
The maths test was out of 80.
80
70
60
50
Score (out of 80)
40
30
20
10
0
0 4 8 12 16 20
Hours spent revising
(a) Describe the relationship between the number of hours spent revising and marks
scored.
(b) The pass mark for the test was 30 out of 80. What percentage of the students failed
the exam?
(c) Use the scatter graph to estimate the score a student would get if they spent 11 hours
revising.
(d) Explain why it might not be appropriate to use the graph to estimate the score of a
student who spent 19 hours revising.
7.
The scatter graph below shows the heights and number of tomatoes harvested by 22
tomato plants.
120
100
Number of tomatoes harvested
80
60
40
20
0
0 2 4 6 8 10
Height (feet)
(a) Describe the relationship between height of plant and number of tomatoes harvested.
(b) Find the range of the number of tomatoes harvested.
(c) Another plant harvested 55 tomatoes.
Use the graph to estimate the height of the plant.
(d) Explain why it might not be appropriate to use the graph to estimate the number of
tomatoes harvested by a 10 foot plant.
8.
30 beach-goers were asked how many times they visited the beach over the last year.
The scatter graph below shows this data compared to how many miles they live from the
coast.
60
50
Annual number of visits to the beach
40
30
20
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Distance from coast (miles)
(a) Describe the correlation of the graph.
(b) What percentage of the people live more than 45 miles from the coast?
(c) Martha lives 44 miles from the coast.
Use the graph to estimate how many times she visited the beach in the last year.
