OLEVEL P2

A30 CUMULATIVE
FREQUENCY
1 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

The table below shows the marks obtained in tests of English and Mathematics by 140 students.

Number of candidates
Mark (x)
English Mathematics
0 < x
20 4 10
20 < x
40 26 20
40 < x
60 50 30
60 < x
80 56 55
80 < x
100 4 25

(a) Copy and complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Number of candidates
Mark (x)
English Mathematics
x= 0 0 0
x
20 4
x
40
x
60
x
80
x
100 140 [2]

(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 20 marks, draw a horizontal x-axis for 0
x
100.
Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 20 pupils, draw a vertical axis for values from 0 to 140.
On your axes, draw and label both smooth cumulative frequency curves to illustrate this
information. [3]

(c) Use your curves to find

(i) the upper quartile mark for English, [1]

(ii) the interquartile range for English, [1]
(iii) the median mark for English and the median mark for Mathematics. [1]

(d) State, with a reason, which you think is the easier test. [1]

(e) One student is chosen at random.

It may be assumed that the marks gained in the two subjects are independent.

Expressing each answer as a fraction in its lowest terms, calculate the probability that the
student gains

(i) more than 60 marks on both papers, [1]

(ii) more than 80 marks on one paper, but not on the other. [2]
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2 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

The diagram shows the histogram which represents the heights of the pupils in a small school.

4
Frequency
density 3

0
130 140 150 160 170 180 190
Height ( h cm)

(a) (i) On your graph paper, copy and complete this frequency table that represents the
distribution.

130  h  140 140  h  150 150  h  155 155  h  160 160  h  170 170  h  180 180  h  190

10

[2]

(ii) Hence copy and complete this cumulative frequency table that represents the distribution.

Height (h cm)  130  140  150  155  160  170  180  190

Cumulative frequency 0 10

[1]

(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 10 cm, draw a horizontal h-axis for 130  h  190.
Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 10 pupils, draw a vertical axis.
On your axes, draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve to illustrate the information. [3]

(c) Use your graph to find

(i) the median height of the pupils, [1]

(ii) the lower quartile height, [1]
(iii) the interquartile range. [1]
(d) One student is chosen at random.

Use the frequency table to find the probability that the student’s height is greater than 160 cm.
Give your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms. [1]

(e) Two students are chosen at random.

Calculate the probability that one has a height greater than 170 cm and the other has a height at
most 140 cm.
Give your answer as a fraction. [2]
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 3 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

Potatoes are sold in sacks.

One sack, picked at random, contained 260 potatoes.
The masses, in grams, of the potatoes in this sack are summarised in the table below.

Mass
50 < m ⭐ 100 100 < m ⭐ 150 150 < m ⭐ 200 200 < m ⭐ 250 250 < m ⭐ 300 300 < m ⭐ 350
(m grams)
Frequency 4 56 84 76 36 4

(a) (i) Calculate an estimate of the total mass of the potatoes in this sack. [2]
(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass, in grams, of a potato. [1]

(b) (i) Copy and complete the cumulative frequency table given below.

Mass
m ⭐ 50 m ⭐ 100 m ⭐ 150 m ⭐ 200 m ⭐ 250 m ⭐ 300 m ⭐ 350
(m grams)
Cumulative
0 4 60 260
frequency
[1]
(ii) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 50 grams, draw a horizontal axis for masses
between 0 and 350 grams.
Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 50 potatoes, draw a vertical axis for values from 0 to 300.
On your axes, draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve to illustrate this information. [3]
(iii) Use your curve to find
(a) the median, [1]
(b) the interquartile range. [2]

(c) The organisers of a barbecue expect to sell 500 baked potatoes.

Each potato should have a mass greater than 200 g.

Estimate the number of sacks of potatoes they will need. [2]

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4 Paul and Sam are two athletes who have training sessions together.
On 80 sessions during 2007 they ran the same route, and their times were recorded.

(a) The cumulative frequency curve shows the distribution of Paulʼs times.

80

60

Cumulative
frequency
40

20

0
60 61 62 63 64 65
Time (minutes)

Use the curve to estimate

(i) the median, [1]
(ii) the interquartile range, [2]
(iii) how often Paul took more than 64 minutes. [1]

(b) Samʼs times had a lower quartile of 62.5 minutes, a median of 63 minutes and an upper quartile of
64 minutes.
State which athlete was the more consistent runner, giving a reason for your answer. [1]
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5 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

80 electric light bulbs of brand A were tested to find how long each bulb lasted.
The results are summarised in the table below.

Time t 艋 50 50 ⬍ t 艋 100 100 ⬍ t 艋 150 150 ⬍ t 艋 200 200 ⬍ t 艋 250 250 ⬍ t 艋 300 300 ⬍ t 艋 350 350 ⬍ t 艋 400
(t hours)
Number
1 2 6 34 26 8 2 1
of bulbs

(a) Copy and complete the following cumulative frequency table.

Time
t 艋 50 t 艋 100 t 艋 150 t 艋 200 t 艋 250 t 艋 300 t 艋 350 t 艋 400
(t hours)
Number
1 3 80
of bulbs
[1]

(b) Using a horizontal scale of 2 cm to represent 50 hours and a vertical scale of 2 cm to represent
10 bulbs, draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve for these brand A bulbs. [3]

(c) Use your graph to estimate

(i) the median, [1]
(ii) the 10th percentile. [1]

(d) 80 brand B bulbs were also tested and a report on the test gave the following information.
3 bulbs lasted 50 hours or less.
No bulbs lasted more than 350 hours.
The median time was 250 hours.
The upper quartile was 275 hours.
The interquartile range was 75 hours.
On the same axes, draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve for the brand B bulbs. [3]

(e) Use your graphs to estimate the number of bulbs that lasted 260 hours or less
(i) for brand A, [1]
(ii) for brand B. [1]

(f) Which brand of bulb is more likely to last longer than 250 hours?
Justify your answer. [1]
6 Answer the WHOLE of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

The table below shows the amount of time spent playing sport each week by 80 students.

Time (t hours) 0t2 2t4 4t6 6t8 8  t  10

Frequency 20 31 22 5 2

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean time spent playing sport each week by the students. [3]

(b) Copy and complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Time (t hours) t2 t4 t6 t8 t  10

Cumulative
20 51 80
frequency
[1]

(c) Using a horizontal scale of 1 cm to represent 1 hour and a vertical scale of 1 cm to represent
5 students, draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve for this data. [3]

(d) Use your graph to estimate

(i) the median, [1]

(ii) the interquartile range. [2]

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7 The time taken by each of 320 students taking a Physics test was recorded.
The following table shows a distribution of their times.

Time
60 ⬍ m 艋 70 70 ⬍ m 艋 80 80 ⬍ m 艋 90 90 ⬍ m 艋 100 100 ⬍ m 艋 110 110 ⬍ m 艋 120
(m minutes)
Frequency 24 92 104 68 24 8

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Time (m minutes) m 艋 60 m 艋 70 m 艋 80 m 艋 90 m 艋 100 m 艋 110 m 艋 120

Cumulative frequency 0 24 116
[1]

(b) For this part of the question use the graph paper opposite.

(i) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 10 minutes, draw a horizontal m-axis

for 60 艋 m 艋 120.
Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 20 students, draw a vertical axis for cumulative
frequencies from 0 to 320.
On your axes, draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve to illustrate the information.
[3]

(ii) Use your graph to estimate

(a) the median,

Answer ............................. minutes [1]

(b) the interquartile range,

Answer ............................. minutes [2]

(c) the percentage of students who took at least 95 minutes to complete the test.

Answer ........................................... [2]

 (iii) A group of 300 students of similar ability took an equivalent test the previous year.
The following graph shows a distribution of their times.

300

250

200

Cumulative
frequency 150

100

50

0
60 70 80 90 100 110 120
Time (minutes)
(a) Find the 20th percentile.

Answer ............................. minutes [1]

(b) Find the percentage of students who took at least 95 minutes to complete the test.

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

(c) Hence make a comparison between the two tests.

Answer .......................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................. [1]
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8 (a) A sports club has 120 members.
The cumulative frequency table for their ages is shown below.

Age
x⭐ 5 x⭐ 15 x⭐ 25 x⭐ 35 x⭐ 45 x⭐ 55 x⭐ 65
(x years)
Cumulative
0 12 30 60 96 114 120
frequency

(i) On the grid on the next page

draw a horizontal x-axis for 0 ⭐ x ⭐ 70, using a scale of 2 cm to represent 10 years
and a vertical axis from 0 to 120, using a scale of 2 cm to represent 20 members.

On your axes draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve to illustrate the information
in the table. [3]

(ii) Find the upper quartile age.

Answer ..............................years [1]

(iii) Find the interquartile range of the ages.

Answer ..............................years [1]

(iv) Members who are not more than 15, and members who are over 50, pay reduced fees.
Use your graph to find an estimate of the number of members who pay reduced fees.

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

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9 A group of 80 music students recorded the time each spent practising last week.
The results are summarised in this table.

Time
0 ⬍ m ⭐ 20 20 ⬍ m ⭐ 40 40 ⬍ m ⭐ 60 60 ⬍ m ⭐ 80 80 ⬍ m ⭐ 100 100 ⬍ m ⭐ 120
(m minutes)
Frequency 6 15 29 18 9 3

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean.

Answer .......................... minutes [3]

(b) Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Time (m minutes) m=0 m ⭐ 20 m ⭐ 40 m ⭐ 60 m ⭐ 80 m ⭐ 100 m ⭐ 120

Cumulative frequency 0 6 21 80
[1]

(c) For this part of the question use the graph paper opposite.

Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 10 minutes, draw a horizontal m-axis for 0 ⭐ m ⭐ 120.

Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 10 students, draw a vertical axis for cumulative frequency
from 0 to 80.
Using your axes draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve to illustrate the information.
[3]

(d) Use your graph to estimate

(i) the median,

Answer ........................... minutes [1]

(ii) the interquartile range,

Answer ........................... minutes [2]

(iii) the probability that a student, chosen at random, practised for more than 75 minutes.

Answer ......................................... [2]

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10 (a) The cumulative frequency graph shows the distribution of the lengths of 60 leaves.

60

55

50

45

40

Cumulative 35
frequency
30

25

20

15

10

0
5 6 7 8 9 10
Length (cm)

(i) Complete the table to show the distribution of the lengths of the leaves.

Length (l cm) 5⬍l艋6 6⬍l艋7 7⬍l艋8 8⬍l艋9 9 ⬍ l 艋 10

Frequency 6 18 2
[1]

(ii) Use the graph to estimate the median.

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

(iii) Use the graph to estimate the interquartile range.

Answer ................................. cm [2]

(iv) One of these leaves is chosen at random.

Estimate the probability that it has a length of more than 7.5 cm.

Answer ........................................ [2]

 (b) The distribution of the widths of these leaves is shown in the table below.

Width (w cm) 3⬍w艋4 4⬍w艋5 5⬍w艋6 6⬍w艋7 7⬍w艋8 8⬍w艋9

Frequency 4 15 20 13 5 3

(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean width.

Answer ................................. cm [3]

(ii) Calculate the percentage of leaves with a width of more than 6 cm.

Answer ....................................% [2]

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11 A group of 80 students enters a science quiz.
The table shows the distribution of their scores.

Score (s) 0 1 s G 10 10 1 s G 20 20 1 s G 30 30 1 s G 40 40 1 s G 50 50 1 s G 60
Frequency 4 12 16 23 20 5

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean score.

Answer .................................................... [3]

(b) (i) Complete the cumulative frequency table for their scores.

Score (s) s G 10 s G 20 s G 30 s G 40 s G 50 s G 60
Cumulative
4 80
frequency
[1]
(ii) On the grid below,
draw a horizontal s-axis for 0 G s G 60 using a scale of 2 cm to represent 10 points
and a vertical axis from 0 to 80 using a scale of 2 cm to represent 20 students.

Draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve to represent this information.

[3]
 (iii) Use your graph to estimate

(a) the median score,

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

(b) the interquartile range of the scores.

Answer .................................................... [2]

(c) Students who scored more than 40 points can enter the next round of the quiz.
Two of these students are selected at random.

Work out the probability that both students scored more than 50 points.

Answer .................................................... [2]

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12 Onedayafarmercollected300eggsfromhischickens.
Thetablebelowshowsthedistributionofthemassesoftheeggs.

Mass
42<m G 46 46<m G 48 48<m G 50 50<m G 54 54<m G 58 58<m G 66
(m grams)
Frequency 60 40 48 72 56 24

(a) (i) Aneggischosenatrandom.

Calculatetheprobabilitythatthemassofthiseggisnotgreaterthan48grams.

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

(ii) Aneggischosenatrandomfromthe300eggs.
Anothereggischosenatrandomfromthosethatremain.

Calculatetheprobabilitythatthemassofoneeggisatmost46grams,andthemassofthe
otherismorethan58grams.

Answer ............................................ [2]

(b) Calculateanestimateofthemeanmassofanegg.

Answer ......................................... g[3]

 (c) (i) Completethecumulativefrequencytable.

Mass
m G 42 m G 46 m G 48 m G 50 m G 54 m G 58 m G 66
(m grams)
Cumulative
0 60 300
Frequency
 [1]

(ii) Onthegrid,drawasmoothcumulativefrequencycurvetoillustratethisinformation.

300

250

200

Cumulative
frequency
150

100

50

0
40 45 50 55 60 65 70
Mass (m grams)
 [2]

(d) (i) Useyourgraphtofindthemedianmassoftheeggs.

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

(ii) Useyourgraphtofindtheinterquartilerange.

Answer ......................................... g[2]

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13 Thecumulativefrequencygraphforthelengthsofthe50tracksonAbi’sMP3playerisshownbelow.

50

40
Cumulative
frequency

30

20

10

0
2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00
Length of track (minutes : seconds)

(a) Usethegraphtofind

(i) themedian,

Answer ............ minutes............seconds[1]

(ii) theinterquartilerange.

Answer ............ minutes............seconds[2]

(b) Usetheinformationonthegraphtocompletethefrequencytableforthelengthofthetracks.

Length(minutes:seconds) Frequency
2:301lengthG3:00 3
3:001lengthG3:30 5
3:301lengthG4:00
4:001lengthG4:30
4:301lengthG5:00
5:001lengthG5:30
5:301lengthG6:00
 [2]
(c) AbiplaysthreetracksfromherMP3playerwithnobreakbetweenthem.

Giventhatnotrackisrepeated,whatisthemaximumpossiblelengthoftimetakentoplaythese
tracks?

Answer ............ minutes............seconds[2]

(d) AbitravelsonatrainfromstationAtostationF.
TheexacttimesthetrainarrivesatandleavesstationsAtoFareshownbelow.

Station A B C D E F
Arrive – 1003 1006 1011 1015 1021
Depart 0958 1004 1007 1012 1016 –

(i) Howmanyminutesdidherjourneytake?

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

(ii) AbistartsplayingtracksatrandomfromherMP3playerassheleavesstationA.

WhatistheprobabilitythatthefirsttrackisstillplayingwhenshearrivesatstationB?

Answer ............................................ [2]

(e) AbiplaystwodifferenttracksatrandomfromherMP3player.

Whatistheprobabilitythatneithertrackislongerthan3minutes30seconds?

Answer ............................................ [2]

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14 100electriclightbulbsofBrandAweretestedtofindhowlongeachbulblasted.
Theresultsaresummarisedinthetablebelow.

Time
(thours) tG50 501 tG100 1001tG150 1501tG200 2001tG250 2501tG300 3001tG350

Number
2 2 10 40 30 14 2
ofbulbs

(a) Completethecumulativefrequencytable.

Time
(thours) tG50 tG100 tG150 tG200 tG250 tG300 tG350

Cumulative
2 4 100
frequency
 [1]

(b) Onthegrid,drawasmoothcumulativefrequencycurvetorepresentthisinformation.
LabelthiscurveBrandA.

100

80

Cumulative
frequency
60

40

20

0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Time (t hours)
 [2]
 (c) (i) Useyourgraphtoestimatethemedian.

Answer ................................. hours[1]

(ii) Useyourgraphtoestimatetheinterquartilerange.

Answer ................................. hours[2]

(d) 100BrandBbulbsgavethefollowingresults.
4bulbslasted50hoursorless.
Thelongesttimeanybulblastedwas300hours.
Themedianis250hours.
Theupperquartileis275hours.
Theinterquartilerangeis75hours.

Onthegrid,drawandlabelthecumulativefrequencycurvefortheBrandBbulbs. [4]

(e) Usingyourgraph,estimatethenumberofBrandAbulbsthatlasted275hoursorless.

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

(f) Completethestatementbelow.

  Brand............had............morebulbsthatlastedlongerthan275hoursthanBrand.............. [1]

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 15 One day, garage A records the amount of petrol bought by the first 120 customers.
The results are summarised in the table below.

Petrol
0 < k  10 10 < k  20 20 < k  30 30 < k  40 40 < k  50 50 < k  60 60 < k  70 70 < k  80
(k litres)
Number of
9 13 36 30 16 9 5 2
customers

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Petrol
k  10 k  20 k  30 k  40 k  50 k  60 k  70 k  80
(k litres)
Cumulative
9 22 120
frequency
[1]

(b) On the grid below, draw a cumulative frequency curve to represent this data.

120

110

100

90

80
Cumulative
frequency
70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Petrol (k litres)
[3]
(c) Use your graph to estimate

(i) the median,

Answer ................................ litres [1]

(ii) the 90th percentile of the distribution.

Answer ................................ litres [1]

(d) On the same day, garage B also recorded the amount of petrol bought by its first 120 customers.

The results are summarised below.

6 customers bought 10 litres or less.

The most petrol bought by any customer was 60 litres.
The median amount of petrol bought was 34 litres.
The lower quartile of the distribution was 25 litres.
The interquartile range of the distribution was 19 litres.

Draw the cumulative frequency curve for garage B on the grid on the previous page. [3]

(e) Petrol is priced at $2.60 per litre at both garages.

Garage A offers a gift to customers who buy over 35 litres.
Garage B offers a gift to customers who spend over $104.

Use your graphs to estimate the number of these customers offered a gift at each garage and
complete the sentence below.
Show your working.

Answer Garage ............. offers a gift to .............. more customers than garage .............. [3]

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16 (a) Six hundred candidates took a mathematics examination which consisted of two papers.
Each paper was marked out of 100.
The diagram shows, on the same grid, the cumulative frequency curves for Paper 1 and Paper 2.

600

500 Paper 2
Paper 1

400
Cumulative
frequency

300

200

100

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Marks

(i) Use the cumulative frequency curve for Paper 1 to find an estimate of

(a) the median,

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

(b) the interquartile range,

Answer .......................................... [2]

(c) the number of candidates who scored more than 45.

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

(ii) A candidate scored 60 on Paper 1.

Using both graphs, estimate this candidate’s mark on Paper 2.

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

(iii) State, with a reason, which you think was the more difficult paper.

Answer Paper ............... because ............................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................. [1]
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17 80 people were each asked how much they spent on clothes last month.
The results are summarised in the table below.

Amount spent ($ c) Frequency

0 1 c G 20 3
20 1 c G 40 8
40 1 c G 60 14
60 1 c G 80 21
80 1 c G 100 18
100 1 c G 120 9
120 1 c G 140 5
140 1 c G 160 2

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean amount spent on clothes last month.

Answer $ ......................................... [3]

(b) Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Amount
c G 20 c G 40 c G 60 c G 80 c G 100 c G 120 c G 140 c G 160
spent ($ c)
Cumulative
3 11 80
frequency
[1]

(c) On the grid opposite, draw a cumulative frequency curve to represent this data. [2]

(d) (i) Use your graph to estimate the median.

Answer $ ......................................... [1]

(ii) Use your graph to estimate the interquartile range.

Answer $ ......................................... [2]

 80

70

60

50
Cumulative frequency

40

30

20

10

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Amount spent ($ c)

(e) The number of people who spent more than $85 last month is the same as the number of people
who spent between $k and $85.

Given that k is less than 85, use your graph to estimate the value of k.

Answer k = ..................................... [3]

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18 (a) The table below summarises the times taken by 50 athletes to run 400 m.

Time (t seconds) 50 G t 1 55 55 G t 1 60 60 G t 1 65 65 G t 1 70 70 G t 1 75
Frequency 7 16 15 11 1

(i) State the modal class.

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

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean time taken by these athletes.

Answer .......................................... s [3]

(iii) Calculate the probability that an athlete chosen at random took less than 60 seconds to run
the 400 m.

Answer ............................................. [2]

(b) The cumulative frequency curve summarises the times taken by 80 boys to run 200 m.

80

70

60

Cumulative 50
frequency
40

30

20

10

0
25 30 35 40 45
Time (seconds)

(i) Find the median time.

Answer .......................................... s [1]

(ii) Find the interquartile range.

Answer .......................................... s [2]

(iii) 60 girls also ran 200 m.

The girl who took the longest time ran 200 m in 40 seconds.
The girl who took the shortest time ran 200 m in 28 seconds.

The lower quartile for the boys and the girls is the same.
The interquartile range for the girls is 4 seconds.

Draw the cumulative frequency curve on the grid above. [3]

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19 A company asked their employees how long they took to travel to work one day.
The table summarises the times for 120 employees.

Time
(t minutes) 0 1 t G 20 20 1 t G 40 40 1 t G 60 60 1 t G 80 80 1 t G 100

Frequency 12 28 45 22 13

(a) (i) Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Time
(t minutes) tG0 t G 20 t G 40 t G 60 t G 80 t G 100

Cumulative
0 120
frequency
[1]

(ii) On the grid, draw a smooth cumulative frequency curve to represent these results.

120

100

80
Cumulative
frequency
60

40

20

0
0 20 40 60 80 100
Time (t minutes)
[2]
(b) Use your curve to estimate

(i) the median time,

Answer ............................. minutes [1]

(ii) the interquartile range of the times.

Answer ............................. minutes [2]

(c) Calculate an estimate of the mean time taken for the employees to travel to work.

Answer ............................. minutes [3]

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20 Lim grows tomatoes.
The masses, m grams, of 200 of her tomatoes are recorded.
The cumulative frequency table shows the results.

Mass
m G 80 m G 100 m G 110 m G 120 m G 130 m G 140 m G 160
(m grams)
Cumulative
0 20 48 112 158 184 200
frequency

(a) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram to represent these results.

200

180

160

140

120
Cumulative
frequency
100

80

60

40

20

0
80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160
Mass (m grams)
[2]

(b) Use your diagram to estimate

(i) the median,

Answer ����������������������������������������� g [1]

(ii) the interquartile range.

Answer ����������������������������������������� g [2]

(c) Ravi also grows tomatoes.
The masses of 200 of his tomatoes are also recorded.
For Ravi’s tomatoes, the median mass was 124 g and the interquartile range of the masses
was 12 g.

Make two comments comparing the masses of tomatoes grown by Lim with those grown by Ravi.

1 ................................................................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................................................

2 ................................................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................... [2]

(d) (i) Complete the frequency table for the masses of tomatoes grown by Lim.

Mass (m grams) Frequency

80 1 m G 100 20
100 1 m G 110 28
110 1 m G 120 64
120 1 m G 130
130 1 m G 140
140 1 m G 160 16
[1]

(ii) Write down the modal class.

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(iii) Calculate an estimate for the mean mass of these tomatoes.

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21 The table summarises the distances, d m, that 80 women threw the javelin.

Distance (d m) Frequency

20 1 d G 25 6
25 1 d G 30 16

30 1 d G 35 25

35 1 d G 40 18

40 1 d G 45 13

45 1 d G 50 2

(a) One of these women is chosen at random.

Find the probability that she threw the javelin 30 metres or less.

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

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean distance the javelin was thrown.

................................................ m [3]

(c) Draw the cumulative frequency diagram for this data on the grid on the next page.
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(d) Use your graph to find an estimate for

(i) the median,

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

(ii) the interquartile range.

................................................ m [2]

(e) Women who threw the javelin more than 43 m qualified for a regional competition.

Use your graph to estimate the number of women who qualified for this competition.

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22 The mass, in grams, of each of 75 oranges is measured.
The results are summarised in the table.

Mass (m g) Frequency

160 1 m G 170 4

170 1 m G 180 10

180 1 m G 190 15

190 1 m G 200 23

200 1 m G 210 18

210 1 m G 220 5

(a) One of these oranges is chosen at random.

Find the probability that it has a mass greater than 200 g.

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

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass.

................................................. g [3]

(c) On the grid on the next page, draw a cumulative frequency diagram for the mass of the oranges.
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(d) Use your graph to find an estimate for the median.

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

(e) Oranges with a mass of more than T g are labelled ‘Class A’.
20% of the oranges are labelled ‘Class A’.

Use your graph to find T.

T = ................................................... [2]

(f) Oranges with a mass of 178 g or less are used to make orange juice.

Use your graph to find an estimate for the number of these oranges that are used to make
orange juice.

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23 The speeds, v km/h, of 80 vehicles travelling along a road were recorded.
The results are shown in the table.

Speed (v km/h) Frequency

30 1 v G 40 10

40 1 v G 50 18

50 1 v G 60 27

60 1 v G 70 19

70 1 v G 80 6

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean speed of the vehicles.

........................................ km/h [3]

(b) Draw the cumulative frequency diagram.

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[3]
(c) Use your cumulative frequency diagram to find an estimate for

(i) the median,

........................................ km/h [1]

(ii) the interquartile range.

........................................ km/h [2]

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