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Name: _______________________________________________

My way to a grade C, Homework 1


Due 21/1/14
Date: Friday 17 January 2014

Time: 21 minutes
Total marks available: 16
Total marks achieved: ______

Scatter Diagrams, Stem and Leaf, Questionnaires, Frequency Polygons


Mr O'Hara

Q1.
Helen went on 35 flights in a hot air balloon last year.
The table gives some information about the length of time, t minutes, of each flight.

On the grid below, draw a frequency polygon for this information.

(Total for Question is 2 marks)

Q2.
Sixteen babies are born in a hospital.
Here are the weights of the babies in kilograms.

Show this information in an ordered stem and leaf diagram.

(Total for Question is 3 marks)

Q3.
The scatter graph shows some information about 10 cars, of the same type and make.
The graph shows the age (years) and the value () of each car.

The table shows the age and the value of two other cars of the same type and make.

(a) On the scatter graph, plot the information from the table.
(1)
(b) Describe the relationship between the age and the value of the cars.
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(1)
A car of the same type and make is 2 years old.
(c) Estimate the value of the car.
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(2)
(Total for Question is 4 marks)

Q4.
There are a total of 96 children in Years 4, 5 and 6
37 of these children cannot swim.
11 children in Year 4 cannot swim.
21 children in Year 5 can swim.
There are 30 children in Year 6
18 of these 30 children can swim.
(i) Work out the number of children in Year 4 who can swim.

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(ii) Work out the total number of children in Year 5

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(Total for Question is 4 marks)

Q5.
Paula wants to find out how much money people spend buying CDs.
She uses this question on a questionnaire.

(a) Write down two things wrong with this question.


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(2)
Paula asks 100 people in a CD store to do her questionnaire.
(b) Her sample is biased.
Explain why.
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(1)
(Total for Question is 3 marks)

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