Practice Questions

Work out the type of each of

the pieces of information
below, then click on the
button marked to
see whether you are correct.
(a) Age
(b) Birthplace
(c) Height
(d) World Ranking
(e) Aces
(f) irst !er"e #a$ !peed
(g) %o"e %ife

Exercises
Work out the answers to the &uestions below and fill in the bo$es. 'lick on the button to
find out whether you ha"e answered correctly. (f you are right then will appear and
you should mo"e on to the ne$t &uestion. (f appears then your answer is wrong.
'lick on to clear your original answer and ha"e another go. (f you can)t work out the
right answer then click on to see the answer.
Question 1
#r. *enkins starts to make a database for his tutor group. Below is some of his data.
(a) Who has
some data
missing+
(b) What type
of data is
Height+
(c) What type
of data is
Glasses+
Question 2
,ecide what type of data each of the following would gi"e.
(a) #ass of an ob-ect
(c) .umber of cars
(e) a"ourite football team
(g) 'olour of car
(i) /rice of chocolate bars
(b) Amount of pocket money
(d) ,istance from home to school
(f) .umber of pets
(h) .umber of sweets in a -ar
(-) ,ay of the week
Question 3
Below is some of the information collected in a traffic sur"ey.
(a) How fast was the sil"er car tra"elling+
mph
(b) How many cars were towing a trailer or
cara"an+
cars
(c) What colour was the slowest car+
(d) How fast was the car with the most
passengers+
mph
(e) What was the registration letter of the
fastest car+