S3 GENERAL HOMEWORK 11

1) Calculate: -

(a) 75% of 200 litres (b) 60% of £850

2) Brenda and her brother went to EuroDisney for Easter. They kept a note as
to how long they had to queue to get on the rides. Here are their results (in
minutes).

10 17 25 22 16 110 10 20 40 30

(a) Calculate the mean time waited

(b) Find the median and modal times waited
(c) Say which “average” should be chosen to give a fair representation of
the data. Give two reasons for your choice.

3) It takes 16 men 12 days to complete a job. How many men would be needed
to complete the job in 10 days?

4) It is planned to build a warehouse 160m away from a park. The warehouse is

to be 20m high. It is to be hidden from the park by planting trees that will
grow to a height of 15m. How far away from the warehouse should the trees
be planted? (Draw a diagram and use similarity).

Warehouse

20m
PARK 15m

160m

5) Wonka’s Chocolate Company claim that there are 20 mini-wonka bars in their
economy packs. Some economy packs were purchased and the results of
the contents were as follows:

No. Bars Frequency Number x Frequency (a) Copy and complete the
table
18 2
(b) What was the range in the
19 9 number of bars?
20 8 (c) Calculate: -
(i) The mean
21 5
(ii) The median
22 5 (iii) The mode

23 5 (d) Which average did the

company use to back their
Total = Total = claim?