Name: _______________________________________ Date: 15.12.

2011 IGCSE: Objective: STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY Plot ogive curve to FIND median and quartiles of a data set.

Homework 40 Due: 16.12.2011

The cumulative frequency curve below shows the heights of 120 basketball players in centimetres.

(a)

Use the curve to estimate: (i) the median height (ii) the inter-quartile range.

(b)

Use the cumulative frequency curve to complete the frequency table below. Height (x) Number of players 160 x < 170 14 170 x < 180 180 x < 190 190 x < 200

Calculate an estimate of the mean height.

Mathematics Dr. Vishwas Parlikar

Kristina asked 200 people, how much water they drink in a day. The results were:

(a)

Draw cumulative frequency graph for the data.

(b)

Use cumulative frequency graph to find: (i) median amount (ii) 40th percentile (iii) number of people who drink at least 2.6 litres of water (iv) percentage of people who drink at least 1.8 litres of water
Mathematics Dr. Vishwas Parlikar