Construction and Interpretation of Simple

Diagrams and Graphs (I)

Chapter 7.0 Let’s Review

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 31.

1. The following table shows the favourite ball game of S.1 A students.

Ball game Table tennis Football Basketball Badminton

Number of students 13 89 56 42
Number of students
(correct to the nearest ten)

(a) Complete the table above by rounding off the numbers to the nearest ten.
(b) Construct a block graph for the above data and add a title to the graph.

(5 marks)

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2. The following table shows the purpose of 120 citizens visiting libraries.

Using
Reading study room Using Reading
Purpose
books computers publication

Number of people 60 40 50 20

Construct a pictogram for the above data and add a title to the graph.

(3 marks)

3. The following table shows the numbers of highlighters sold in a shop this month.

Colour Pink Yellow Green Blue

Number of highlighters 113 239 126 172
Number of highlighters
(correct to the nearest ten)

(a) Complete the table above by rounding off the numbers to the nearest ten.
(b) Construct a bar chart for the above data and add a title to the chart.

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4. The following compound bar chart shows the numbers of S.1 students wearing glasses.

(a) Find the total number of S.1 students wearing glasses.

(b) Which class has the least number of boys wearing glasses? How many
boys wear glasses in this class?
(c) Which two classes have the same number of students wearing glasses?
How many students wear glasses in those classes? (8 marks)

5. The following broken line graph shows the numbers of S.5 students passing
an English examination.

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 (a) Find all the years that more than 150 students passed the examination.
(b) If there were 160 students participating the examination in 2003, find the
number of students failed in the examination.
(c) In which two years do the numbers of students passing the examination
are the same? (5 marks)

6. The following pictogram shows the favourite food of students.

(a) Which kind of food do most students like? How many students like that
kind of food?
(b) How many times the number of students like fruits is that of meat?
(c) Find the total number of students represented by the pictogram above. (5 marks)

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Chapter 7.1 Broken Line Graphs and Pie Charts

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 67.

Level 1

1. The following table shows the height of a seedling at noon for the first 5 days.
Construct a broken line graph to present the data. (4 marks)

Day 1 2 3 4 5
Height (cm) 1.6 3.4 4.6 6.2 8.4

2. The following broken line graph shows the numbers of people visiting a book
fair on the last 7 days.

(a) On which day did the most people visit the book fair? How many people
went to the book fair on that day?
(b) Find the difference in the numbers of people visiting the book fair on
Sunday and on Monday. (4 marks)

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3. The following table shows Kelly’s Mathematics tests scores.

Mathematics test 1 2 3 4 5
Marks 79 85 60 67 92

(a) Construct a broken line graph to present the data.

(b) Describe the trend of Kelly’s performance from test 3 to test 5. (5 marks)

4. The following broken line graph shows the numbers of traffic accidents of
city A in the past 6 months.

(a) In which two consecutive months was the change in the number of
accidents the greatest?
(b) Find the difference in the greatest and the smallest numbers of accidents
in the past 6 months.
(c) Describe the trend of the number of accidents in city A in the past 6 months. (4 marks)

5. The following table shows Ken’s long jump results in 10 trials.

Trial 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Distance (m) 4.65 4.71 4.63 4.65 4.62 4.55 4.48 4.50 4.56 4.41

(a) Construct a broken line graph to present the data.

(b) Describe the trend of Ken’s long jump results. (5 marks)

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6. Given that Wendy’s income this month is $16 000. She constructs a pie chart
showing her savings and several types of expenditure.
(a) Given that the angle at the centre representing her savings is 27. Find
the percentage of income that is savings.
(b) If her expenditure on housing is $2400, find the angle at the centre
representing her expenditure on housing. (4 marks)

7. The following table shows the means of transport to go to school of 200 S.1
students. Construct a pie chart to present the data and mark the angles of the
sectors. (4 marks)
Means of transport MTR Private car Bus Minibus Walking Others
Number of students 60 15 40 35 30 20

8. The pie chart shows the grades in P.E. examination of S.1

students.
(a) Find the percentage of students getting grade F.
(b) Find the angle of the sector representing grade C.

(4 marks)

9. The following pie chart shows the numbers of computers owned by 200 people at home.

(a) Find the number of people having not more than 2 computers at home.
(b) Find the difference in the numbers of people having 3 and 4 computers at
home. (6 marks)

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10. The following broken line graphs show the temperatures of water in 2 containers
during heating.

(a) Which container provides a faster rate of temperature rising?

(b) Find the difference in the temperatures of water in the containers at 4 minutes.
(c) During which 1-minute interval, was the change in temperature of water in
container B the greatest? What was the change? (6 marks)

11. The following table shows Brian’s and Mandy’s progress in Mathematics tests.

Test
1 2 3 4 5
Marks
Brian 83 76 78 62 75
Mandy 75 82 81 70 79

(a) Construct a broken line graph to present the data.

(b) Who had better performance in the 5 tests?
(c) Who do you think the marks will be higher in the 6th test? (8 marks)

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12. The following pie chart shows the types of pets owned by families.

(a) Find x.
(b) If 90 families are interviewed, find the number of families having cats. (6 marks)

13. The following pie chart shows the opinion of citizens in raising a new tax.

(a) Find x.
(b) Find the percentage of citizens representing disagree and strongly disagree. (7 marks)

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Chapter 7.2 Stem-and-leaf Diagrams

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 49.

Level 1

1. The following stem-and-leaf diagram shows the weights of 30 students.

Stem (10 kg) Leaf (1 kg)
3 4 7 8 9
4 0 3 4 5 5 5 8 9 9
5 1 1 3 4 5 7 8 8
6 0 2 2 3 3 6 9
7 1 5

(a) Write down a title for the diagram.

(b) Find the number of students weighing 45 kg.
(c) Find the number of students with weight less than 40 kg. (3 marks)

2. The following data show the numbers of clothing collected in a building in the
past 24 days. Construct a stem-and-leaf diagram to present the data.
15 27 21 16 9 28 13 32
24 9 12 25 19 30 15 9
30 17 16 28 8 10 29 21 (4 marks)

3. The following back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram shows the weights of 2

groups of luggage from tourists.
Weights of 2 groups of luggage
Group A Group B
Leaf (1 kg) Stem (10 kg) Leaf (1 kg)
9 8 6 0 5 7 8 9
9 8 7 7 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 5 9 9
9 8 8 7 7 2 1 1 3 4 8
6 5 2 2 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 3 3 6 9

(a) Find the number pieces of luggage in each group.

(b) Find the difference in the numbers of pieces of luggage in the 2 groups
with weights 20 kg  29 kg.
(c) Find the total number of pieces of luggage weighing more than 35 kg. (4 marks)

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4. The following data show the number of times of a group of students having
lunch outside school.

Boys Girls
9 16 0 18 24 16 22 4 0 1
6 23 17 0 14 10 5 0 14 8
2 11 16 22 7 21 14 25 13 0
Construct a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram to present the data. (5 marks)

5. The following back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram shows the duration (in

hours) of S.1 A students in surfing the internet each week.
Duration of S.1 A students in surfing the internet each week
Boys Girls
Leaf (1 hour) Stem (10 hours) Leaf (1 hour)
9 8 6 0 5 7 8 9
7 7 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 5 9 9
9 8 8 8 7 7 2 1 1 3 4 8
9 6 5 2 2 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 3 3 6 9

(a) Compare the numbers of boys and girls surfing the internet more than 20
hours each week.
(b) Find the difference in the numbers of boys and girls surfing the internet
less than 20 hours each week.
(c) Hence, compare the duration of surfing the internet between boys and girls. (5 marks)

Level 2

6. The following data show the sales of light bulbs in a shop in the past 30 days.

105 127 131 140 114 109

129 123 132 138 124 132
137 125 119 127 111 131
115 144 141 108 127 136
128 138 105 140 119 120

(a) Construct a stem-and-leaf diagram to present the data.

(b) Find the number of days that less than 120 light bulbs were sold.
(c) What percentage of days that more than 130 light bulbs were sold in the
past 30 days? (8 marks)

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7. The following data show the numbers of snowy days of 2 cities in the past 12 years.
City A City B
19 26 15 14 2 12 5 10
7 22 27 18 9 15 10 14
10 8 14 28 13 3 6 9

(a) Construct a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram to present the data.

(b) Find the difference in the numbers of years of the 2 cities that the number
of snowy days was less than 10.
(c) Which city is colder? (8 marks)

8. The following data show the heights (in cm) of a group of children aged 11.
Boys Girls
136 129 139 141 150 136 143 129
127 147 126 131 130 157 137 154
138 135 150 123 161 149 134 127

(a) Construct a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram to present the data.

(b) (i) Find the percentage of boys with heights less than 140 cm.
(ii) Find the percentage of girls with heights less than 140 cm.
(iii) Hence compare the heights between boys and girls. (12 marks)

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Chapter 7.3 Scatter Diagrams

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 36.

Level 1

1. Ken collected the numbers of working hours and the daily salaries of employees
and constructed a scatter diagram as shown below.

(a) How many data were collected from the employees?

(b) Find the number of working hours of the employee with daily salary of $315.
(c) Describe the relationship between the numbers of working hours and the
daily salaries of the employees. (3 marks)

2. The following table shows the sales of watches at different prices in a shop last year.

Price ($) 730 750 850 620 580 830 500 700 550 800
Sales 14 14 10 18 21 11 22 17 24 13
Construct a scatter diagram to present the data, where the range of the price is
$500  $900 and the range of the sales is 10  25. (4 marks)

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3. The following table shows the average temperatures and the sales of air-
conditioners in the past 8 weeks.

Average temperature (C) 24.8 30.4 29.2 26.2 25.0 27.8 31.6 28.4
Sales 105 235 195 115 50 210 240 125
Construct a scatter diagram to present the data, where the range of the average
temperature is 24C  32C. (4 marks)

4. The following scatter diagram shows the ages and time spent on watching TV
in a week of a group of people.

(a) How many data were collected from the group of people?
(b) Find the number of people spending more than 20 hours to watch TV in a
week.
(c) How many people are aged below 20? (3 marks)

5. The following table shows the consumer price index and the monthly
expenses of people in the past 8 seasons.
Consumer price
102.8 103.2 103.5 103.4 103.8 104.5 103.9 103.6
index
Monthly expenses
16.5 16.8 17.0 16.9 17.2 18.2 17.5 17.4
($1000)
Construct a scatter diagram to present the data. (4 marks)

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6. The following table shows the numbers of days with temperature below 12C
and the numbers of elders calling ambulance.

Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Number of days 4 15 9 12 11 7 24 15 21 7
Number of elders 450 680 560 610 560 490 780 590 750 420
(a) Construct a scatter diagram to present the data.
(b) Find the year that 750 elders calling ambulance and find also the number
of days with temperature below 12C in that year.
(c) Find the number of years with more than 10 days with temperature below
12C and more than 600 elders calling ambulance.
(d) Describe the relation between the number of days with temperature
below 12C and the number of elders calling ambulance. (8 marks)

7. The following table shows the weekly costs and prices of products.

Price ($) 24.8 26.5 24.8 24.5 28.9 27.5 29.5 27.5 28.5 27.8
Cost ($) 8.9 9.7 9.4 8.6 10.3 9.8 10.5 9.7 10.3 9.9
(a) Construct a scatter diagram to present the data.
(b) How many weeks of data were collected? Find the percentage of weeks
that the cost was less than $10 and the price was greater than $25.
(c) How many weeks of the cost was greater than $10 and the prices was less
than $28?
(d) Describe the relation between the weekly costs and prices of products. (10 marks)

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Chapter 7.4 Choosing Appropriate Diagrams and Graphs

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 24.

Level 1

1. Determine an appropriate statistical diagram / graph to present the following data.

The maximum daily temperatures of a city in 10 consecutive days (2 marks)

2. Determine an appropriate statistical diagram / graph to present the following data.

The composition of gas exhausted from a factory (2 marks)

3. Determine an appropriate statistical diagram / graph to present the following data.

The degrees of shortsightedness and the test scores of 20 students (2 marks)

4. Determine an appropriate statistical diagram / graph to present the following data.

The population of citizens with different races of a city in the last year (2 marks)

5. Determine an appropriate statistical diagram / graph to present the following data.

The selling prices of 30 dolls (2 marks)

6. Determine an appropriate statistical diagram / graph to present the following data.

The number of cars passing through a tunnel in each of the past 18 months (2 marks)

7. Determine an appropriate statistical diagram / graph to present the following data.

The hourly temperatures of 2 cities in a day (2 marks)

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8. The numbers of rubbers that each students have are recorded.

(a) Is it appropriate to use a stem-and-leaf diagram to present the data? Why?
(b) Suggest 2 appropriate statistical diagrams / graphs to present the data. (5 marks)

9. The following table shows the favourite activities of 40 students.

Activity Shopping Reading Watching films Singing Others

Number of students 8 12 9 7 4
(a) Choose an appropriate statistical diagram / graph to present the data:
　Broken line graph Pie chart Stem-and-leaf diagram Scatter Diagram
(b) Construct the diagram / graph suggested in (a) to present the data. (5 marks)

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