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Construction and Interpretation of Simple

Diagrams and Graphs (I)

Multiple-choice Questions

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 30.

For questions 1  2, refer to the following
situation.
The following broken line graph shows the
number of visitors to a new theme park.
For questions 3  4, refer to the following
situation.
The following broken line graph shows the
numbers of passengers of a bus route in the
past 7 days.

1. How many people went to the theme park

on the 1st day of opening?
A. 4300 3. Find the difference in the greatest and the
B. 4400 least numbers of passengers in the past 7
C. 43 000 days.
D. 44 000 A. 17 000
B. 1700
2. Find the day with the least number of C. 15 000
visitors. D. 1500
A. The 2nd day
B. The 3rd day 4. Estimate the average number of passengers
C. The 4th day from Monday to Friday.
D. The 5th day A. 3000
B. 15 000
C. 30 000
D. 150 000

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5. Which of the following statements about For questions 8  9, refer to the following
a broken line graph in incorrect? situation.
A. The horizontal axis represents time. The following pie chart shows the reason for
B. Only one group of data can be late for school of a group of students.
presented in a graph.
C. The vertical axis represents frequency.
D. The points are marked to show the
frequencies at different times.

For questions 6  7, refer to the following

situation.

The following pie chart shows the favourite

snacks of 200 children. 8. Find x.
A. 7.5
B. 12.5
C. 17.5
D. 22.5

9. Given that the pie chart shows the reason

for late for school of 40 students. Find the
number of students going to school late
due to traffic jam.
6. Find the angle of the sector representing
A. 5
‘Others’.
A. 26 B. 9
B. 27 C. 15
C. 36 D. 27
D. 40
10. A pie chart cannot shows
A. the kind of pets that 100 students
7. Find the number of children like sweets.
have.
A. 25
B. the reason for the deaths of 50 elders.
B. 50
C. the monthly rainfall of a city last year.
C. 90
D. the reasons for traffic accidents.
D. 100

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11. The following stem-and-leaf diagram For questions 13  14, refer to the following
shows the weights of 20 parcels. situation.

Stem (10 kg) Leaf (1 kg) The following back-to-back stem-and-leaf

0 7 9
1 0 0 1 3 4 6 8 9
diagram shows the numbers of books in the
2 1 3 3 5 5 6 8 schoolbags of some students.
3 0 2 5
Boys Girls
Find the difference in the weights of the Leaf (1) Stem (10) Leaf (1)
heaviest and the lightest parcels. 9 0 7 7 8 9
5 5 2 0 1 2 3 3 7 8
A. 32 kg 9 6 6 3 1 2 0 1 2 3 6
2 2 0 3
B. 30 kg
C. 28 kg 13. Find the number of students with more
D. 21 kg than 25 books in schoolbag.
A. 6
12. The following data show the marks of 14 B. 7
students in a Mathematics test. C. 8
63 83 78 66 70 88 72 D. 9
59 80 62 75 83 73 78
Which of the following stem-and-leaf 14. Find the percentage of students with 10 to
diagram represents the above data? 19 books in schoolbag.
A. 9%
A. Stem (10) Leaf (1)
B. 27%
5 9
6 2 3 6 C. 30%
7 0 2 3 5 8 8 1
8 0 3 3 8 D. 33 %
3

B. Stem (10) Leaf (1)

5 9
6 2 3 6 0
7 2 3 5 8 8 0
8 3 3 8

C. Stem (10) Leaf (1)

5 9
6 2 3 6
7 0 2 3 5 8
8 0 3 8

D. Stem (10) Leaf (1)

5 9
6 2 3 6 0
7 2 3 5 8 0
8 3 8

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For questions 15  16, refer to the following
situation.
The following scatter diagram shows the
results of a group of students in Mathematics
and Physics examinations.
17. The following scatter diagram shows the
prices and the sales of jewellery in the
past 10 months.

Which of the following statements is

incorrect?
A. The price of the jewellery was $700
in 2 months.
15. Find the number of students getting more B. The number of sales of the jewellery
than 70 marks in Physics Examination. was 530 in 2 months.
A. 4 C. Most jewellery was sold at the
B. 5 lowest price in the last 10 months.
C. 6 D. Least jewellery was sold at the
D. 7 highest price in the last 10 months.

16. Describe the relation between the results 18. Which of the following scatter diagram
of Mathematics Examination and Physics best shows the ages and the duration of
Examination. sleeping of 7 children?
A. Positive relation
B. No relation A. B.
C. Negative relation
D. Cannot be determined

C. D.

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19. Which of the following diagram / graph Which of the following statements is
can be used to show the distributions of 2 incorrect?
sets of data at the same time? A. In 2001, the difference in the
A. Pie chart numbers of boys and girls enrolled to
B. Stem-and-leaf diagram universities was 200.
C. Bar chart B. In 2007, the difference in the
D. Back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram numbers of boys and girls enrolled to
universities was 50.
20. Which of the following diagram / graph C. The number of boys enrolled to
is suitable to present the grades of 40 universities was increasing in the
students in P.E. examination? past 7 years.
A. Stem-and-leaf diagram D. The total number of students enrolled
B. Broken line graph to universities was about the same in
C. Pie chart the past 7 years.
D. None of the above
22. The following broken line graph shows
Level 2 Matthew’s and May’s test scores.

21. The following broken line graph shows

the numbers of students enrolled to
universities in the past 7 years.

Find the greatest difference in marks

between Matthew and May.
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 15

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For questions 23  24, refer to the following 25. The following pie chart shows the least
situation. favourite weather of a group of students.

The following pie chart shows the kind of set

lunch chosen by customers.

Given that 400 data were collected. Find

the difference in the numbers of students
23. Find x.
dislike dry and wet.
A. 20
A. 27
B. 30
B. 30
C. 40
C. 108
D. 50
D. 120

24. Which two kinds of set lunch did the

26. The following back-to-back stem-and-
same numbers of customers choose?
leaf diagram shows the numbers of
A. A and B
traffic accidents in two cities in the
B. B and C
past 16 days.
C. C and D
D. D and E City A City B
Leaf (1) Stem (10) Leaf (1)
9 5 4 4 0 7 8
9 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 6 7 8
7 5 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 7
2 0 0 3 0 2 5 7

Consider the percentage of days with less

than 15 accidents in each of the two cities
in the past 16 days, find their difference.
A. 12.5%
B. 25%
C. 37.5%
D. 50%

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27. Cherry collected the heights of a group of 29. The following scatter diagram shows the
students, where the ranges of the heights ages and the reaction time of a group of
of boys and girls are 128 cm  157 cm people in a reaction test.
and 131 cm  166 cm respectively. If a
back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram is
constructed, the numbers in the stem are
A. from 13 to 16 with unit of 10 cm.
B. from 12 to 16 with unit of 10 cm.
C. from 12 to 17 with unit of 10 cm.
D. from 13 to 17 with unit of 10 cm.

28. The following table shows the expenses

and the original amount of pocket money
of some students.
Which of the following is correct?
Expenses ($) 16 22 18 35 32 A. There is no relation between the ages
Original amount ($) 20 30 25 50 40 and the reaction time.
Wilson constructed a scatter diagram as B. There is positive relation between
below: the ages and the reaction time of
adults and elders.
C. There is positive relation between
the ages and the reaction time of
children.
D. None of the above.

30. Which of the following diagram / graph

is suitable to present results of HKCEE
Chinese Language and Mathematics
Which of the following is correct? examinations in the past 10 years?
A. Some data are presented wrongly. I. Scatter diagram
B. The amount of pocket money must II. Broken line graph
be represented by the horizontal axis. III. Compound bar chart
C. The relation between the sets of data
remains unchanged if the horizontal A. I and II only
and the vertical axis are exchanged. B. I and III only
D. Title should be ‘Expenses and C. II and III only
original amount of pocket money of D. I, II and III
6 students’.

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