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1 (a) Find the mean of the following data (2)
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(b) Find the standard deviation using both forms of the formula (2)

2 For these sets of data, give the:

i. Mode ii. Mean iii. Median iv. Range v. Standard Deviation

(a) 6, 8, 9, 2, 5, 6, 10, 8, 5, 7, 4, 8, 11 (2)

(b) 68, 71, 72, 75, 68, 65, 69, 70, 71, 68, 62, 64, 71 (3)

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3 The times in minutes for seven students to become proficient at a new computer game were
measured. The results are shown below.
15 10 48 10 19 14 16
(a) Find the mean and standard deviation of these times. (2)

(b) State which of the mean, median or mode you consider would be most
appropriate to use as a measure of central tendency to represent the data in this case. (1)
(c) For each of the two measures of average you did not choose in part (b), give a reason
why you consider it inappropriate. (2)

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4 The heights x cm of 100 boys in Year 7 at a school are summarised in the table below.

Height 125 ≤ x ≤ 140 140 < x ≤ 145 145 < x ≤ 150 150 < x ≤ 160 160 < x ≤ 170
Frequency 25 29 24 18 4

(a) Estimate the number of boys who have heights of at least 155 cm. (2)

(b) Calculate an estimate of the median height of the 100 boys (3)

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5 The weights, w grams, of a random sample of 60 carrots of variety A are summarised in the table
below.

Weight 30 ≤ w ≤ 50 50 < w ≤ 60 60 < w ≤ 70 70 < w ≤ 80 80 < w ≤ 90

Frequency 11 10 18 14 7

(a) Calculate estimates of the mean and standard deviation of w. (4)

(b) Use your answers to part (a) to investigate whether there are any outliers. (3)

The weights, x grams, of a random sample of 50 carrots of variety B are summarised as follows.

n = 50 Σ x = 3624.5 Σ x2 = 265416

(c) Calculate the mean and standard deviation of x. (3)

(d) Compare the central tendency and variation of the weights of varieties A and B. (2)

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6 The engine sizes x cm3 of a sample of 80 cars are summarised in the table below.

Engine size x 500 x 1000 1000 < x 1500 1500 < x 2000 2000 < x 3000 3000 < x 5000
Frequency 7 22 26 18 7

(a) A student claims that the midrange is 2750 cm3. Discuss briefly whether he
is likely to be correct. (1)
(b) Calculate estimates of the mean and standard deviation of the engine sizes.
Explain why your answers are only estimates (5)

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7 The incomes of a sample of 918 households on an island are given in the table below.

Income 0 ≤ x ≤ 20 20 < x ≤ 40 40 < x ≤ 60 60 < x ≤ 100 100 < x ≤ 200

(x thousand pounds)
Frequency 238 365 142 128 45

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean income. (3)

(b) Calculate an estimate of the standard deviation of the incomes. (4)

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8 At East Cornwall College, the mean GCSE score of each student is calculated. This is done by blank

allocating a number of points to each GCSE grade in the following way.

Grade A* A B C D E F G U
Points 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

(a) Calculate the mean GCSE score, X, of a student who has the following GCSE (2)
grades:
A*, A*, A, A, A, B, B, B, B, C, D.

60 students study AS Mathematics at the college. The mean GCSE scores of these students are
summarised in the table below.

Mean GCSE score Number of students

4.5  X  5.5 8
5.5  X  6.0 14
6.0  X  6.5 19
6.5  X  7.0 13
7.0  X  8.0 6

(b) Calculate estimates of the sample mean and the sample standard deviation. (5)

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9 The maximum temperatures x degrees Celsius recorded during each month of 2005 in Cambridge
are given in the table below.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
9.2 7.1 10.7 14.2 16.6 21.8 22.0 22.6 21.1 17.4 10.1 7.8

These data are summarised by n = 12, Σ x = 180.6, Σ x2 = 3107.56.

(a) Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the data. (3)

(b) Determine whether there are any outliers. (3)

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10 Two cricket teams kept records of the number of runs scored by their teams in 8 matches.
The scores are shown in the following table.

Team A 150 220 77 30 298 118 160 57

Team B 166 142 170 93 111 130 148 86

(a) Find the mean and standard deviation of the scores for team A. (2)

The mean and standard deviation for team B are 130.75 and 29.63 respectively.
(b) State with a reason which team has the more consistent scores. (2)

11 In the 2001 census, the household size (the number of people living in each household) was
recorded. The percentages of households of different sizes were then calculated. The table
shows the percentages for two wards, Withington and Old Moat, in Manchester.

Household size
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 or more
Withington 34.1 26.1 12.7 12.8 8.2 4.0 2.1
Old Moat 35.1 27.1 14.7 11.4 7.6 2.8 1.3

(a) Calculate the median and interquartile range of the household size for Withington. (3)
(b) Making an appropriate assumption for the last class, which should be stated,
calculate the mean and standard deviation of the household size for Withington.
Give your answers to an appropriate degree of accuracy. (6)

The corresponding results for Old Moat are as follows.

Median Interquartile Mean Standard

range deviation
2 2 2.4 1.5
(c) State one advantage of using the median rather than the mean as a measure
of the average household size. (1)

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