AQ0023 Fundamental Mathematics 2

Tutorial 3
1. Construct a stem-and-leaf plot for the following data.

2. The following table presents the purchase totals (in dollars) of a random sample of
gasoline purchases at a convenience store.

Construct a frequency histogram using a class width of 10, and using 0 as the lower
class limit for the first class.

3. The following table presents the rate of population growth of a suburb of Atlanta,
Georgia for each of the years 1990 through 2009. Construct a time-series plot of the
growth rate.

4. The following sample data set lists the prices (in RM) of 30 portable global positioning
system (GPS) navigators.

90 130 400 200 350 70 325 250 150 250

275 270 150 130 59 200 160 450 300 130
220 100 200 400 200 250 95 180 170 150

Construct a frequency distribution that has six classes.

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5. A sample of 200 high school students were asked how many hours per week they spend
watching television. The following frequency distribution presents the results.

Construct ogive (less than) for the frequency distribution.

6. A sample of 200 high school students were asked how many hours per week they spend
watching television. The following frequency distribution presents the results.

Construct ogive (less than) for the frequency distribution.

7. Table below contains data from a research on daily study time for 40 students from School of
Quantitative Sciences.

Time spent on studying

Number of students
(in minutes)
0 – 14 2
15 – 29 4
30 – 44 8
45 – 59 18
60 – 74 4
75 – 89 4

i. Construct an ogive ‘less than’ from the data.

ii. Based on part (i), how many students spent at least 52 minutes on studying
everyday?