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Data Analysis - Diagrams
Question 1
The following histogram illustrates the results of a survey to find out the average number
of hours students spent online daily by a selected group of students in Hillgrove
Secondary School.

Calculate
(a) the total number of students being surveyed,
(b) the total number of hours spent online by this group of students,
(c) the fraction of students who spent 2 hours online daily,
(d) the percentage of students who spent 6 hours online daily, giving your answer
correct to 2 decimal places.

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Question 2
The histogram below illustrates the results of a survey to find the number of passengers
in cars crossing a bridge.

(a) Calculate the total number of cars.

(b) Calculate the total number of passengers.
(c) Find the percentage of cars which have more than 2 passengers.
(d) If the information is to be illustrated in a pie chart, calculate the angle of the sector
representing cars with 5 passengers.

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Question 3
The histogram below shows the number of passengers that 30 taxi drivers picked up on a
particular day.
Number of taxi drivers

5 10 15 20 25
Number of passengers picked up

(a) Find the ratio of the number of taxi drivers who picked up 0 to 5 passengers, and the
number of taxi drivers who picked up 20 to 25 passengers.
(b) Calculate the percentage of taxi drivers who picked up 15 or more passengers.
(c) The next day, the percentage of taxi drivers who picked up 15 or more passengers
dropped by 20%. Calculate the number of drivers who picked up 15 or more
passengers on this day.

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Question 4
The histogram below illustrates the results of a survey to find the number of passengers
in cars going into Sentosa over a period of 30 minutes.
Number of cars

Number of passengers

(a) Find the total numbers of cars.

(b) Find the total number of passengers.
(c) Calculate the average number of passengers per car.
(d) Express the number of cars with less than 3 passengers as a fraction of the total
number of cars.

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Question 5
The histogram below illustrates the results of a survey to find out the number of books
borrowed from a school library by a group of students.

80

70

60
No of students

50

40

30

20

10

1 2 3 4 5 6
No of books

(a) Find the total number of students being surveyed.

(b) Find the total number of books borrowed by this group of students.
(c) What is the fraction of students who borrowed at least 2 books?
(d) What is the percentage of students who borrowed 5 books?
(e) If 80% of these books are fiction and the rest are non-fiction, how many non-fiction
books are being borrowed?

Question 6
In a survey, 12 children were asked the number of siblings that they have.
The results are 0, 1, 2, 3, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 4.
(a) Complete the dot diagram below:

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(b) Express the total number of children who have at least 2 siblings as a fraction of the
total number of children. Given your answer in its lowest terms.
(c) The same information is to be shown in a pie chart. Find the angle which represents
the children who have 1 sibling.

Question 7
A survey is conducted on the number of siblings that each student has. The following dot
diagram shows the result of the survey.

(a) How many students are interviewed?

(b) Find the minimum value of the number of siblings of the students.
(c) At what numbers does the number of students cluster around?
(d) What can you say about the highest value of the number of siblings of the students?

Question 8
The following dot diagram shows the number of children that 22 couples have as found
in a survey.

0 1 2 3 4 5
Number of children

(a) What is the largest number of children in a family?

(b) How many children is there altogether in the survey?
(c) Hence, find the mean number of children.

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Question 9

A class of 24 students took a Mathematics test. The results are listed below.

7 42 34 25 23 35 29 11
30 9 32 37 27 14 21 20
40 27 28 27 38 18 29 39

(a) Construct an ordered stem and leaf diagram for these results.
(b) Find the median score.
(c) Find the modal score.
(d) A new student later joined the class and sat for the same test. If the mean score of
the class became 27, find the score of the new student.

Question 10
A group of students were surveyed on the amount of time they spent playing computers
in a day. The results of the survey are represented in the dot diagram as shown below.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
No. of hours

(a) Find the number of students who took part in the survey.
(b) Calculate the mean number of hours spent playing computer games.
(c) If the new mean is 2.6 when a new student took part in the survey, find the number
of hours spent by the new student.

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Question 11
Each pupil in a class was asked the number of siblings they have in a survey. The results
are shown below.

1 3 0 0 2 1 2 1
1 3 2 4 3 2 3 2

(a) Represent the data on a dot diagram.

Dot diagram for the number of siblings that each pupil in a class has

0 1 2 3 4
Number of siblings

(b) How many pupils are involved in this survey?

(c) Find the percentage of pupils in the class with 4 siblings.

Question 12
The test scores of 25 Secondary Two students in a class are shown in the table and
stem-and-leaf diagram below. The passing mark for this test is 50.

66 56 86 50 56
76 68 66 72 74
69 74 42 73 76
65 86 40 48 70
52 46 64 74 64

Stem Leaf
4 0 2 6 8
5 0 2 6 6
6 4 a 5 6 6 8 9
7 0 2 3 4 4 4 6 6
8 6 6
Key: 4|0 represents 40 marks

(a) Find the value of a.

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(b) Find the percentage of students who passed the test.

(c) Given that 60% of the students did not qualify to take Additional Mathematics in the
following year, find the least score needed to qualify to take Additional
Mathematics.
(d) The mean score of the 25 students is 64.52. A new student just joined the class.
When the test score of the new student is included, the mean score of the class
becomes 63.5 marks. Did this student pass the test? Explain your answer by
showing your working clearly.

Question 13
The marks of 20 students who took a Mathematic test are shown below.

51 43 63 69 65 74 47 71 75 72
83 60 50 58 37 56 64 82 48 69

Some of their marks are represented in the single ordered stem-and-leaf diagram below.

Stem Leaf
3
4 3 7
5 0 1 6
6 0 3
7 1 2
8 2
Key: 4 | 3 means 43 marks

(a) Complete the stem-and-leaf diagram above to represent the marks of all the 20
students.
(b) Find the mark that has the highest frequency.
(c) The same information is to be shown on a pie chart. Find the angle which represents
students who scored less than 56 marks.
(d) The top 25% of the students were awarded a distinction. What is the minimum score
required in order to get a distinction?

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Question 14
Fifty people were surveyed to find the amount (to the nearest dollars) they spent on food
per month. The results are displayed in a stem and leaf diagram as shown below.

Stem Leaf
12 2 6 8
13 3 6 7 9
14 3 3 4 8 8 9 9
15 1 2 3 3 4 5 6
16 1 2 3 3 4 4 4
17 2 3 4 5 6 7 7
18 0 2 5 9 9
19 1 5 6
20 1 3 4 7
21 2 4 8
Key: 12|2 means $122

(a) If the least amount of money spent on food is $122, find the greatest amount of
money spent on food.
(b) Find the modal amount of money spent on food.
(c) What fraction of the people spent between $140 and $169 on food?

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