MATHEMATICS FOR DATA SCIENCES LENGGONG

REVISION TEST 1

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Answer ALL questions.

QUESTION 1

State whether the following variables are quantitative or qualitative. If the

variables are quantitative, classify as discrete or continuous.

a. The favourite variety of cake eaten by the students in the class.

b. The heights of a group of 16 year old students.
c. The amount of rainfall in each month of the year.
d. The reasons people use trains.
e. The number of people who die from cancer each year in Malaysia.
f. The time spent doing housework.

QUESTION 2

Score 5–9 10 – 14 15 – 19 20 – 24 25 – 29
Frequency 3 6 8 4 4
Table 1

Table 1 shows the score obtained by the students in a quiz. Determine:

a. Upper class boundary of the second class.

b. Upper limit of the third class.
c. Class width of the fifth class.
d. Percentage of score that less than 19 marks.
e. Percentage of score that at least 14 marks.

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QUESTION 3

Time (minutes) 2–4 4–6 6–8 8 – 10 10 – 12

No of experiments 4 13 22 26 10
Table 2

a. Table 2 shows data about the time taken, in minutes, for completing
each one of a series of seventy-five similar chemical experiments.
Calculate :

i. mean
ii. median
iii. standard deviation

10 15 12 15 19
20 13 16 12 18

Data 1

b. Data 1 shows the scores for 10 random students. Calculate :

i. mean iv. mode

ii. range v. variance
iii. median

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QUESTION 4
A B A C A
B C C B A
A A C B B
B A A A A
Data 2

20 students attending a seminar were asked to choose one of three choices

of cards they preferred, and the results were summarized in Data 2.

a. Construct a frequency distribution table.

b. Calculate the relative frequencies of the data.
c. Find the mode of the data.
d. What percentage of the elements in this sample belongs to cards
A and B?
e. What type of data in Data 4 (qualitative or quantitative)?

QUESTION 5

181 156 129 178 167 168 164 162 155 156
158 166 156 188 151 167 168 180 164 153
175 190 192 147 159 164 180 195 144 188
Data 3

Data 3 shows the test scores for a Quiz for 30 students.

a. Construct a frequency table for this data using 120 – 129 as a first
class interval.
b. Find the mode of the data by using a histogram.
c. What percentage of the students scored 150 or more for the test?

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