Q1.

[maximum marks:4] (Non-Calculator)

At a sprinting competition the mean time of the first three sprinters is 10. 5 seconds.
The time for the fourth sprinter is then recorded and the mean time of the first four
sprinters is 11. 0 seconds.

Find the time achieved by the fourth sprinter.

Q2.[maximum marks:6] (Calculator)

The following is a cumulative frequency diagram for the average distance 𝑑, in
kilometres, walked by 60 adults per day in Tokyo.

(a) Write down the median. [1]

(b) Find the interquartile range. [3]

(c) Complete the frequency table below. [2]

 Average distance (𝑘𝑚) Number of adults
0≤𝑑≤2 3
2≤𝑑≤4
4≤𝑑≤6 17
6≤𝑑≤8 21
8≤𝑑≤10
10≤𝑑≤12 4

Q3.[maximum marks:5] (Non-Calculator)

The following box-and-whisker plot represents the commute time, in minutes, for a
group of workers.

(a) Write down the median commute time. [1]

The range is 23 minutes, and the interquartile range is 10 minutes.

(b) Find the value of:

(i) 𝑝;

(ii) 𝑞. [4]
Q4.[maximum marks:6] (Calculator)
A school conducts a research into how many minutes each day their students spend
browsing the internet. Jake's class is studied first. The number of minutes spent
browsing the internet by each student in Jake's class is shown in the following stem
and leaf plot.

Key: 2∣3 represents 23 minutes

(a)

(i) Write down the number of students in Jake's class.

(ii) Find the median number of minutes spent browsing the internet. [3]

The following box-and-whisker plot also displays the number of minutes spent
browsing the internet by students in Jake's class.

(b)

(i) Write down the value of 𝑞.

(ii) The interquartile range is 13 . Find the value of 𝑝. [3]

Q5.[maximum marks:4] (Calculator)

A data set consisting of 22 test scores has a mean 16.5. One test score of 27
requires a second marking and is removed from the data set.
Find the mean of the remaining 21 test scores.

Q6.[maximum marks:5] (Non-Calculator)

A physics test is given to a class of 24 students. Two students score 0 and all the
other students score 12 .

(a) Find the mean score for the class. [2]

(b) Write down the median score. [1]

(c) Write down the number of students who scored:

(i) above the mean score;

(ii) below the median score. [2]

Q7.[maximum marks:7] (Calculator)

Consider the following frequency table.

𝑥 Frequency
1 12
3 20
6 26
9 32
11 5

(a)

(i) Write down the mode.

(ii) Find the value of the range. [3]

(b)

(i) Find the mean.

(ii) Find the variance. [4]

Q8.[maximum marks:5] (Non-Calculator)

The following cumulative frequency diagram shows the lengths of 80 pieces of

string.

(a) Find the median length. [2]

The following frequency table also gives the lengths of the 80 pieces of string.

Length (𝑥 𝑐𝑚) 0≤𝑥≤4 4≤𝑥≤7 7≤𝑥≤10

Frequency 𝑞 26 𝑝
(b)

(i) Write down the value of 𝑞.

(ii) Find the value of 𝑝. [3]

Q9.[maximum marks:6] (Non-Calculator)

The following box-and-whisker plot shows the number of tweets sent by people in a coffee
shop on a particular day.

(a) Find the value of the interquartile range. [2]

(b) One person sent 𝑘 tweets, where 𝑘 > 7. Given that 𝑘 is an outlier, find the least
value of 𝑘. [4]

Q10. [maximum marks:4] (Calculator)

There are 40 players in a clay pigeon shooting club who take part in a local
tournament. The scores obtained after the first round of shootings are shown in the
following table.

Score 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 2 7 12 10 6 3

(a) One of the players is chosen at random. Find the probability that this player's
score was 3 or more. [2]

(b) Calculate the mean score. [2]

Q11. [maximum marks:6] (Calculator)

The cumulative frequency curve below represents the time spent by 120 students to
solve a challenging mathematics problem in class.

Use the graph to answer the following.

(a) Write down the median time. [1]

(b) A student is chosen at random. Find the probability that this student spent less
than 30 minutes. [2]

(c) Given that 90% of the students spent greater than 𝑘 minutes, find the value of 𝑘.
[3]

Q12. [maximum marks:7] (Calculator)

The following cumulative frequency diagram shows the distance 𝑑, in kilometres,

students need to travel to get to school.
(a) Write down the median distance a student travels to school. [2]

(b) Find the number of students who travel between 2 𝑘𝑚 and 4 𝑘𝑚 to get to school.
[3]

(c) Find the percentage of students who travel more than 4. 5 𝑘𝑚 to get to school. [2]

Q13. [maximum marks:7] (Calculator)

Paul records the duration, in minutes, of 10 customer service calls he receives

between 1 and 6𝑝𝑚 on Wednesday. The results are as follows

3. 4 8. 5 10 11. 6 14 16. 2 19 21. 4 25. 8 37. 1

(a) Find the mean duration, in minutes, of the calls he received. [2]

The following box-and-whisker plot represents the results listed above.

(b)

(i) Find the value of 𝑝.

(ii) Find the interquartile range. [3]

Calls greater than 𝑟 minutes are considered outliers.

(c) Find the value of 𝑟. [2]

Q14. [maximum marks:5] (Calculator)

There are 8 numbers in a data set. The sum of the numbers is 48 .

(a) Find the mean. [2]

The variance of this data set is 2 . Each number in the set is multiplied by 3 .

(b) Find the value of:

(i) the new mean;

(ii) the new variance. [3]

Q15. [maximum marks:6] (Calculator)

A data set has a mean of 15 and a standard deviation of 4.

Each element in the data set has 5 added to it.

(a) Find the value of:

(i) the new mean;

(ii) the new standard deviation. [3]

Each element in the original data set is multiplied by 5 .

(b) Find the value of:

(i) the new mean;

(ii) the new variance. [3]

Q16. [maximum marks:6] (Calculator)

The data of the goals scored by players in a futsal club during the winter games are
given in the following table.

Goals 0 2 3 5 7 11 13
Frequency 2 3 6 𝑘 3 2 1

(a) Given that the mean number of goals scored per player is 4. 8, find the value of 𝑘.
[3]

It is discovered that there is a mistake in the data and that two players, who scored 2
and 13 goals, have not been included in the table.

(b)

(i) Find the correct mean number of goals scored per player.

(ii) Find the correct standard deviation of the numbers of goals scored per player. [3]

Q17. [maximum marks:5] (Calculator)

A botanist measured the diameters of silver birch trees, in 𝑐𝑚, in a forest and
recorded the results. The following box and whisker diagram shows a summary of
the results where 𝑚 and 𝑛 are the lower and upper quartiles respectively.
The interquartile range is 10 𝑐𝑚 and there are no outliers in the results.

(a) Find the minimum possible value of 𝑛. [3]

(b) Hence, find minimum possible value of 𝑚. [2]

Q18. [maximum marks:13] (Calculator)

A group of ten office workers recorded the distance, in kilometres, they walked on
Monday. Their results are listed below.

0. 9 1. 8 5 5. 4 5. 6 6 6. 5 7 8. 6 9. 2
(a) Find the mean distance, in kilometres, walked by this group of office workers on
Monday. [2]

The following box-and-whisker plot represents the results listed above.

(b)

(i) Find the value of 𝑝.

(ii) Find the interquartile range. [3]

Distances less than 𝑟 kilometres walked on Monday are considered outliers.

(c) Find the value of 𝑟. [2]

A group of twenty freelancers also recorded the distance, in kilometres, they

walked during the same Monday. The mean distance walked by this group of
freelancers on the Monday is 1. 7 𝑘𝑚 with a standard deviation of 1 𝑘𝑚.

(d)

(i) Find the total distance the group of freelancers walked on the Monday.
(ii) Find the combined mean distance that all thirty office workers and freelancers
walked on the Monday.

(iii)On Tuesday, all twenty freelancers walked double the distance they walked on
Monday. Calculate the variance in the distance walked by the freelancers on the
Tuesday. [6]

Q19. [maximum marks:16] (Non-Calculator)

A primary school surveyed 120 of its students to find out how much time they spend
using digital devices on a given day. The results of the survey are shown in the
following cumulative frequency diagram.

(a) Find the median number of minutes spent using digital devices. [2]

(b) Find the number of students whose screen time is within 30 minutes of the
median. [3]

Only 5% of the students spent more than 𝑘 minutes using digital devices.

(c) Find the value of 𝑘. [3]

The results of the survey can also be displayed on the following box-and-whisker
diagram.
(d) Write down the value of 𝑞. [1]

(e)

(i) Find the value of 𝑝.

(ii) Hence find the interquartile range. [4]

Screen times of less than 𝑟 minutes are considered outliers.

(f) Find the value of 𝑟. [3]

Q20. [maximum marks:15] (Calculator)

The following cumulative frequency diagram shows the lengths of 80 flower stems in
a garden, in centimetres.
(a)

(i) Write down the median length.

(ii) Find the percentage of flower stems that are 60 𝑐𝑚 or greater. [4]

The same data is presented in the following frequency table.

Length (𝑥 𝑐𝑚) 0≤𝑥≤30 30≤𝑥≤60 60≤𝑥≤90 90≤𝑥≤120

Frequency 10 𝑝 20 𝑞

(b) Find the value of:

(i) 𝑝;

(ii) 𝑞. [4]

(c) Use the values from the frequency table above to estimate the mean and
standard deviation of the lengths. [3]
A flower with stem length of 60 𝑐𝑚 or greater is considered as mature flower.

(d) Given that a randomly selected flower is mature, find the probability that its stem
length is 90 𝑐𝑚 or greater. [4]