Practice Sheet – Statistics

Cumulative Frequency and Scatter Plots

NAME: ROLL NO:

SUBJECT: Mathematics DATE: GRADE/DIV: 9

OBJECTIVE: To enable learners to recall and apply their learning in different contexts.

SKILL: Thinking skills: Analysis and Application

1. Draw a scatter plot for the following data.

Distance Travelled (km) 10 15 25 30 35 50 55

Time taken to cover the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
distance (in hours)

a) Draw the line of best fit.

b) Describe the correlation shown by the graph.

2. The table lists the population of a city from the year 1990 to 2005.

Year 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Population (in 20 25 35 40 50 55 60
thousands)

a) Draw a scatter plot for the above data.

b) Draw the line of best fit.
c) What type of correlation does the graph show?

3. The following scatter plot shows the distance covered and the time taken to cover that distance.
Use the graph to answer the following questions:

a) What type of correlation is seen in the graph?

b) Predict the distance travelled in 4 hours
c) Find the distance travelled in 6 hours.
d) Calculate the time taken to travel 45 km.

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 4. The following table shows the number of words typed by students and the time taken to type them.

Number of 80 30 175 125 140 150 100 100 225 50

words typed
Time taken 2 1 4 2 3 5 2.5 3 3.5 1.5
(Minutes)

a) Draw a scatter plot to show the data.

b) Draw the line of best fit.
c) Determine the correlation present in the scatter plot.
d) Predict how many words can a student type in 6 minutes?
e) Predict how many words can a student type in 4.5 minutes?
f) Approximately how many minutes will it take for a student to type an essay of 250 words?

5. The table shows the data on a group of college’s students heights.

Heights, h (in cm) 150 ˂ h ≤ 160 160 ˂ h ≤ 170 170 ˂ h ≤ 180 180 ˂ h ≤ 190
Frequency 13 33 35 11

a) Construct a cumulative frequency table for this data.

b) Using the cumulative frequency, plot a cumulative frequency graph.
c) Find the median height of the students using the cumulative frequency graph.
d) Calculate the IQR.

6. The table shows the amount of time people spent on a particular website in one day.

a) Draw a cumulative frequency table for the data.

b) Using the data from your table, plot a cumulative frequency graph.
c) Calculate the median time spent on the website.
d) Calculate the IQR.

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7. The graph represents a cumulative frequency graph showing the number of hours per week people spent
exercising. Draw a box plot to represent the same information.

8. The table shows the number of cars at a showroom and the price brackets that they fall in to.

a) Draw a cumulative frequency graph to represent this data.

b) Work out the approx. median price of a car at the showroom.
c) Work out an estimate for the number of cars that cost more than £17,500.

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