Chapter 13: Statistics

Paper 1
This test paper contains 20 questions. Answer ALL the questions.
The diagrams accompanying the questions are not drawn to scale unless mentioned.
You are allowed to use a scientific calculator that cannot be programmed.

Questions 1 − 3 refer to Table 1.

Table 1 which shows the points obtained by a group of students during a game.

Points 1 2 3 4 5
Number of students 2 6 7 4 1

TABLE 1
1 What is the frequency for 5 points?
A 1 C 3
B 2 D 4

2 How many students obtained less than 4 points?

A 2 C 19
B 4 D 15

3 What is the highest frequency in the table?

A 5 C 7
B 6 D 20

Questions 4 and 5 refer to Diagram 1.

Diagram 1 is a pictogram which shows the number of participants in a walkathon
in 4 consecutive years.

2006

2007

2008

2009

represents 80 participants

DIAGRAM 1
4 How many participants took part in the walkathon during the year 2008?
A 3.5 C 280
B 240 D 300

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5 If each participant paid RM8, what is the total collection for the year 2007?
A RM3 000 C RM4 200
B RM3 520 D RM5 320
Questions 6 − 8 refer to Diagram 2.
Diagram 2 is a bar chart which shows the number of cars of certain brands which used a
particular stretch of road during a day.

DIAGRAM 2
6 What brand of car is the most frequently seen on this stretch of road?
A Nissan C Toyota
B Proton D Honda

7 How many Honda cars were using this stretch of road on that day?
A 32 C 44
B 40 D 48

8 Calculate the percentage of Proton cars using this stretch of road.

A C

B D

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Questions 9 − 11 refer to Diagram 3.
Diagram 3 is a line graph which shows the number of residents in a town from 1997 to 2004.

DIAGRAM 3
9 During which year did the number of residents increase the most?
A 1997 C 1998 and 2001
B 2001 D 1997 and 2000

10 How many residents were there in the town at the beginning of 2001?
A 28 500 C 29 000
B 27 000 D 28 000

11 Calculate the percentage increase of residents during the year 2002.

A C

B D

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Questions 12 − 15 refer to Diagram 4.
Diagram 4 is a bar chart which shows the amounts of rainfall in two towns P and Q from
June to September 2004.

DIAGRAM 4
12 During which month did town P and Q have the same amount of rainfall?
A June C August
B July D September

13 In which month is the difference in rainfall between town P and town Q the largest?
A July C June
B July and August D August and September

14 Calculate the total rainfall for town P over the four months.
A 18 C 22
B 20 D 24

15 Calculate the percentage increase in rainfall for town Q from July to August.
A 300 C 150
B 200 D 75

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Questions 16 − 18 refer to Diagram 5.
Diagram 5 is a line graph which shows the number of televisions produced by a factory
from 1998 to 2004.

DIAGRAM 5
16 The highest number of televisions produced is
A 12 000 sets C 36 000 sets
B 20 000 sets D 33 000 sets

17 The largest drop in the number of televisions produced is

A 7 500 sets C 12 000 sets
B 9 000 sets D 15 000 sets

18 The largest percentage increase in the number of televisions produced is

A C 80

B D 90

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Questions 19 and 20 refer to Diagram 6.
Diagram 6 is a pictogram which shows the number of students obtaining grade A in a test
from 4 different Form 2 classes in a school.

DIAGRAM 6
19 How many boys obtained grade A?
A 14 C 16
B 15 D 17

20 How many students from Form 2B obtained grade A?

A 5 C 12
B 10 D 14

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Paper 2
This test paper contains 10 questions. Answer ALL the questions.
The diagrams accompanying the questions are not drawn to scale unless mentioned.
You are not allowed to use a calculator.

1 Table 1 is a frequency table.

1 2 5 5 6
3 3 1 6 5
2 2 3 5 1
1 6 5 5 3

TABLE 1

Find the frequency for 5.

2 Table 2 shows the number of children according to their age.

Age 3 4 5 6
Number of children 7 11 15 8

TABLE 2
In Table 2, which data has the highest frequency?

Questions 3 and 4 refer to Diagram 1.

Diagram 1 is a bar chart which shows the number of children in 24 families.

families

DIAGRAM 1
3 Which data has the highest frequency?

4 How many families have only one child?

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Questions 5 to 7 refer to Table 3.
Table 3 shows the number of students and their favourite drinks.

Coffee Tea Milk Chocolate Fruit Juice

5 8 12 5 20

TABLE 3

5 The most preferred drink is ________________.

6 The percentage of students who preferred tea is ______________.

7 The ratio of students who preferred milk to those students who preferred tea is
_____________.

Questions 8 to 10 refer to Diagram 2.

Diagram 2 is a line graph which shows the number of residents in village X and village Y
from 1998 to 2004.

Y
X

DIAGRAM 2
8 In which year is the difference in the number of residents between village X and
village Y 1 500?

9 How many residents are there in village Y in the year 2002?

10 Calculate the percentage increase in the number of residents in village X from 2000
to 2002.