Beaconhouse School System

Defence Ring Road Campus (Senior School)

Subject: Mathematics Topic: Statistics

1.

i) Mean
ii) Median
iii) Mode

(b) Steven says that the mode is the average that

best represents the data.
Explain why Steven is wrong.

(d) Draw a bar chart to represent this data.

2. A survey recorded the number of people

living in each of 50 houses. The bar chart
shows the results.
(a) Find the mode.
(b) Find the median.
(c) Calculate the mean.

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3. 100 adults in a town were surveyed about the number of emails they each received one day.
The table shows the results.

(a) Find the mode. (b) Calculate the mean.

c) Draw histogram to represent this information.

4. Yasir records the length of time he spends at work on each of 70 work days.
The table shows the results.

(ii) Yasir starts work each day at 9.00 a.m. He is paid overtime if he works later than 5.15 p.m.
Estimate the number of days he is paid overtime during these 70 work days.

5. (a) A group of students each complete a puzzle.

The table shows the time, t seconds, each student took to complete the puzzle.

(i) Find the number of students who took 2 minutes 20 seconds or less to complete the puzzle.
(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean time taken, in seconds, to complete the puzzle.
(iii) Draw histogram to represent this information.

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