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Stage 9 End of unit 15 test

Age, a (years) Frequency Midpoint

20 ⩽ a < 30 6

30 ⩽ a < 40 12

40 ⩽ a < 50 14

50 ⩽ a < 60 8

a Complete the midpoint column in the table. [1]

b How many members are there in the dance club?

[1]

c What fraction of the members are less than 50 years old?

[1]

d Is this statement true or false? Explain your answer.

‘The youngest person in the dance club is 20 years old’.

[2]

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e Draw a frequency polygon for this data.

[4]

2 The times, in seconds, it took 24 people to roll a six with a fair dice are shown in
this table:
7 12 28 2 13 20 14 29 37 16 23 31

15 24 8 13 10 33 22 32 9 6 7 18

a Record this information in a frequency table. Choose your own suitable classes.

[4]

b Draw a frequency polygon to show the data.

[4]

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3 The table shows the biology and chemistry exam results of 15 students.

The results for both subjects are out of 50.

Biology result 25 30 15 37 32 44 10 46 25 42 38 47 18 24 28

Chemistry result 29 34 14 39 36 42 12 47 26 44 34 46 21 22 27

a Draw a scatter graph to show the data. Mark a scale from 0 to 50 on each axis.

Show ‘Biology result’ on the horizontal axis and ‘Chemistry result’ on the vertical axis.

[4]

b What type of correlation does the scatter graph show? [1]

c Draw a line of best fit on your scatter graph. [1]

d Emyr scored 22 in his biology exam but was ill for his chemistry exam.

Use your line of best fit to estimate a chemistry score for Emyr. [1]

4 Gino sells burgers. He records the numbers of burgers he sells at different locations.

The tables show how many burgers he sold each day over a two-week period at two
different locations.

Newgale beach Solva car park

29 39 49 42 34 41 45 52 33 23 40 36 24 58

33 41 42 37 42 50 38 41 24 35 39 55 22 38

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a Draw a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram to show this data.

[4]

b Complete this table.

Location Mode Median Range

Newgale beach

Solva car park

[3]

c Compare and comment on the burger sales at the different locations.

[3]

d Gino thinks that his sales are better at Newgale beach.

[2]

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5 Kai carried out a survey on the length of time that trains were delayed at two different
stations. The tables show the results of his survey.
Ashton station Burton station

Time, t (minutes) Frequency Time, t (minutes) Frequency

0 ⩽ t < 10 18 0 ⩽ t < 10 21

10 ⩽ t < 20 7 10 ⩽ t < 20 2

20 ⩽ t < 30 9 20 ⩽ t < 30 3

30 ⩽ t < 40 6 30 ⩽ t < 40 14

a How many trains were surveyed at each station? [1]

b Complete this table. Show your working for the estimate of the means.
Class interval where
Station Modal class interval Estimate of mean
the median lies
Ashton

Burton

[4]

c Compare and comment on the average delays at the two stations.

[2]

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d Which train station would you prefer to go to based only on the length of time that trains
were delayed?

Explain your answer.

[2]

[Total: 45 marks]

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