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3 The depth, d centimetres, of a river was recorded each day during a period of one year (365 days).
The results are shown by the cumulative frequency curve.

400

300

cumulative
frequency 200

100

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

depth, d (cm)

(a) Use the cumulative frequency curve to find

(i) the median depth, [1]

(ii) the inter-quartile range, [2]

(iii) the depth at the 40th percentile, [2]

(iv) the number of days when the depth of the river was at least 25 cm. [2]

(b)

d 0<d 10 10<d 20 20<d 30 30<d 40 40<d 50 50<d 60 60<d 70

Number of days 17 41 62 98 85 p q

(i) Show that p = 47 and q = 15. [2]

(ii) Use the information in the table and the values of p and q to calculate an estimate of the mean
depth of the river. [4]

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7 The speeds (v kilometres/hour) of 150 cars passing a 50 km/h speed limit sign are recorded.
A cumulative frequency curve to show the results is drawn below.

150

140

130

120

110

100

90

Cumulative 80
frequency
70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Speed (v kilometres / hour)

(a) Use the graph to find

(i) the median speed, [1]

(ii) the inter-quartile range of the speeds, [2]

(iii) the number of cars travelling with speeds of more than 50 km/h. [2]

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(b) A frequency table showing the speeds of the cars is

Speed (v km/h) 30<v 35 35<v 40 40<v 45 45<v 50 50<v 55 55<v 60

Frequency 10 17 33 42 n 16

(i) Find the value of n. [1]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean speed. [4]

(c) Answer this part of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

Another frequency table for the same speeds is

Speed (v km/h) 30<v 40 40<v 55 55<v 60

Frequency 27 107 16

Draw an accurate histogram to show this information.

Use 2 cm to represent 5 units on the speed axis and 1 cm to represent 1 unit on the frequency density
axis (so that 1 cm2 represents 2.5 cars). [5]

8 f(x) = x2 – 4x + 3 and g(x) = 2x – 1.

(a) Solve f(x) = 0. [2]

(b) Find g-1(x). [2]

(c) Solve f(x) = g(x), giving your answers correct to 2 decimal places. [5]

(d) Find the value of gf(–2). [2]

(e) Find fg(x). Simplify your answer. [3]

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6 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

Kristina asked 200 people how much water they drink in one day.

The table shows her results.

Amount of water (x litres) Number of people

0<x 0.5 8

0.5 < x 1 27

1<x 1.5 45

1.5 < x 2 50

2<x 2.5 39

2.5 < x 3 21

3<x 3.5 7

3.5 < x 4 3

(a) Write down the modal interval. [1]

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean. [4]

(c) Make a cumulative frequency table for this data. [2]

(d) Using a scale of 4 cm to 1 litre of water on the horizontal axis and 1 cm to 10 people on the
vertical axis, draw the cumulative frequency graph. [5]

(e) Use your cumulative frequency graph to find

(i) the median, [1]

(ii) the 40th percentile, [1]

(iii) the number of people who drink at least 2.6 litres of water. [2]

(f) A doctor recommends that a person drinks at least 1.8 litres of water each day.
What percentage of these 200 people do not drink enough water? [2]

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200

180

160

140

120

Cumulative
frequency 100
( h)

80

60

40

20

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Number of hours worked (h)

200 people record the number of hours they work in a week.

The cumulative frequency graph shows this information.

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(a) Use the graph to find

(i) the median, [1]

(ii) the upper quartile, [1]

(iii) the inter-quartile range, [1]

(iv) the number of people who work more than 60 hours in a week. [2]

(b) Omar uses the graph to make the following frequency table.

Hours
0IhY10 10IhY20 20IhY30 30IhY40 40IhY50 50IhY60 60IhY70 70IhY80
worked (h)

Frequency 12 34 36 30 38 30 p q

(i) Use the graph to find the values of p and q. [2]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean number of hours worked in a week. [4]

(c) Shalini uses the graph to make a different frequency table.

Hours worked (h) 0IhY30 30IhY40 40IhY50 50IhY80

Frequency 82 30 38 50

When she draws a histogram, the height of the column for the interval 30IhY40 is 9 cm.

Calculate the height of each of the other three columns. [4]

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9 The heights of 100 students are measured.

The results have been used to draw this cumulative frequency diagram.

Cumulative
frequency

100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
0 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 185 190
Height (cm)

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(a) Find

(i) the median height,

Answer(a)(i) cm [1]

(ii) the lower quartile,

Answer(a)(ii) cm [1]

(iii) the inter-quartile range,

Answer(a)(iii) cm [1]

(iv) the number of students with a height greater than 177 cm.

Answer(a)(iv) [2]

(b) The frequency table shows the information about the 100 students who were measured.

Height (h cm) 150 < h Y=160 160 < h Y=170 170 < h Y=180 180 < h Y=190

Frequency 47 18

(i) Use the cumulative frequency diagram to complete the table above. [1]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean height of the 100 students.

Answer(b)(ii) cm [4]

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Time
0 I t Y 20 20 I t Y 35 35 I t Y 45 45 I t Y 55 55 I t Y 70 70 I t Y 80
(t mins)

Frequency 6 15 19 37 53 20

The table shows the times taken, in minutes, by 150 students to complete their homework on one day.

(a) (i) In which interval is the median time?

Answer(a)(i) [1]

(ii) Using the mid-interval values 10, 27.5, ……..calculate an estimate of the mean time.

Answer(a)(ii) min [3]

(b) (i) Complete the table of cumulative frequencies.

Time
t Y 20 t Y 35 t Y 45 t Y 55 t Y 70 t Y 80
(t mins)
Cumulative
6 21
frequency
[2]

(ii) On the grid, label the horizontal axis from 0 to 80, using the scale 1 cm represents 5 minutes
and the vertical axis from 0 to 150, using the scale 1 cm represents 10 students.

Draw a cumulative frequency diagram to show this information. [5]

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(c) Use your graph to estimate

(i) the median time, Answer(c)(i) min [1]

(ii) the inter-quartile range,

Answer(c)(ii) min [2]

(iii) the number of students whose time was in the range 50 I t Y 60,

Answer(c)(iii) [1]

(iv) the probability, as a fraction, that a student, chosen at random, took longer than 50 minutes,

Answer(c)(iv) [2]

(v) the probability, as a fraction, that two students, chosen at random, both took longer than 50
minutes.

Answer(c)(v) [2]

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200

180

160

140

120
Cumulative
100
frequency

80

60

40

20

m
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mass (kilograms)

The masses of 200 parcels are recorded.

The results are shown in the cumulative frequency diagram above.

(a) Find

(i) the median,

Answer(a)(i) kg [1]

(ii) the lower quartile,

Answer(a)(ii) kg [1]

(iii) the inter-quartile range,

Answer(a)(iii) kg [1]

(iv) the number of parcels with a mass greater than 3.5 kg.

Answer(a)(iv) [2]

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(b) (i) Use the information from the cumulative frequency diagram to complete the grouped
frequency table.

Mass (m) kg 0ImY4 4ImY6 6ImY7 7 I m Y 10

Frequency 36 50
[2]
(ii) Use the grouped frequency table to calculate an estimate of the mean.

Answer(b)(ii) kg [4]

(iii) Complete the frequency density table and use it to complete the histogram.

Mass (m) kg 0ImY4 4ImY6 6ImY7 7 I m Y 10

Frequency
9 16.7
density

40

35

30

25
Frequency
density 20

15

10

m
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mass (kilograms)
[4]

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