Statistics Past Papers Compiled
Statistics Past Papers Compiled
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STATISTICS
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110 The table below shows the height of a plant, in centimetres, and the number of days after planting.
Number of days 15 24 33 40 45 51 62 68 73 80
Height (cm) 8.5 9.1 9.5 9.8 10.5 10.8 11.3 11.4 11.8 11.8
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Height
10
(cm)
7
0 20 40 60 80 100
Number of days
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(d) Can the scatter diagram be used to predict the height of this plant 100 days after planting?
Give a reason for your answer.
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2 12 Aadil observed the number of people in each of 20 cars entering a car park.
The results are shown in the bar chart below.
5
Frequency
4
0
1 2 3 4 5
Number of people
................................................. [1]
................................................. [2]
16 to 20
goals 0 to 5
goals
11 to 15 72° 135°
goals
6 to 10
goals
The pie chart shows information about the number of goals scored by each player in a football club.
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180
170
160
150
Number of
140
steps
130
120
110
100
120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210
Height (cm)
................................................. [1]
Use your line of best fit to estimate the number of steps they would take to walk 100 m.
................................................... [1]
30 1 v G 40 10
40 1 v G 50 18
50 1 v G 60 27
60 1 v G 70 19
70 1 v G 80 6
80
70
60
50
Cumulative
40
frequency
30
20
10
0
30 40 50 60 70 80 v
Speed (km/h)
[3]
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64 (a) The table summarises the time, m hours, that each student in a year group spent listening to music
in one day.
Some of the results are shown on the histogram.
Time (m hours) Frequency
01mG1 8
1 1 m G 1 12 10
1 12 1 m G 2 p
2 1 m G 2 12 14
2 12 1 m G 3 12 23
3 12 1 m G 5 18
51mG7 12
30
25
20
Frequency
density 15
10
0 m
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Time (hours)
(i) Use the histogram to find the value of p.
p = ................................................ [1]
(b) This table summarises the time, c hours, that each student in a group of 50 students spent cooking
in one week.
01cG2 8
21cG4 16
41cG6 15
61cG8 7
8 1 c G 10 4
50
40
30
Cumulative
frequency
20
10
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 c
Time (hours) [3]
(iii) Use the cumulative frequency diagram to find an estimate for the median.
50
40
30
Frequency
20
10
0
1 2 3 4 5 6
Number on dice
Number on dice 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 46 31 28
[1]
(ii) Using Rowan’s results, find the relative frequency that he threw a number less than 3.
................................................. [2]
(iii) Rowan says that the dice he has thrown is not a fair dice.
Make two comments to explain why the dice may not be fair.
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Frequency
6
4
2
0
1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of people
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9 (a) The cumulative frequency diagram shows the marks obtained by 80 students in a Maths test.
80
70
60
50
Cumulative
frequency
40
30
20
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 m
Mark
................................................. [1]
Use the diagram to find the number of marks needed to pass the test.
................................................. [2]
(iii) Using the information on the diagram, complete the frequency table.
Frequency 8
[2]
(b) The times taken by the 80 students to complete a Science test are shown in the frequency table.
Time (m minutes) 40 1 m G 50 50 1 m G 60 60 1 m G 70 70 1 m G 80 80 1 m G 90
Frequency 8 13 p 20 q
An estimate for the mean time taken to complete the test is 67.625 minutes.
This is calculated using the mid-interval value as an estimate of the time in each interval.
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2 The table shows the midday temperature and the number of cups of hot chocolate Natcha sells on each
of ten days.
25
20
15
Number of
cups of
hot chocolate
10
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Midday temperature (°C)
[2]
(b) Describe the relationship between the midday temperature and the number of cups of hot chocolate
Natcha sells.
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(c) By drawing a line of best fit, estimate the number of cups of hot chocolate sold when the midday
temperature is 17 °C.
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114 100 adults in a town were surveyed about the number of emails they each received one day.
The table shows the results.
Number of emails 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Number of adults 8 10 22 28 15 9 5 3
................................................. [1]
................................................. [2]
Find the probability that they received fewer than 4 emails that day.
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
................................................. [2]
Use the survey results to estimate the number of adults in the town who received exactly 5 emails
that day.
................................................. [2]
Number of pets 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 3 8 3 4 0 2
................................................. [1]
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10 The table below shows the monthly rent for nine apartments and the distance of these apartments from
the city centre.
Distance from the city centre (km) 0.8 1.5 2.7 3.6 2.0 4.3 2.3 3.0 1.0
Monthly rent ($) 570 470 420 300 480 270 390 360 530
600
500
400
Monthly
rent ($) 300
200
100
0
0 1 2 3 4 5
Distance from the city centre (km)
................................................. [1]
(d) Use your line of best fit to estimate the monthly rent for an apartment which is 4 km from the city
centre.
$ ................................................. [1]
Apple
Banana
Orange
Melon
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15 (b) Yasir records the length of time he spends at work on each of 70 work days.
The table shows the results.
1 1 3 3
Time (t hours) 41tG6 61tG7 71tG7 7 1tG8 81tG8 8 1 t G 10
2 2 4 4
Frequency 4 6 9 23 18 10
50
40
30
Frequency
density
20
10
0
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 t
Time (hours)
[3]
Estimate the number of days he is paid overtime during these 70 work days.
................................................. [2]
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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.
................................................. [1]
(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean time taken, in seconds, to complete the puzzle.
............................................... s [3]
120
100
80
Cumulative
60
frequency
40
20
0 t
50 100 150 200 250 300
Time (seconds)
(i) Use the cumulative frequency diagram to complete the frequency table.
Time (t seconds) 50 1 t G 100 100 1 t G 150 150 1 t G 200 200 1 t G 250 250 1 t G 300
Frequency 8
[2]
(ii) Use the cumulative frequency diagram to find an estimate of the median.
............................................... s [1]
(iii) 55% of the adults took between 125 seconds and k seconds to complete the puzzle.
k = ................................................. [3]
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1724 100 batteries are tested to see how long they last.
The table shows the results.
Frequency 10 24 36 30
3
Frequency
density
2
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 t
Number of hours
[3]
140
130
120
110
100
90
Time
(minutes) 80
70
60
50
40
30
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Distance (km)
(a) Write down the type of correlation that the scatter diagram shows.
................................................. [1]
(c) Use your line of best fit to estimate the time Ben takes for a 5 km walk.
194 The cumulative frequency diagram shows the amount of fuel, f litres, bought by 100 customers at a
service station one day.
100
90
80
70
60
Cumulative
50
frequency
40
30
20
10
0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 f
Fuel (litres)
(b) That day the price of a litre of fuel at the service station was $1.75 .
Use the diagram to find the fraction of customers who spent more than $91.00 on fuel.
................................................. [3]
(c) Complete the frequency table for the amount of fuel bought by these 100 customers.
Amount of fuel
( f litres) 10 1 f G 20 20 1 f G 30 30 1 f G 40 40 1 f G 50 50 1 f G 60 60 1 f G 70 70 1 f G 80
Frequency 14 38 20
[2]
20
10 Bags of sweets are packed into boxes.
(a) A box is opened and the number of sweets in each bag is counted.
The results are shown in the table.
Number of sweets 11 12 13 14 15
Frequency 15 26 38 p 9
(i) Explain why the total number of bags in the box cannot be 87.
.............................................................................................................................................
............................................................................................................................................. [1]
(ii) The mean number of sweets per bag in this box is 12.8 .
p = ................................................ [3]
217 (a) On Monday, the amount of money spent on a website by each customer was recorded.
The table shows the results.
Amount of
money ($m) 0 1 m G 30 30 1 m G 40 40 1 m G 50 50 1 m G 60 60 1 m G 90
Frequency p 18 24 19 24
2
Frequency
density
0 m
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Amount of money ($)
p = ................................................ [1]
Calculate the probability that this customer spent more than $50 on Monday.
................................................. [1]
(b) The table shows the amount of money spent on a website by each customer on Tuesday.
Amount of
0 1 m G 30 30 1 m G 40 40 1 m G 50 50 1 m G 60 60 1 m G 90
money ($m)
Frequency 22 16 24 19 14
$ ................................................ [3]
(ii) An error was made and one of the sales on Tuesday was not included in the table.
That customer spent $41.
Tristan says:
If that value had been included in the table, then the estimated mean would have been
higher.
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2217 The table shows the time that each of 60 children spends in a play area�
60
50
40
Cumulative
frequency 30
20
10
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 t
Time (mins)
[3]
(iii) the number of children who spend more than 80 minutes in the play area�
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3 Olga writes a list of five numbers.
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24 (a) The temperature at midday was recorded at ten different heights on a mountain.
The results are shown in the table.
Height (m) 300 825 600 425 900 100 1250 1450 1125 1350
Temperature (°C) 3.0 - 0.8 0.0 1.2 -1.9 3.5 - 4.6 - 6.4 - 4.0 - 3.8
0
250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 Height
(m)
–1
–2
Temperature
(°C)
–3
–4
–5
–6
–7
[2]
................................................. [1]
Use your line of best fit to estimate the temperature at this height.
............................................. °C [1]
(b) The table summarises the times taken by 80 adults to climb the mountain.
Time taken (h hours) 5.5 1 h G 6.5 6.5 1 h G 7.5 7.5 1 h G 8 8 1 h G 8.5 8.5 1 h G 10.5
Frequency 8 15 20 23 14
.......................................... mm [1]
(a) The cumulative frequency diagram shows the heights, in metres, of 80 Variety A trees.
80
70
60
50
Cumulative
40
frequency
30
20
10
0
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 h
Height (m)
............................................. m [1]
............................................. m [2]
y = ................................................. [2]
(iii) Complete the frequency table for the heights of the Variety A trees.
Height (h m) 1.1 1 h G 1.2 1.2 1 h G 1.3 1.3 1 h G 1.4 1.4 1 h G 1.5 1.5 1 h G 1.6
Frequency 6 24
[2]
Using the midpoints of the intervals, the estimated mean height of these Variety B trees is 1.81 m.
p = .................................................
q = ................................................. [6]
267 (a) The numbers of emails received by 18 students in a class one Monday are given below.
4 12 14 6 3 6 9 7 11
8 7 11 14 6 13 5 12 9
10 (a) A football team recorded the number of goals scored in each of their 20 games.
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The table shows the results.
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19 The times, t minutes, taken by some people to travel to work are shown in the table.
Time (t minutes) 10 1 t G 20 20 1 t G 25 25 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 50
Frequency 16 15 10 12
2
Frequency
density
1
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 t
Time (minutes)
[3]
Height (h cm) 5 1 h G 10 10 1 h G 15 15 1 h G 25 25 1 h G 40
Frequency 15 25 p 30
4
Frequency
3
density
2
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 h
Height (cm)
p = ................................................ [1]
302 (a) The cumulative frequency diagram shows the masses, in grams, of 60 potatoes of variety A.
70
60
50
Cumulative40
frequency
30
20
10
0
120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260
Mass (g)
............................................... g [1]
............................................... g [2]
(ii) Potatoes with a mass greater than 220 g are sold as baking potatoes.
Find the percentage of the potatoes that are sold as baking potatoes.
.............................................. % [3]
(b) The table shows the masses, m grams, of 120 potatoes of variety C.
Mass (m g) 80 G m 1 100 100 G m 1 120 120 G m 1 130 130 G m 1 140 140 G m 1 200
Frequency 10 15 42 36 17
............................................... g [3]
(c) A bag of potatoes has a mass of 2.5 kg, correct to the nearest 100 g.
Bags of potatoes are packed into a box.
The mass of the box is 600 g, correct to the nearest 10 g.
Calculate the upper bound of the total mass, in kilograms, of a box containing 10 of these bags of
potatoes.
............................................. kg [3]
(i) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram to represent this information.
80
70
60
50
Cumulative
40
frequency
30
20
10
0 t
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
Time (minutes)
[3]
Number of errors 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 24 30 50 32 16 8
................................................. [2]
Number Frequency
1 6
2 5
3 13
4 p
p = ................................................. [3]
................................................. [1]
3321 The cumulative frequency diagram shows the masses, m grams, of 120 eggs.
120
100
80
Cumulative
60
frequency
40
20
0 m
30 40 50 60 70
Mass (grams)
.............................................. g [1]
.............................................. g [2]
................................................. [2]
342 (a) The table shows the number of exercise classes attended in one week by each of 80 members of a
gym.
Number of classes 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 10 29 26 10 3 2
................................................. [1]
................................................. [1]
................................................. [2]
(b) Some members of the gym were surveyed about how much time they spent at the gym.
The histogram shows the times, t minutes, they spent on their last visit.
3
Frequency
density
2
0 t
0 30 60 90 120
Time (minutes)
................................................. [3]
.............................................................................................................................................
............................................................................................................................................. [2]
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2 (a) The pie chart summarises the ages of people at a science fair.
Over 30
Under 16
54°
21 to 30 72°
144°
16 to 20
................................................. [1]
................................................. [2]
10
6
Frequency
5
density
4
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 s
Score
[3]
Find an estimate for the percentage of the 250 students who were awarded a distinction.
.............................................. % [2]
4
Frequency
density 3
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 m
Mass (kg)
a = ................................................. [1]
20
37 The table shows some information about the times each of 100 children spent reading in one day.
Time (t mins) x 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 40 40 1 t G 45 45 1 t G 60
Frequency 32 23 15 30
Frequency
1.6 2.3
density
x = ................................................. [1]
(b) On the grid, draw a histogram to represent the data for the 100 children.
Frequency
2
density
0 t
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Time (minutes)
[3]
2
38 (a) The table shows the ages and heights of 10 boys.
Age (years) 10 16 11 18 10 11 13 17 13 16
Height (cm) 138 168 135 174 145 148 158 175 150 160
200
190
180
170
160
Height
150
(cm)
140
130
120
110
100
6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
Age (years)
(iii) Use your line of best fit to estimate the height of a 14-year-old boy.
............................................ cm [1]
Explain why your line of best fit should not be used to estimate his height.
.............................................................................................................................................
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(b) The table summarises the heights of 180 girls in Year 7 of a school.
Height (h cm) 125 1 h G 135 135 1 h G 140 140 1 h G 145 145 1 h G 150 150 1 h G 160
Frequency 8 31 55 62 24
(i) Work out the percentage of girls who are taller than 145 cm.
.............................................. % [2]
............................................ cm [3]
2
39 (a) Marco grows two types of tomato plants, type A and type B.
He counts the number of tomatoes growing on each tomato plant.
................................................. [2]
................................................. [1]
(iii) The mean number of tomatoes per plant for type B plants is 17.1 and the range is 8.
Make two comments comparing the number of tomatoes growing on type A and type B
plants.
1 ..........................................................................................................................................
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2 ..........................................................................................................................................
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Mass (m grams) 5 1 m G 10 10 1 m G 15 15 1 m G 20 20 1 m G 25 25 1 m G 30
Frequency 15 38 45 17 5
120
110
100
90
80
70
Cumulative
frequency 60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 m
Mass (grams)
[3]
(ii) Marco uses strawberries with a mass greater than 21 grams to make jam.
Use your diagram to find an estimate for the percentage of strawberries he uses to make jam.
............................................. % [3]
Frequency 4
0
0 1 2 3 4
Number of pets
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419 The scatter diagram shows the ages of ten people and the time they each take to complete a task.
0.25
0.20
0.15
Time
(minutes)
0.10
0.05
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Age (years)
(a) Write down the type of correlation shown on the scatter diagram.
................................................. [1]
(b) By drawing a line of best fit, estimate the time taken by a person aged 50 to complete the task.
Height
hG2 hG4 hG6 hG8 h G 10 h G 12
(h centimetres)
Cumulative
4 18 42 60 72 80
frequency
80
60
Cumulative
frequency
40
20
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 h
Height (centimetres)
[2]
(b) Use your diagram to find an estimate for the interquartile range.
............................................ cm [2]
(c) Plants are sold when they are taller than H centimetres.
28 of these plants are sold.
H = ................................................ [2]
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43 (b) 160 workers at the business park are asked the time taken, in minutes, for their journey to work.
The results are shown in the cumulative frequency diagram.
160
140
120
100
Cumulative
80
frequency
60
40
20
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Time (minutes)
(i) the number of workers whose journey took less than 30 minutes
................................................. [1]
(iii) the percentage of workers whose journey took longer than 1 hour.
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8 (a) A group of 40 children are each asked how many books they read last month.
The table shows the results.
Number of books 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 7 11 9 5 6 2
................................................. [1]
................................................. [1]
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3 (a) Laila asks a group of people what type of exercise they prefer.
The results are shown in the pie chart.
Other
Yoga
60°
Cycling 135°
Running
................................................. [2]
(ii) Work out the fraction of the group who prefer yoga.
Write your answer in its simplest form.
................................................. [2]
(b) Laila records the number of steps she walks each day for 60 days.
The table shows the results.
Number of steps
51nG8 8 1 n G 10 10 1 n G 12 12 1 n G 15 15 1 n G 20
(n thousand)
Frequency 9 16 14 15 6
10
6
Frequency
density
4
0
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 n
Number of steps (thousand)
[3]
Find an estimate for the percentage of these 60 days that Laila met her target.
............................................. % [2]
-1 -5 -1 -3 -3 2 -1 -7
Find
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Time
79 92 91 85 82 95 60 65 63 70
(minutes)
Number
5 1 3 3 5 0 9 7 8 7
of errors
10
6
Number 5
of errors
0
50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
Time (minutes)
Use your line of best fit to estimate the time this student spent on the homework task.
50
45
40
35
15
10
................................................. [2]
(b) 20% of the adults win a prize for getting a high score in the quiz.
................................................. [2]
[2]
549 A group of people are asked what type of holiday they prefer.
The table gives information about the results.
Camping 15 60°
Beach 45
Cruise 20
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Hiking 10
[2]
Camping
60°
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60
50
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Cumulative
30
frequency
20
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0
100 150 200 250 300 350
Mass (grams)
(a) Use the diagram to find an estimate for the interquartile range.
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N = ................................................. [2]
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25 The table shows the times each of 110 students take to travel to school one day.
51
5
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Frequency
density
3
2
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0 t
0 10 20 30 40
Time (minutes)
[3]
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522 In a traffic survey, information about the vehicles passing a checkpoint is recorded.
[2]
3 or more
[1]
(b) The histogram shows the speeds of vehicles passing the checkpoint in the afternoon.
10
Frequency 6
density
5
0 s
20 30 40 50 60 70
Speed (km/h)
(i) Sanjay says the histogram shows that the range of the speeds is 50 km/h.
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Speed (s km/h) 20 1 s G 30 30 1 s G 40 40 1 s G 45 45 1 s G 50 50 1 s G 70
Frequency 24
[3]
532 (a) The table shows the age and value of 10 cars of the same model.
Age (years) 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 8 8
Value ($) 5500 6200 4200 4000 4000 3700 4500 3000 1500 2000
6000
5000
4000
Value ($)
3000
2000
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Age (years)
[2]
(iii) Use your line of best fit to find an estimate for the value of a car of this model that is 7 years
$ ................................................. [1]
(iv) Jay has a car of this model that is 12 years old and he wants to find its value.
Explain why Jay should not use this scatter diagram to find an estimate for the value of this
car.
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(i) Work out the fraction of the cars that have travelled more than 50 000 km.
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50. W24/qp12/q18
51. W24/qp12/q25
52. W24/qp21/q2
53. W24/qp22/q2