Statistical DiagramsCambridge IGCSE Maths: Subtopic test
10 questions, 26 marks
Cambridge IGCSE Maths
Statistical Diagrams
Total 26 marks
Name
Class
Date
- 1A two-way table shows the favourite subject of 50 students, by gender: of 20 boys, 12 prefer Maths and 8 prefer Science; of 30 girls, 10 prefer Maths and 20 prefer Science.(a)Find the total number of students who prefer Maths.[1 mark]
- A22
- B28
- C12
- D18
(b)Find the total number of students who prefer Science.[1 mark]- A22
- B28
- C8
- D20
(c)Find the probability that a randomly selected girl prefers Science.[1 mark]- A
- B
- C
- D
Total for question 1: 3 marks
- 2A pie chart represents the favourite fruit of 60 people: apples are represented by a sector of angle 90 degrees, bananas by 60 degrees, oranges by 120 degrees, and the remainder are grapes.(a)Find the number of people who prefer apples.[2 marks](b)Find the number of people who prefer grapes.[2 marks]
Total for question 2: 4 marks
- 3An ordered stem-and-leaf diagram shows the heights, in cm, of 15 plants (key: 1 | 2 means 12 cm): Stem 1: leaves 2, 5, 5, 8. Stem 2: leaves 1, 3, 4, 4, 6, 9. Stem 3: leaves 1, 3, 5, 8. Stem 4: leaf 1.(a)Find the median height.[3 marks](b)Find the range of the heights of the plants.[3 marks]
Total for question 3: 6 marks
- 4A school records the number of books read in a term by two classes of 30 students each. Class A: 0 books - 4 students, 1 book - 8 students, 2 books - 10 students, 3 books - 5 students, 4 books - 3 students. Class B: 0 books - 2 students, 1 book - 6 students, 2 books - 9 students, 3 books - 9 students, 4 books - 4 students.(a)Calculate the mean number of books read for Class A, correct to 2 decimal places.[4 marks](b)Calculate the mean number of books read for Class B, correct to 2 decimal places.[4 marks](c)Compare the mean number of books read between Class A and Class B, stating which class read more books on average and by how much. State one limitation of using the mean alone to compare the two classes.[5 marks]
Total for question 4: 13 marks
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