Chapter 4: Statistics

Paper 1 This test paper contains 20 questions. Answer ALL the questions. The diagrams accompanying the questions are not drawn to scale unless mentioned. You are allowed to use a scientific calculator that cannot be programmed. 1 Diagram 1 is a pie chart which shows the scores of students in a Mathematics test.

D 80 110 C 70

40 60 B

DIAGRAM 1

What fraction of students obtained grade A? A B

1 2 1 3

C D

1 6 1 9

Table 1 shows the modes of transport used by 40 students in Form 1 Bestari.

Mode of transport Car Bicycle Motorcycle Walking Public transport
TABLE 1

Number of students 5 20 3 8 4

If the information was transferred to a pie chart, what would be the angle for the sector representing walking? A 45 B 63 C 72 D 180
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Diagram 2 is a pie chart which shows the profits of five companies (in millions). D

C A 50 110 B
DIAGRAM 2

If Company A made a profit of RM1.5 million, what is the profit of Company B? A 3.3 million B 4.0 million C 4.2 million D 4.8 million 4 Diagram 3 is a pie chart which shows the number of fruits produced in three durian orchards, A, B and C 2004.

120 A B

180 C

DIAGRAM 3

The total number of fruits produced in the three orchards is 180 000. How many fruits came from orchard A? A 20 000 B 30 000 C 40 000 D 60 000

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Diagram 4 is a pie chart which shows the popularity of various sports among 720 students. Hockey

Football 100 30 Volleyball 40 70 Basketball Tennis

DIAGRAM 4

120

Calculate the number of students who like volleyball. A 40 B 60 C 80 D 100 6 What is the mode for the data given below? 2, 3, 3, 5, 2, 1, 3, 5, 2, 3 A B C D 7 1 2 3 4

Table 2 shows the scores obtained in a game show.

Score Frequency 11-20 20 21-30 7
TABLE 2

31-40 x

41-50 25

If the mode of the score is 41 50, what could be a possible value of x? A 22 B 26 C 30 D 34

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In an examination, 45 students obtained grades ranging from A to E, in which the modal grade is D. Which of the following tables shows that result? A A 15 B A 13 C A 8 D A 10 B 9 C 13 D 2 E 11 B 11 C 12 D 9 E 5 B 2 C 5 D 17 E 8 B 5 C 20 D 2 E 3

In the set of numbers shown below, find suitable values for x and y so that 4 is the mode. 3, 1, x, 2, 3, y, 4, 1, 4 A B C D

x = 1, y = 4 x = 2, y = 4 x = 3, y = 4 x = 1, y = 2

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Determine the mean for the set of numbers given below. 11 , 10 , 12 , 15 , 22 , 14 A B C D 10 12 14 16

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The mean mass of Khairul, Lee and Kevin is 25 kg. If the total mass of Khairul and Kevin is 52 kg, what is the mass, in kg, of Lee? A 22 B 23 C 24 D 25 If the mean for the set of numbers given below is 6, what is the value of y?
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5, y, 7, 8, 6, 7, 5 A B C D 13 4 5 6 7

Table 3 shows the number of goals scored by the Seladang United football team in each game they played. No of goals No of games 1 3 2 8
TABLE 3

3 5

4 4

5 5

If the team played a total of 25 games, what is the mean goal scored per game? A 6 B 5 C 4 D 3 14 The mean age of Bobby, Kee and Harbinder is 45. Azman is 49 years old. What is the mean age for the four of them? A 44 B 45 C 46 D 47 The mean of five numbers is 10. After a sixth number, x is added to the group, the mean becomes 12. What is the sixth number? A 20 B 22 C 24 D 26 Given below is the heights of 5 students. What is the median height, in m? 1.60 m , 1.50 m , 1.48 m , 1.52 m , 1.53 m A B C D 17 1.48 1.50 1.52 1.60

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Diagram 5 is a pie chart which shows the fractions of votes obtained by three candidates in an election.
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Spoilt votes

1 3 1 4

Candidate B

Candidate A

1 8

Candidate C

DIAGRAM 5

What is the angle for the sector representing spoilt votes? A 105 B 110 C 115 D 120 18 The mean for five numbers is 8 and the mean for another three numbers is 16. Calculate the mean for all the eight numbers. A 9 C 11 B 10 D 12 Table 4 shows the scores obtained by students in a game.
Score Number of students 0 1 1 3
TABLE 4

19

2 x

3 1

4 8

Find the value of x if the median score is 3. A 2 C 4 B 3 D 5 20 Table 5 shows the heights of students in a class.
Height(cm) 131 132 133 134 135
TABLE 5

Frequency 3 4 5 3 1

Determine the mean height, in cm, of the students. A 132.7 C 130.8 B 131.5 D 130.0 Paper 2 This test paper contains 10 questions. Answer ALL the questions.
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The diagrams accompanying the questions are not drawn to scale unless mentioned. You are not allowed to use a calculator. 1 What is the median for the set of data given below? 16, 12, 14, 10, 16, 12, 14, 16 2 Find the mode for the data given below. 7, 6, 7, 5, 4, 6, 5, 7 3 Find the mean for the data below. 14, 16, 10, 13, 15, 18, 14, 20 4 There are five boxes containing beads. The total number of beads in the boxes is 150. What is the mean for the number of beads in each box?

Diagram 1 is a pictograph which shows the number of books sold by a bookshop. Month January February March April Number of books sold

DIAGRAM 1

represents 20 books
What is the mean for the number of books sold per month?

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Diagram 2 is a pie chart which shows Pak Lis fish catch for the four days.

Tuesday Monday 120 60 Thursday

DIAGRAM 2

140

40 Wednesday

If Pak Li caught 160 kilograms on Wednesday, how many kilograms did he catch on Tuesday? 7 8 The mean for 6, 5, 7, x, 10 and 8 is 8. Calculate the value of x. The mean pay of workers in a factory with 200 workers is RM900. If the factory employed an additional 20 workers, paying them RM999 each, what is the mean pay now?

Questions 9 and 10 are based on Table 1. Table 1 shows the scores obtained by five contestants in first and second rounds of a quiz show. Contestant A B C D E Round 1 10 12 18 15 15
TABLE 1

Round 2 5 6 4 7 8

9 10

What is the mean score for Round 1? What is the median score for Round 2?

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