Statistical Diagrams (Edexcel IGCSE Maths A: Foundation): Exam Questions

Exam code: 4MA1

30 mins7 questions
1
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4 marks

The pictogram shows information about the number of goals scored by each of five hockey teams in March.

Table showing five teams: Eagles, Rovers, United, City, Blues, with diagrams of circles divided into quarters and some quarters shaded for each team.

The total number of goals scored in March by the five hockey teams was 152

How many goals did City score in March?

2a1 mark

The bar chart shows information about the amount of rice produced per year in each of five countries.

Bar graph comparing annual rice production in million tonnes: Indonesia highest, followed by Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, Japan, and Pakistan.

Using the information in the bar chart, write down the amount of rice produced in Vietnam,

2b1 mark

Write down the country that produced 37 million tonnes of rice,

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Work out how much more rice is produced in Indonesia than in Pakistan.

2d1 mark

Bangladesh produced 35 million tonnes of rice per year.

Draw a bar on the bar chart to show this information.

3a2 marks

Ivor asks 20 children in his class to name their favourite fruit. Here are his results.

apple

orange

grape

peach

grape

banana

apple

orange

grape

peach

apple

apple

banana

peach

orange

grape

orange

apple

orange

orange

Complete the frequency table to show this information

Fruit

Tally

Frequency

apple

banana

grape

peach

orange

3b3 marks

Complete the bar chart for the information in your table.

Blank frequency graph with a grid, numbered 0 to 9 on the vertical axis labelled "Frequency", no data plotted, horizontal axis unlabelled.
4a
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Peter owns boarding kennels for dogs.

The pictogram shows information about the number of dogs that were at the kennels each day from Monday to Thursday last week.

Table showing dog counts over weekdays using pictograms. Each circle represents 8 dogs. Monday has 3.5 circles, Tuesday 1.25, Wednesday 2, Thursday 1.5, Friday 0.

How many dogs were at the kennels on Monday?

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18 dogs were at the kennels on Friday.

Show this information on the pictogram.

4c2 marks

Peter gave each dog 2 biscuits each day.

Work out the total number of biscuits that Peter gave the dogs during the five days from Monday to Friday last week.

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Trisha asked 90 people to name their favourite type of cheese to put on a pizza. She is going to draw a pie chart for her results.

55 of the 90 people said that mozzarella was their favourite.

Work out the size of the angle on the pie chart for the sector representing mozzarella.

5b
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Haashir asked a different group of people to name their favourite ice cream flavour. He used his results to draw this pie chart.

Pie chart showing ice cream preferences with sections: vanilla 195°, chocolate 75°, strawberry 55°, mint 35°.

39 of the people Haashir asked said that vanilla was their favourite.

Work out how many of the people Haashir asked said that chocolate was their favourite.

6a1 mark

The bar chart shows information about the number of international students who studied in each of five countries in 2019

Bar chart comparing international student numbers in thousands across six countries, with Canada and Australia having the highest and Spain the lowest.

In which of these five countries did the greatest number of international students study?

6b1 mark

Write down the number of international students who studied in Australia.

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The number of international students who studied in Japan was more than the number of international students who studied in Spain.

How many more?

6d1 mark

In 2019, the number of international students who studied in France was 340 thousand.

Draw a bar on the bar chart to show this information

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The pictogram gives information about the number of parcels a company posted on each of four days last week.

Weekly parcels chart: Monday 64, Tuesday 56, Wednesday 80, Thursday 48, Friday 0 parcels. Icon represents 16 parcels each.

How many parcels were posted on Tuesday?

7b1 mark

24 parcels were posted on Friday.

Show this information on the pictogram.

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More parcels were posted on Wednesday than on Monday.

How many more?

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Find the ratio

number of parcels posted on Monday : number of parcels posted on Thursday

Give your answer in its simplest form.