Cumulative Frequency Diagrams (Edexcel IGCSE Maths A: Higher): Exam Questions

Exam code: 4MA1

3 hours39 questions
1a
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The table shows information about the speeds of  100 lorries.

Speed (s) in km/h

Frequency

0<s20

2

20<s40

9

40<s60

23

60<s80

31

80<s100

27

100<s120

8

Complete the cumulative frequency table for this information.

Speed (s) in km/h

Cumulative frequency

0<s20

2

0<s40

 

0<s60

 

0<s80

 

0<s100

 

0<s120

 

1b
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On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

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1c
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Find an estimate for the number of lorries with a speed of more than  90 km/h.

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There are 200 workers at a factory.
The cumulative frequency table gives information about their ages.

Age (a years)

Cumulative frequency

0<a20

25

0<a30

70

0<a40

138

0<a50

175

0<a60

186

0<a70

194

0<a80

200

On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for this information.

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Graham says,   
 "10% of workers at the factory are older than 65"

Is Graham correct?
You must show how you get your answer.

3a
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Sue works for a company that delivers parcels.

One day the company delivered  80 parcels. The table shows information about the weights, in kg, of these parcels.

Weight ( w kg)

Frequency

0<w1

19

1<w2

17

2<w3

15

3<w4

12

4<w5

10

5<w6

7

Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Weight ( w kg)

Cumulative frequency

0<w1

 

0<w2

 

0<w3

 

0<w4

 

0<w5

 

0<w6

 

3b
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On the grid opposite, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

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3c
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Sue says,

   "75 % of the parcels weigh less than 3.4 kg."

Is Sue correct?
You must show how you get your answer.

4a
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The table gives information about the marks gained by some students in an exam.

Mark (m)

Frequency

0<m20

40

20<m40

70

40<m60

60

60<m80

15

80<m100

10

100<m120

5

Complete the cumulative frequency table for this information.

Mark (m)

Cumulative frequency

0<m20

 

0<m40

 

0<m60

 

0<m80

 

0<m100

 

0<m120

 

4b
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On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

4c
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Use your graph to find an estimate for the number of students who gained a mark of more than 54.

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The cumulative frequency graph shows some information about the heights, in cm, of 60 students.

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Work out an estimate for the number of these students with a height greater than 160 cm.

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The cumulative frequency graph shows information about the weights of 60 apples.

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Use the graph to find an estimate for the median weight.

6b
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Use the graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range of the weights.

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The grouped frequency table gives information about the times, in minutes, that 80 office workers take to get to work. 

Time (t minutes)

Frequency

0<t20

5

20<t40

30

40<t60

20

60<t80

15

80<t100

8

100<t120

2

Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Time (t minutes)

Cumulative frequency

0<t20

 

0<t40

 

0<t60

 

0<t80

 

0<t100

 

0<t120

 

7b
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On the grid, draw the cumulative frequency graph for this information.

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7c
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Use your graph to find an estimate for the percentage of these office workers who take more than 90 minutes to get to work.

8a
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The frequency table gives information about the ages of the 80 people in a train carriage.

Age (a years)

Frequency

0 < a  20

9

20 < a  30

19

30 < a  40

17

40 < a  50

18

50 < a  60

13

60 < a  70

4

Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Age (a years)

Cumulative frequency

0 < a  20

 

0 < a  30

 

0 < a  40

 

0 < a  50

 

0 < a  60

 

0 < a  70

 

8b
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On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

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8c
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Use your graph to find an estimate for the median age of the people in the train carriage.

........................................... years 

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20 students each record the mass, p grams, of their pencil case. The table below shows the results.

Mass (p grams)

0<p50

50<p100

100<p125

125<p150

150<p200

Frequency

2

5

4

6

3

Use the frequency table to complete the cumulative frequency table.

Mass (p grams)

 p50

 p100

 p125

 p150

 p200

Cumulative frequency

 

 

 

 

20

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Charlotte grows some potatoes.

The table shows information about the weights of her potatoes.

 Weight (w grams)

 Frequency

100<w120

5

120<w140

25

140<w160

30

160<w180

15

180<w200

5

Complete the cumulative frequency table.

 Weight (w grams)

Cumulative frequency

100<w120

 

100<w140

 

100<w160

 

100<w180

 

100<w200

 

1b
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On the grid opposite, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

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1c
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Use your graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range.

1d
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Use your graph to find an estimate for the percentage of Charlotte's potatoes with a weight less than 150 grams.

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The table below shows information about the heights of 60 students.

Height (x cm)

Number of students

140<x150

4

150<x160

5

160<x170

16

170<x180

27

180<x190

5

190<x200

3

On the grid opposite, draw a cumulative frequency graph for the information in the table.

2b
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Find an estimate

i) for the median,

[2]

ii) for the interquartile range.

[1]

3a
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The grouped frequency table shows information about the weekly wages of 80 factory workers.

Weekly wage(£x)

Frequency

100<x200

8

200<x300

15

300<x400

30

400<x500

17

500<x600

7

600<x700

3

Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Weekly wage(£x)

Cumulative frequency

100<x200

 

100<x300

 

100<x400

 

100<x500

 

100<x600

 

100<x700

 

3b
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On the grid opposite, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

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3c
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Use your graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range.

3d
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Use your graph to find an estimate for the number of workers with a weekly wage of more than £530.

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The table shows information about the times taken by 100 people in a fun run.

Time ( t minutes)

Frequency

20<t30

4

30<t40

16

40<t50

36

50<t60

24

60<t70

14

70<t80

6

Complete the cumulative frequency table for this information.

Time ( t minutes)

Cumulative frequency

20<t30

 

20<t40

 

20<t50

 

20<t60

 

20<t70

 

20<t80

 

4b
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On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

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4c
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Use your graph to find an estimate for the median time.

4d
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Use your graph to find an estimate for the number of people who took longer than  63 minutes.

5a
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The cumulative frequency graph shows information about the weights of 60 potatoes.

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Use the graph to find an estimate for the median weight.

5b
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Jamil says,    
"80 - 40 = 40 so the range of the weights is 40 g."

Is Jamil correct?
You must give a reason for your answer.

5c
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Show that less than 25% of the potatoes have a weight greater than 65 g.

6a
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The cumulative frequency table shows the marks some students got in a test.

Mark (m)

Cumulative frequency

0<m10

8

0<m20

23

0<m30

48

0<m40

65

0<m50

74

0<m60

80

On the grid, plot a cumulative frequency graph for this information.

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6b
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Find the median mark.

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Students either pass the test or fail the test.
The pass mark is set so that 3 times as many students fail the test as pass the test.

Find an estimate for the lowest possible pass mark.

7a
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The table gives information about the times, in minutes, taken by 80 customers to do their shopping in a supermarket.

Time taken (t minutes)

Frequency

0<t10

7

10<t20

26

20<t30

24

30<t40

14

40<t50

7

50<t60

2

Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Time taken (t minutes)

Cumulative frequency

0<t10

 

0<t20

 

0<t30

 

0<t40

 

0<t50

 

0<t60

 

7b
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On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

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7c
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Use your graph to find an estimate for the median time taken.

.................................... minutes 

7d
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One of the 80 customers is chosen at random.

Use your graph to find an estimate for the probability that the time taken by this customer was more than 42 minutes.

8a
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The cumulative frequency graph gives information about the weights, in grams, of 90 bags of sweets.

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Find an estimate for the median of the weights of these bags of sweets.

...................................................... grams 

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Roberto sells the bags of sweets to raise money for charity.
Bags with a weight greater than d grams are labelled large bags and sold for 3.75 euros each bag.

The total amount of money he receives by selling all the large bags is 93.75 euros.

Find the value of d.

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The manager of a call centre asked the 120 people, who rang the call centre last week, how long they each waited before their call was answered.

The table gives information about their replies.

Time waited (t minutes)

Frequency

0 < t  5

8

5 < t  10

15

10 < t  15

17

15 < t  20

28

20 < t  25

33

25 < t  30

19

Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Time waited (t minutes)

Cumulative Frequency

0 < t  5

 

0 < t  10

 

0 < t  15

 

0 < t  20

 

0 < t  25

 

0 < t  30

 

9b
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On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

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9c
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Use your graph to find an estimate for the median of the times waited.

...................................................... minutes 

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Using your graph, find an estimate for the percentage of the 120 people who said that they waited longer than 23 minutes before their call was answered.
Show your working clearly.

......................................................% 

10a
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The table gives information about the times taken by 90 runners to complete a 10 km race.

Time (t minutes)

Frequency

25 < t  35

12

35 < t  45

24

45 < t  55

28

55 < t  65

12

65 < t  75

10

75 < t  85

4

Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Time (t minutes)

Cumulative frequency

25 < t  35

12

25 < t  45

 

25 < t  55

 

25 < t  65

 

25 < t  75

 

25 < t  85

 

10b
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On the grid below, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

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Any runner who completed the race in a time T minutes such that 42 < T  52 minutes was awarded a silver medal.

Use your graph to find an estimate for the number of runners who were awarded a silver medal.

....................................................... runners 

11a
1 mark

The frequency table shows information about the ages of 60 people on a train.

Age (a years)

Frequency

0 < a  10

4

10 < a  20

14

20 < a  30

17

30 < a  40

13

40 < a  50

7

50 < a  60

3

60 < a  70

2

Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Age (a years)

Cumulative frequency

0 < a  10

0 < a  20

0 < a  30

0 < a  40

0 < a  50

0 < a  60

0 < a  70

11b
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On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.

Blank graph with gridlines, titled "Cumulative frequency vs Age". Y-axis: Cumulative frequency (0-60). X-axis: Age in years (0-70).
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Use your graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range of the ages of the 60 people.

11d
2 marks

Use your graph to find an estimate for how many of the 60 people are more than 48 years of age.

12a
1 mark

The cumulative frequency graph shows information about the heights, in centimetres, of 50 plants in a flowerbed.

Graph with cumulative frequency on the y-axis and height in centimetres on the x-axis, showing an upward curve peaking at 50 cumulative frequency.

Use the graph to find an estimate for the median height of these plants.

12b
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Use the graph to find the frequency for the class interval 30<Height40

12c
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Use the graph to find an estimate for the number of plants with a height greater than 35 centimetres.

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The frequency table shows information about the ages of 80 people at a concert.

Age (a years)

Frequency

10<a20

3

20<a30

17

30<a40

21

40<a50

7

50<a60

19

60<a70

13

Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Age (a years)

Cumulative frequency

0<a20

0<a30

0<a40

0<a50

0<a60

0<a70

13b
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On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table

Grid chart with horizontal axis labelled 'Age' from 0 to 70 and vertical axis labelled 'Frequency' from 0 to 80, containing no data points.
13c
2 marks

Use your graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range of the ages of the 80 people

13d
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Use your graph to find an estimate for how many of the 80 people are more than 62 years of age.

14a
1 mark

The cumulative frequency graph gives information about the times, in seconds, that 80 adults took to log in to an online bank.

Line graph showing cumulative frequency against time in seconds, ranging from 0 to 60 seconds, with frequency increasing from 0 to 80.

Find an estimate for the median time.

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Work out the percentage of these adults that took longer than 50 seconds to log in. Show your working clearly

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The cumulative frequency graphs show information about the times taken by 100 male runners and by 100 female runners to finish the London marathon. 

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A male runner is chosen at random.

Find an estimate for the probability that this runner took less than 4 hours to finish the London marathon.

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Use medians and interquartile ranges to compare the distribution of the times taken by the male runners with the distribution of the times taken by the female runners.

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A group of 60 students each sat an algebra test and a geometry test.
Each test was marked out of 110

The cumulative frequency graph gives information about the marks gained by the 60 students in the algebra test.

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To be awarded a grade A in the algebra test, a student had to gain a mark greater than 64

Two students are to be selected at random from the 60 students in the group.

Use the graph to find an estimate for the probability that both of these students were awarded a grade A in the algebra test.

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The cumulative frequency graph gives information about the weights, in grams, of 90 bags of sweets.

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Roberto sells the bags of sweets to raise money for charity.
Bags with a weight greater than d grams are labelled large bags and sold for 3.75 euros each bag.

The total amount of money he receives by selling all the large bags is 93.75 euros.

Find the value of d.

4
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A total of 80 national and international runners took part in a race.
The cumulative frequency graph gives information about the times, in minutes, they took for the race.

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60% of the national runners took 50 minutes or less for the race. No international runner took 50 minutes or less for the race.

Work out an estimate for the number of national runners who took part in the race.

5
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The cumulative frequency graph shows information about the length, in minutes, of each of 80 films.

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Clare says,

“More than 35% of these films are over 120 minutes long.”

Is Clare correct?
Give a reason for your answer.

6a
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A group of 60 students each sat an algebra test and a geometry test.
Each test was marked out of 110

The cumulative frequency graph gives information about the marks gained by the 60 students in the algebra test.

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Use the graph to find an estimate for the median mark in the algebra test.

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Use the graph to find an estimate for the number of students who gained 58 marks or less in the algebra test.

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Use the graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range of the marks gained in the algebra test.

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The interquartile range of the marks gained in the geometry test is 9

Luis says

“The students’ marks are more spread out in the algebra test than in the geometry test.”

Is Luis correct?
Give a reason for your answer.

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To be awarded a grade A in the algebra test, a student had to gain a mark greater than 64

Two students are to be selected at random from the 60 students in the group.

Use the graph to find an estimate for the probability that both of these students were awarded a grade A in the algebra test.

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The cumulative frequency table gives information about the distance, in kilometres, that each of 80 workers travel from home to work at Office A.

Distance travelled (d km)

Cumulative frequency

0 < d  5

17

0 < d 10

32

0 < d  15

57

0 < d  20

70

0 < d  25

76

0 < d  30

80

On the grid below, draw a cumulative frequency graph for the information in the table.

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7b
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Use your graph to find an estimate for the median distance travelled.

....................................................... km 

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Use your graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range of the distances travelled.

....................................................... km 

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For Office B, the median distance workers travel from home to work is 15 km and the interquartile range is 5 km.

Use the information above to compare the distances that workers at Office A and workers at Office B travel from home to work.
Write down two comparisons.

8a
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The cumulative frequency graph gives information about the waiting times, in minutes, of people with appointments at Hospital A.

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Use the graph to find an estimate of the median waiting time at Hospital A.

.........................minutes

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Use the graph to find an estimate of the interquartile range of the waiting times at Hospital A.

............................... minutes

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At a different hospital, Hospital B, the median waiting time is 28 minutes and the interquartile range of the waiting times is 19 minutes.

Compare the waiting times at Hospital A with the waiting times at Hospital B.

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The cumulative frequency graph shows information about the length, in minutes, of each of 80 films.

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Use the graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range.

....................................................... minutes 

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Clare says,

“More than 35% of these films are over 120 minutes long.”

Is Clare correct?
Give a reason for your answer.

10a
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The cumulative frequency graph shows information about the masses of 200 apples.

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Estimate the median mass.

................................grams 

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Apples with mass 90 grams or less cost 32p each.

Apples with mass more than 90 grams cost 39p each. Estimate the total cost of the 200 apples.

£...................................

11a
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Here is some information about the miles per gallon of 60 cars.

Miles per gallon, x

Frequency

 

 

 

40 < x  50

6

 

 

 

50 < x  60

16

 

 

 

60 < x  70

28

 

 

 

70 < x  80

10

 

 

 

Draw a cumulative frequency graph.

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Use the graph to work out the interquartile range.

...........................miles per gallon

12a
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Here is some information about the marks of 60 students in a test.

Mark,

Frequency

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

50 < m  60

16

 

 

 

60 < m  70

20

 

 

 

70 < m  80

8

 

 

 

80 < m  90

7

 

 

 

On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph.

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12b
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Use your graph to estimate the lowest mark of the top 20% of students.

13a
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The cumulative frequency graph summarises the annual salary, p (£ thousands), of the 60 workers in a factory.

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Use the graph to estimate the median annual salary.

£ ...................................... thousands 

13b
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Complete this cumulative frequency table.

Annual salary, p (£ thousands)

Cumulative frequency

p  10

 

p  20

 

p  30

 

p  50

 

p  80

 

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Use the information in the cumulative frequency table to calculate an estimate of the mean annual salary.

£ ...................................... thousands 

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Explain why your estimate of the median is more reliable than your estimate of the mean.

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The cumulative frequency graph shows the distribution of the heights of members of a rowing club.

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Calculate the percentage of the members who are at least 180 cm tall.

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The cumulative frequency graph shows information about the marks scored by a group of 80 students in a test.

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The ratio of the number of students passing the test compared to failing the test is 4 : 1.
Find the minimum mark needed to pass the test.

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Iqrah carries out a survey of 200 families in the north of England on their weekly spending on food.

The cumulative frequency diagram summarises the results.

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Find

i) the median,

£ ................. [1]

ii) the interquartile range.

£ ................. [2]

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Iqrah says

   15% of these families spent over £120.

Is her statement correct?
State the evidence you have used in making your decision.

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In a survey of 200 families in the south of England, the median weekly amount spent on food was £84 and the interquartile range was £28.

Make two comparisons between the weekly amounts spent on food in the north of England and the south of England. State the evidence you have used in making your comparisons.

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