STATISTICS PAPER 2 PRACTICE

1. The table below shows the prices of 30 books.

Price ($) 15 20 25 30 35
Number of books 6 10 7 3 4

(a) Find the
(i) mean and [2]
(ii) standard deviation of the prices. [2]
(b) A pie chart is drawn to represent the above information. Calculate the angle that
represent the number of books that cost $35. [1]
(c) Find the probability that a book chosen at random will cost at least $25. [1]


2. Answer the whole of this question on a single sheet of graph paper.
Vivien and Rachel measured the heights of the 40 students in their class.
The results are summarized in the following table.
(a) To illustrate these results, Vivien suggests a pie chart and Rachel
suggests a histogram.
Give one reason why a histogram is better than a pie chart. [1]
(b) Draw a histogram to show these results.
Use a scale of 2 cm to 10 cm on the horizontal haxis and 2 cm
to 5 students on the vertical axis. [3]
(c) Calculate an estimate of the mean height of the students. [3]



Height, h, cm 140 130 s < h

150 140 s < h

160 150 s < h

170 160 s < h

180 170 s < h

Frequency 5 9 13 8 5
3) 80 students took part in Mid-year Examination. The results of Mathematics were shown in the
following cumulative frequency curve.
(a) Use the curve to estimate
(i) median mark [1]
(ii) interquartile range [2]
(iii) the 40
th
percentile [2]
(b) Given that 65% of the students passed the test, use the graph to find the pass mark. [2]










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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100








80-

70-

60-

50-

40-

30-

20-

10-

0-
No. of students
Marks
4(a) The lifetimes (in weeks) of six brand X batteries are shown in the table below.
Lifetime of battery (in weeks)
Brand X 22 23 26 24 25 27

(i) Find the mean and standard deviation of the lifetimes for Brand X. [2]
(ii) The mean and standard deviation of six brand Y batteries are given below.

Brand Y
Mean 24.3
Standard deviation 2.75

Which brand of batteries would you buy? Give reason(s) for your answer. [1]
(b) Sonya can go to school either by bus, train or taxi every morning. The probability that Sonya
takes a bus to school is
7
2
and the probability that she takes a train is
7
4
.
(i) Copy and complete the tree diagram to show the possible mode of transportation
and probabilities for the two particular days.










[2]

(ii) Find the probability that
(a) Sonya takes a bus to school on both days, [1]
(b) Sonya takes a bus to school only on one of the two days. [2]

Bus

Train

Taxi
Bus
Train
Taxi
|
.
|

\
|
7
2

|
.
|

\
|
7
4

( )

( )

( )

( )

Day 1 Day 2
Bus

Train

Taxi
( )

( )

( )

Bus

Train

Taxi
( )

( )

( )

5) The following diagram shows the cumulative frequency curves for the number of
hours spent watching television programmes in a month by 50 Secondary Three
students and 50 Secondary Four students respectively.



(a) Students from which level spent more time watching television programmes?
Give a reason for your answer. [1]
(b) Find the interquartile range for Secondary Four students. [2]
(c) Students from which level have a wider spread?
Give a reason for your answer. [1]
Find percentage of Secondary Three students who spent more than 40 hours watching
television programmes.


0
10
20
30
40
50
60
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
No. of Hours
C
u
m
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l
a
t
i
v
e

F
r
e
q
u
e
n
c
y
Sec Three
Sec Four
6) A survey was conducted with a group of students. Each student was asked
how many books he or she read in a month.
The findings are shown in a table and illustrated in a pie chart below.

No. of books (x) No. of students
Group A 3 0 s < x a
Group B 6 3 s < x 13
Group C 9 6 s < x 9
Group D 12 9 s < x 4




(a) Find the values of a and b. [2]
(b) Estimate the mean number of books read. [2]
(c) Ali wants to represent the data on a histogram.
Explain why it is possible to represent the data on a histogram. [1]
(d) Draw a histogram to show these results.
Use a scale of 1 cm to 1 unit on the horizontal x-axis. [3]

Group A
40
o

Group D
Group C


Group B
b
o

100
o