Name: ……………………………….

Total Marks: …………………………/ 76

Percentage: ………………………..

Descriptive Statistics Practice Test (Paper 1)

Paper 1: ………….. / 48

1. 240 cars were tested to see how far they travelled on 10 litres of fuel. The graph shows the
cumulative frequency distribution of the results.

a) Find the median distance travelled by the cars.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

b) Calculate the interquartile range of the distance travelled by the cars.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

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c) Find the number of cars that travelled more than 130 km.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

(6 marks)

2. A class of 13 Mathematics students received the following grades in their final IB examination.

3 5 3 4 7 3 2 7 5 6 5 3 4

a) For these grades,

i. Find the mode:

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

ii. Find the median:

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

iii. Find the upper quartile:

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

iv. Find the interquartile range:

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

(6 marks)

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3. The daily rainfall for the town of St. Anna is collected over a 20-day period of time. The
collected data are represented in the box-and-whisker plot below:

a) Write down:

i. The lowest daily rainfall

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

ii. The highest daily rainfall

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

b) State what the value of 12 mm represents on the given diagram.

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

c) Find the interquartile range.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

d) Write down the percentage of the data which is less than the upper quartile.

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

(6 marks)

4. The resting pulse rates of a group of 10 students who exercise regularly are given below:

65, 62, 75, 63, 69, 58, 65, 67, 55, 60

a) Find the median resting pulse rate of the students.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

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b) Find the mean resting pulse rate of the students.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

c) A new student joins the class and the mean resting pulse rate of the group of 11 students
becomes 65.
Find the resting pulse rate of the student who joined the group.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

(6 marks)

5. The weights in kg, of 80 adult males, were collected and are summarized in the box-and-
whisker plot shown below.

a) Write down the median weight of the males.

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

b) Calculate the interquartile range.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

c) Estimate the number of males who weigh between 61 kg and 66 kg.

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

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d) Estimate the mean weight of the lightest 40 males.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

(6 marks)

6. 80 matches were played in a football tournament. The following table shows the number of
goals scored in all matches.

Number of goals 0 1 2 3 4 5

Number of matches 16 22 19 17 1 5

a) Find the mean number of goals scored per match.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

b) Find the median number of goals scored per match.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

c) A local newspaper claims that the mean number of goals scored per match is two. Calculate
the percentage error in the local newspaper’s claim.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

(6 marks)

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7. 120 Mathematics students in a school sat an examination. Their scores (given as a percentage)
were summarised on a cumulative frequency diagram. The diagram is given below.

a) Complete the grouped frequency table for the students

(3)
b) Write down the mid-interval value of the 40 < x ≤ 60 interval.

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

c) Calculate the estimate of the mean examination score of the students.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

(6 marks)

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8. The cumulative frequency graph shows the amount of time in minutes, 200 students spend
waiting for their train on a particular morning.

a) Write down the median waiting time.

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

b) Find the interquartile range for the waiting time.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

c) Draw a box-and-whisker plot on the grid below to represent this information.

(3)

(6 marks)

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Algebra Practice Test (Paper 2)
Paper 2: ………….. / 28

1. 200 people were asked the amount of time T (minutes) they had spent in the supermarket. The
results are represented in the table below.

Time (T) 0 < T ≤ 10 10 < T ≤ 20 20 < T ≤ 30 30 < T ≤ 40 40 < T ≤ 50

Number of people 23 57 93 21 6

a) State if the data is discrete or continuous.

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

b) State the modal group.

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

c) Write down the midpoint of the interval 10 < T ≤ 20

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

d) Use your graphic display calculator to find an estimate for:

i. The mean

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

ii. The standard deviation

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

The results are represented in the cumulative frequency table below, with upper class boundaries
of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50.

Upper class boundaries 10 20 30 40 50

Cumulative Frequency 23 80 173 q r

e) Write down the value of

i. q

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

ii. r

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

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f) On graph paper, draw a cumulative frequency graph using a scale of 2 cm to represent 10
minutes (T) on the horizontal axis and 1 cm to represent 10 people on the vertical axis.

(4)
g) Use your graph from part (f) to estimate

i. The median

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

ii. The 90th percentile of the results

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

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 iii. The number of people who shopped at the supermarket for more than 15 minutes.

Answer: …………………………….. (3)

(18 marks)

2. A survey was conducted to determine the length of time, t in minutes, people took to drink their
coffee in a café. The information is shown in the following grouped frequency table.

Number of
Time, t (minutes)
people
0<t≤5 3
5 < t ≤ 10 5
10 < t ≤ 15 12
15 < t ≤ 20 14
20 < t ≤ 25 16
25 < t ≤ 30 10

a) Write down the total number of people who were surveyed.

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

b) Write down the mid-interval value for the 10 < t ≤ 15 group.

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

c) Find an estimate of the mean time people took to drink their coffee.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

The information above has been rewritten as a cumulative frequency table:

Time, t (minutes) t≤5 t ≤ 10 t ≤ 15 t ≤ 20 t ≤ 25 t ≤ 30

Number of people 3 8 20 a 50 b
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 d) Write down the value of a and b.

Answer: a = ……………… b = …………….. (2)

This information is shown in the following cumulative frequency graph.

e) For the people who were surveyed, use the graph to estimate:
i. The time taken for the first 40 people to drink their coffee.

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

ii. The number of people who take less than 8 minutes to drink their coffee.

Answer: …………………………….. (1)

iii. The number of people who take more than 23 minutes to drink their coffee.

Answer: …………………………….. (2)

(10 marks)

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