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MATHEMATICS
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Grace be upon Allah, the Almighty with his
blessing, my Additional Mathematics project is finally a
success. There are several factors that helped me doing this
project.
OBJECTIVE
Obesity can lead to various health problems such as diabetes, heart diseases and
stroke.Your school has decided to carry out an “Obesity Awareness Campaign” with the
aim to create awareness among students about obesity related health problem.
In this campaign, you are required to obtain the heights and weights of 50 students in
Form 4 or Form 5.
b) Construct a frequency distribution table for the weights obtained using a suitable
class interval
i) Represent your data from the frequency distribution table by using three
different statiscal graphs.
ii) Find the mean, median and mode for the weights of the 50 students. Which one
of the three is the best measure of central tendency to represent the data? Explain
your choice.
c) Calculate the standard deviation of the weights by using three different methods.
[Note: Include “entering raw data into a calculator” as a method]
d) What conclusion can you draw from the value of the standard deviation obtained in
part c?
FURTHER EXPLORARTION
The body mass (BMI) gives an indication pf the physical state of a person as being
underweight, normal, overweight or obese. BMI can be calculated by using the
following formula :
The table below shows the BMI and the corresponding physical state of a person :
BMI CATEGORY
Below 18.5 Underweight
18.5-24.9 Normal
25-29.9 Overweight
30 and above Obese
b) Based on the information given and the data collected, determine the percentage of
students that are underweight and the percentage of students that obese by drawing
an ogive.
c) As a student, describe the role that you can play to make the “Obesity Awareness
Campaign” a success.
a)
Histogram
20
18
16
14 30-39
12 40-49
Number of Students 10 50-59
8
60-69
6
70-79
4
2
0
FREQUENCY
Weight (kg)
Further Exploration