NEXUS VISTA SPM MATHEMATICS FORM 4 & 5

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Basic Skills : Statistics

Extra Practice

1. The table below shows the frequency distribution of the number of books bought by a
group students.

Number of books 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 3 8 2 1 6 1

The median for the number of books bought by the group is

A 2
B 3
C 3.5
D 10 .5

2. The pictograph below shows the number of durians picked by Rosli from his orchard on
Monday and Tuesday. The number of durians picked by him on Wednesday and
Thursday are not shown.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

represents 200 durians

A total of 3 860 durians were picked by Rosli in the four days. The number of durians
picked on Thursday was twice the number of durians picked on Wednesday. The number
of durians picked on Thursday was
A 420
B 840
C 900
D 1 000

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3. The diagram below shows a set of data where m and n represent integers.

8, 5, 2, 5, m, n, 2, 8

The mode of the data is 8 and the median is 6.

Two new pieces of data, 2 and 9, were added to the set.
Calculate the mean of the new set of data.
A 5 C 5.6
B 5.2 D 6.2

4. The bar chart below shows the number of cars sold by a car dealer in four months.

60
Number of cars

40

20

0 Month
April May June July

If the data above is represented by a pie chart, find the angle of the sector which
represents the number of cars sold in May.
A 100° C 150°
B 120° D 160°

5. The line graph below shows the time, in minutes, that a passenger spent waiting for his
bus to town from Monday to Saturday.

40
Time (minutes)

30

20

10

0 Day
Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat.
On how many days was his wait longer than the mean time?
A 1 C 3
B 2 D 4

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6. The diagram is a bar chart which shows the sales of books. The scale of the vertical axis
and the sales in July are not shown.
Number of books

April May June July Month

The number of books sold during the three months, from April to June, is 160 and the
sales in July is three-quarter the sales in June. How many books were sold in July?
A 45 C 80
B 60 D 90

7. Diagram (i) is a bar chart which shows the quantity of each size of T-shirts ordered by a
trader. The quantity for size S is not shown.
Diagram (ii) is a pie chart which gives a comparison of the quantity of each size of T-
shirts ordered by the trader.

Number of T-shirts

100
L
80
150°
60

40 M
S
20

0 Size
L M S
Diagram (i) Diagram (ii)

Find the number of T-shirts of size S ordered by the trader.

A 70 C 80
B 75 D 85

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