CXC PAST PAPER QUESTIONS ON STATISTICS EDJHS

Statistics Worksheets
Mathematics

Complete ALL of the following

1. In a survey, all the boys in a Book Club were asked how many books they each read during the Easter
holiday. The results are shown in the bar graph below.

a) Draw a frequency table to represent the data shown in the bar graph
b) How many boys are there in the Book Club?
c) What is the modal number of books read?
d) How many books did the boys read during the Easter holiday?
e) Calculate the mean number of books read.
f) What is the probability that a boy chosen at random read THREE OR MORE books?

2. The pie chart with centre O and diameter AOC is shown below. It represents the preference in drinks of
a group of students. If 12 students prefer chocolate, then determine the total number of students.

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(i) Complete the line graph above to represent the given information in the table. (1 mark)
(ii) Between which two consecutive years was there the GREATEST increase in cars sold? (1 mark)
(iii) What was the TOTAL number of cars sold in the five year period 2010 to 2014? (2 marks)
(iv)The mean number of cars sold from 2010 to 2015 was 22.5 hundred. How many cars were sold in 2015?

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4.

Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Production (tones) 150 275 100 40 125 210

a) On the graph paper, draw a bar chart to represent the data given in the table above using a scale of 1cm
to represent 1 year on the x- axis and 1 cm to represent 25 tonnes on the y-axis. (4 marks)
b) Determine the range of the number of bananas produced between 2010 and 2015
c) i) During which year was there the greatest production of bananas?
ii) How is this information shown on the bar chart?
d) i) Between which two consecutive years was there the greatest change in the production of bananas?
ii) How is this information shown on the bar chart?

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5.

6. The line graph below shows the monthly sales, in thousands of dollars, at a car dealership for the period July
to November 2014.

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a) Complete the table below for EACH month

b) i) Between which TWO consecutive months was there the GREATEST increase in sales?

.. and ..
(1 mark)

ii) Between which TWO consecutive months was there the SMALLEST increase in sales?
and

( 1 mark)
iii) What feature of the line graph enables you to infer that the increase in sales between two consecutive
months was the greatest of the smallest?


....
( 2 marks)

c) Calculate the mean monthly sales for the period July to November 2014. (2 marks)

d) The TOTAL sales for the period July to December was $130, 000.
i) Calculate the sales, in dollars, for the month of December. ( 1 mark)

ii) Complete the line graph to show the sales for December. ( 2 marks)