EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

Exactly 20 years ago, the mean age of a group of boys was 15.7 years and the sum of the squares of their ages was 16000. If the sum of the squares of their ages has increased by 8224 in this 20-year period, find the number of boys in the group.

Important Questions on Measures of Variation

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Readings from a device, denoted by y, are such that Σy-32=2775, Σy=105 and the standard deviation of y is 13. Find the number of readings that were taken.
EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Mei measured the heights of her classmates and, after correctly analysing her data, she found the mean and standard deviation to be 163.8 cm and 7.6 cm. Decide whether or not these measures are valid, given the fact that Mei measured all the heights from the end of the tape measure, which is exactly 1.2 cm from the zero mark.
Explain your answers.
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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A transport company runs 21 coaches between two cities every week. In the past, the mean and variance of the journey times were 4 hours 35 minutes and 53.29 minutes?

What would be the mean and standard deviation of the times if all the coaches departed 10 minutes later and arrived 5 minutes earlier than in the past?
Are there any situations in which achieving this might actually be possible?

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
During a sale, a boy bought six pairs of jeans, each with leg length x cm. He also bought four pairs of pants, each with leg length x-2 cm. The boy is quite short, so his father removed 4 cm from the length of each trouser leg. Find the variance of the leg lengths after his father made the alterations.
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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Find the mean and standard deviation of the first seven positive even integers.
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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Without using a calculator, write down the mean and standard deviation of the first seven positive odd integers.
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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Find an expression in terms of n for the variance of the first n positive even integers. What other measure can be found using this expression?
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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Each year Upchester United plays against Upchester City in a local derby match. The number of goals scored in a match by United is denoted by u and the number of goals scored in a match by City is denoted by c. The number of goals scored in the past 15 matches are summarised by Σu-12=25,Σu-1=9, Σc2=39 and Σc=19.

Show that Σu2=58.