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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

The percentage examination scores of 747 students are given in the following table.
Score % p-50 51-70 70-80 81-q
No. students f 165 240 195 147
Given that the frequency densities of the four classes of percentage scores are in the ratio 5 : 8 : 13 : 7, find the value of p and of q.

Important Questions on Representation of Data

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The reaction times, t seconds, of 66 participants were measured in an experiment and presented below.

Time (t seconds) No. participants (c f)
t<1.5 0
t<3.0 3
t<4.5 8
t<6.5 32
t<8.5 54
t<11.0 62
t<13.0 66

Draw a cumulative frequency polygon to represent the data.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The reaction times, t seconds, of 66 participants were measured in an experiment and presented below.

Time (t seconds) No. participants (c f)
t<1.5 0
t<3.0 3
t<4.5 8
t<6.5 32
t<8.5 54
t<11.0 62
t<13.0  

Draw a cumulative frequency polygon to represent the data.

Use your graph to estimate:

the number of participants with reaction times between 5.5 and 7.5 seconds

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The reaction times, t seconds, of 66 participants were measured in an experiment and presented below.

Time (t seconds) No. participants (c f)
t<1.5 0
t<3.0 3
t<4.5 8
t<6.5 32
t<8.5 54
t<11.0 62
t<13.0 66

Use your graph to estimate:

the lower boundary of the slowest 20 reaction times.

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The following table shows the widths of the 70 books in one section of a library, given to the nearest centimetre.

Width (cm) 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-44
No. books (f) 3 13 25 24 5

Given that the upper boundary of the first class is 14.5 cm, write down the upper boundary of the second class.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The following table shows the widths of the 70 books in one section of a library, given to the nearest centimetre.

Width (cm) 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-44
No. books (f) 3 13 25 24

5

Draw up a cumulative frequency table for the data and construct a cumulative frequency graph.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The following table shows the widths of the 70 books in one section of a library, given to the nearest centimetre.

Width (cm) 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-44
No. books (f) 3 13 25 24 5

Use your graph to estimate:
the number of books that have widths of less than 27 cm

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The following table shows the widths of the 70 books in one section of a library, given to the nearest centimetre.

Width (cm) 10-14 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-44
No. books (f) 3 13 25 24 5

Use your graph to estimate:
the widths of the widest 20 books.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Measurements of the distances, x mm, between two moving parts inside car engines were recorded and are summarised in the following table. There were 156 engines of type A and 156 engines of type B.

Distance (xmm) x<0.10 x<0.35 x<0.60 x<0.85 x<1.20
Engine A(cf) 0 16 84 144 156
Engine B(cf) 0 8 62 120 156

Draw and label two cumulative frequency curves on the same axes.