EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

This back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram shows the percentage scores of the 25 students who were the top performers in an examination.
 

 Girls (12)  Boys (13) 41866321087788992590133445669

Key :1|8|2 represents 81% for a girl and 82% for a boy
The 25 students are arranged in a line in the order of their scores. Describe the student in the middle of the line and find the greatest possible number of boys in the line who are not standing next to a girl.

Important Questions on Representation of Data

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
In a particular city there are 51 buildings of historical interest. The following table presents the ages of these buildings, given to the nearest 50 years.
Age (years) 50-150 200-300 350-450 500-600
No. buildings f 15 18 12 6
Write down the lower and upper boundary values of the class containing the greatest number of buildings.
EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
In a particular city there are 51 buildings of historical interest. The following table presents the ages of these buildings, given to the nearest 50 years.
Age (years) 50-150 200-300 350-450 500-600
No. buildings f 15 18 12 6
State the widths of the four class intervals.
EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
In a particular city there are 51 buildings of historical interest. The following table presents the ages of these buildings, given to the nearest 50 years.
Age (years) 50-150 200-300 350-450 500-600
No. buildings f 15 18 12 6
Illustrate the data in a histogram.
EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
In a particular city there are 51 buildings of historical interest. The following table presents the ages of these buildings, given to the nearest 50 years.
Age (years) 50-150 200-300 350-450 500-600
No. buildings f 15 18 12 6

Estimate the number of buildings that are between 250 and 400 years old.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
The masses, m grams, of 690 medical samples are given in the following table.
Mass ( m grams) 4m<12 12m<24 24m<28
No. medical samples f 224 396 p
Find the value of p that appears in the table.
EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
The masses, m grams, of 690 medical samples are given in the following table.
Mass ( m grams) 4m<12 12m<24 24m<28
No. medical samples f 224 396 p
On graph paper, draw a histogram to represent the data.
EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
The masses, m grams, of 690 medical samples are given in the following table.
Mass ( m grams) 4m<12 12m<24 24m<28
No. medical samples f 224 396 70
Calculate an estimate of the number of samples with masses between 8 and 18 grams.
EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
The table below shows the heights, in metres, of 50 boys and of 50 girls.
Height m 1.2 1.3- 1.6- 1.8-1.9
No. boys f 7 11 26 6
No. girls f 10 22 16 2
How many children are between 1.3 and 1.6 metres tall?