Maths Quest A Year 11 for Queensland Chapter 10 Describing, exploring and comparing data WorkSHEET 10.

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WorkSHEET 10.2 Describing, exploring and comparing data

Name: ___________________________

1 The following data show the survey results of

the number of children in families. No of children Tally Frequency
1 ll 2
Data: 2 ll 2
3, 5, 2, 4, 3, 1, 4, 1, 2, 5, 3, 6, 4, 3, 5, 4, 4. 3 llll 4
4 llll 5
5 lll 3
Create a frequency table for this data. 6 l 1
Total 17

2 Using the frequency table from question 1 find: (a)

( 2  1)  ( 2  2)  ( 4  3)  (5  4)  (3  5)  (1  6)
(a) the mean number of children per family 17
59

(b) the median number of children per family 17
 3.47
(c) the modal number of children per family
(b) 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6,
Median = 4

(c) Mode = 4

3 Lachlan has calculated his mean mathematics (67  8)  75 611

score to be 67%, based on eight tests. If he 
9 9
scores 75% on the ninth test, what will his new
mean score be?  67.88

Lachlan’s new mean score will be 68%.

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4 A shoe company surveyed the shoe size

purchased by women over a period of time. (a)
The results were as follows: 85658679576886978

17

8, 5, 6, 5, 8, 6, 7, 9, 5, 7, 6, 8, 8, 6, 9, 7, and 8. 118

17
 6.94
(a) Calculate the mean of this data The mean shoe size is 7.

(b) Find the modal value. (b) The mode is 8

(c) Find the median value. (c) 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9,
The median value is 7.
(d) Which of these values would be of the
most use to the company? Why?
(d) The mode would probably be of the most
value because this is the shoe size that they
sell the most.

5 Tom has been earning some extra pocket 45344 x

5
money by washing cars. 6
20  x
In each hour block he has managed to wash 4 5
cars, 5 cars, 3 cars, 4 cars and 4 cars. 6
20  x  30
The mean number of cars that he has been able x  10
to wash is therefore 4 cars per hour.
Tom needs to wash 10 cars in his next hour.
In order to increase his mean to 5 cars per hour,
how many cars does Tom need to wash in the No, this is not very likely.
next hour? Is this likely?

6 This grouped frequency table gives the number 4

of ‘salmon cod’ caught by a fisherman on 25 Number of Frequency Cumulative
fishing trips. salmon cod f frequency
20–24 1 1
Number of Frequency 25–29 2 3
salmon cod f
30–34 4 7
20–24 1
35–39 4 11
25–29 2
40–44 6 17
30–34 4
45–49 8 25
35–39 4
40–44 6 25  1
Median  th score
45–49 8 2
 13th score
Add a cumulative frequency column to the Median class is 40  44.
table, then use this to determine the median
class.
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7 Use the frequency distribution table in

questions 6 to calculate the mean number of N um ber of C la s s F re q u e n c y
fx
‘salmon cod’ caught by the fisherman on his 25 s a lm o n c o d c e n tre (x ) f
fishing trips. 20–24 22 1 22
25–29 27 2 54
30–34 32 4 128
35–39 37 4 148
40–44 42 6 252
45–49 47 8 376
 f  25  fx  980

fx
x 
f
980

25
 39.2

8 From the distribution table in question 6, modal class = 45 – 49 cod.

determine the modal class.

9 The number of goals scored by a team is shown 2

below: 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 16
5, 4, 4, 7, 5, 9, 12, 14, 16, 16.
LQ median UQ
(a) Find the lower quartile.
(b) Find the upper quartile. (a) Lower quartile = 5

(c) Find the interquartile range. (b) Upper quartile = 14

(c) Interquartile range = 14  5
=9

10 Use your calculator to find the standard 1

deviation of the set of outcomes when a Standard deviation = 1.87
six-sided die is rolled as shown below.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

State your answer correct to two decimal

places.