Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) · MATHEMATICS A · Chapter
Handling Data 1
18 practice questions
Practice questions
1–10 of 18
Question 1
1 mark · Easy
Answer and check →Which of these is a categorical data type?
- A.Type of fruit
- B.Number of students in a room
- C.Height of students
- D.Weight of a bag
Question 2
1 mark · Easy
Answer and see the solution →Give one difference between a bar chart and a pictogram.
Question 3
2 marks · Easy
Answer and see the solution →(a)[1 mark]The table shows the favourite fruits of 10 students.
Fruit Number of students Apple 3 Banana 2 Orange 4 Grape 1 What is the most popular fruit?
(b)[1 mark]How many students did not choose apple or orange?
Question 4
2 marks · Easy
Answer and see the solution →The tally chart below shows the colours of cars in a car park:
Car colour tally Colour Tally Frequency Red |||| Blue ||| Silver || Write down the total number of cars in the car park.
Question 5
2 marks · Easy
Answer and see the solution →A group of friends send the following number of text messages in one day:
3, 7, 4, 2, 6
Work out the mean number of text messages sent.
Question 6
2 marks · Easy
Answer and see the solution →Look at the following types of data:
Data types Data description Colour of shoes Number of siblings Favourite food Choose one row and write which type of data it is (discrete, continuous, or categorical).
Question 7
3 marks · Normal
Answer and see the solution →The table shows the number of hours a group of students spent reading in a week.
Hours spent reading in a week (by student) Student Hours A 2 B 5 C 3 D 4 E 6 F 0 a) Complete the tally and frequency columns for the data above.
(a)[3 marks]Draw a tally chart showing the frequency for each number of hours (from 0 to 6).
Question 8
2 marks · Normal
Answer and see the solution →Classify each of the following as discrete, continuous, or categorical data.
Data Description a) Number of cars owned by a family b) Favourite colour of students c) Height of trees in a park Question 9
4 marks · Normal
Answer and see the solution →The table shows the number of apples picked each day by a worker.
Day Number of apples Monday 12 Tuesday 15 Wednesday 12 Thursday 18 Friday 9 (a)[2 marks]Calculate the mean number of apples picked per day.
(b)[1 mark]Write down the mode for the number of apples picked.
(c)[1 mark]Find the median number of apples picked.
Question 10
3 marks · Normal
Answer and see the solution →The table shows the number of snacks sold on different days.
Day Number of Snacks Monday 7 Tuesday 5 Wednesday 8 Thursday 4 Friday 6 Draw a bar chart using this data.