Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) · MATHEMATICS A · Chapter
Handling Data 1
18 practice questions
Practice questions
1–6 of 6 · Easy
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).