Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) · MATHEMATICS A · Chapter
Handling Data 1
18 practice questions
Practice questions
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Question 1
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 2
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 3
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 4
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.
Question 5
3 marks · Normal
Answer and see the solution →A magazine states, 'On average, students in our school have 2.8 siblings.'
Explain what this statement means. Why might the mean not be the best average to use for this data?
Question 6
2 marks · Normal
Answer and see the solution →Holly’s test scores for 6 science quizzes are: 8, 12, 17, 10, 13, 10.
Calculate the mean score.
Question 7
1 mark · Normal
Answer and check →Which of these graphs is most suitable for displaying categorical data?
- A.Line graph
- B.Bar chart
- C.Scatter diagram
- D.Frequency polygon
Question 8
2 marks · Normal
Answer and see the solution →A teacher drew two bar charts for the same data, but started the vertical axis at 400 and at 0 respectively. What effect does starting the axis at 400 instead of 0 have on the impression given by the chart?