Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) · MATHEMATICS A · Chapter
Handling Data 2
18 practice questions
Practice questions
1–6 of 6 · Easy
Question 1
2 marks · Easy
Answer and see the solution →The table shows the scores obtained by students in a quick science quiz.
Score (x) Frequency (f) 1 3 2 6 3 7 4 4 (a)[2 marks]Work out the mean score.
Question 2
2 marks · Easy
Answer and see the solution →The heights, in metres, of a random sample of 12 plants are grouped as shown.
Heights of plants Height (h, m) Frequency 0.5 ≤ h < 1.0 2 1.0 ≤ h < 1.5 6 1.5 ≤ h < 2.0 4 (a)[1 mark]Write down the modal class.
(b)[1 mark]What is the group containing the median height?
Question 3
2 marks · Easy
Answer and see the solution →The incomplete frequency table shows the number of books read by students in a month.
Number of books (x) Frequency (f) 0 4 1 9 2 ? 3 7 (a)[1 mark]If 25 students were surveyed, work out the missing frequency.
(b)[1 mark]Write down the mode.
Question 4
2 marks · Easy
Answer and see the solution →The table shows the number of books read by each of 15 students in a month.
Number of books read (x) Frequency (f) 0 1 1 5 2 4 3 3 4 2 (a)[2 marks]Work out the mean number of books read.
Question 5
3 marks · Easy
Answer and see the solution →A group of 50 people were asked how many cups of tea they drink in a day. The information is recorded in the grouped frequency table below.
Cups of tea per day Frequency 0–1 5 2–3 18 4–5 20 6–7 7 (a)[3 marks]Estimate the mean number of cups of tea per day. Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
Question 6
2 marks · Easy
Answer and see the solution →A coin is tossed and a 6-sided die is rolled. List all the possible outcomes of these two events.