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Year-End Probability Assessment Review

The document contains 15 questions about probability and statistics. The questions involve skills like determining probabilities using counts, tables, sample spaces and graphs. The questions provide data in the form of tables, diagrams and graphs to analyze and answer probability and statistics questions.
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Year-End Probability Assessment Review

The document contains 15 questions about probability and statistics. The questions involve skills like determining probabilities using counts, tables, sample spaces and graphs. The questions provide data in the form of tables, diagrams and graphs to analyze and answer probability and statistics questions.
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End of Year Assessment Review


Question 1
Skill involved: 248a: Determine a single probability using counts.

Yasmine has a bag with 12 black counters, 12 yellow counters and 16 red counters.

Yasmine takes a counter from the bag at random.

Find the probability that Yasmine takes a black counter.

…………………………

Question 2
Skill involved: 248b: Determine the probability of an event not occurring using counts.

The probability to roll a 4 on a biased dice is 0.36 .

Find the probability to get a number different to 4 when rolling the dice.

…………………………

Question 3
Skill involved: 248e: Determine a probability using the total frequency in a two-way table.

There are 190 students that attend a sixth form college.

The two-way table below summarises the year group and transport method of all students
at the college.

Cycle Bus Total

Year 12 28 17 98

Year 13 39 23 92

Total 67 40 190

One of the students is chosen at random.

What is the probability that this student travels by car to college?

…………………………

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Question 4
Skill involved: 248e: Determine a probability using the total frequency in a two-way table.

90 people were asked if they prefer to go on holiday in Italy or in France or in Spain.

The responses are shown in the two-way table below.

Italy France Spain Total

Female 10 14 28 52

Male 14 10 14 38

Total 24 24 42 90

One of the people is chosen at random.

What is the probability that this person is female?

…………………………

Question 5
Skill involved: 249d: Determine a probability from a given sample space.

Joel throws a six-sided dice and a four-sided dice numbered 2, 4 , 6 and 8 at the same time
and adds up the scores.

The sample space diagram below shows all the possible outcomes.

4 6 8

6 8 10

8 10 12

10 12 14

Find the probability that Joel gets a total which is 7 or more.

…………………………

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Question 6
Skill involved: 27j: Calculate the total from a frequency table.

Scarlet uses a table to record the number of messages she received each day last week.

Fre
Da qu
y enc
y

Mo
nda 20
y

Tue
sda 11
y

We
dne
12
sda
y

Thu
rsd 1
ay

Fri
11
day

Sat
urd 18
ay

Sun
8
day

Find the total number of messages Scarlet received.

………………………… messages

Question 7
Skill involved: 27l: Calculate a difference from a frequency table.

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Omar uses a table to record the pets owned by his friends.

Fre
qu
Pet
enc
y

Rat 16

Fis
17
h

Liza
5
rd

He
5
n

Find how many fewer lizards than rats were owned by Omar's friends.

………………………… pets

Question 8
Skill involved: 235b: Form an ungrouped frequency table from discrete data.

Bob surveyed a number of families to see how many children each family had, and collected
the following results:

0 4 3 1 4 1 1 2 4 1 4

Put the data above in a frequency table.

Number of children Frequency

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Question 9
Skill involved: 235c: Calculate the total from an ungrouped frequency table.

Here are the number of times that 16 pupils have been late to school this term.

Number of times Frequency

2 5

3 1

4 2

5 8

Find the total number of times that the pupils were late.

………………………… times

Question 10
Skill involved: 398a: Form a cumulative frequency table from a grouped frequency table.

John collects the heights of 70 flowers and records the data in the table below.

Height ( x cm) Frequency

70< x ≤80 3

80< x ≤ 90 7

90< x ≤ 100 24

100< x ≤110 12

110< x ≤ 120 10

120< x ≤130 14

Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Height ( x cm) Cumulative requency

70< x ≤80

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70< x ≤ 90

70< x ≤100

70< x ≤110

70< x ≤120

70< x ≤130

Question 11
Skill involved: 398c: Draw a cumulative frequency curve given a continuous cumulative frequency
table.

Jenny collects the heights of 100 flowers and records the data in the table below.

Draw a cumulative frequency graph for the data in the table.

Height ( z cm) Cumulative frequency

80< z ≤ 90 7

80< z ≤ 100 17

80< z ≤ 110 49

80< z ≤ 120 65

80< z ≤ 130 77

80< z ≤ 140 100

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Question 12
Skill involved: 398f: Use a cumulative frequency curve to estimate the interquartile range.

Jenny collects the running times of some athletes and plots the values on the cumulative
frequency graph below.

Use the cumulative frequency graph to estimate the interquartile range (IQR) of the data.

…………………………

Question 13
Skill involved: 398e: Use a cumulative frequency curve to estimate the median.

Joana collects the lengths of some animals and plots the values on the cumulative frequency
graph below.

Use the cumulative frequency graph to estimate the median of the data.

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…………………………

Question 14
Skill involved: 398g: Use a cumulative frequency curve to estimate values.

Jack collects the running times of some athletes and plots the values on the cumulative
frequency graph below.

Use the cumulative frequency graph to estimate how many athletes have a time lower than
39 seconds.

………………………… athletes

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Question 15
Skill involved: 399a: Interpret a box plot.

James recorded the marks some pupils achieved on a test and put this information on the
box plot below.

Find the lower quartile of this data set.

Lower quartile = …………………………

Question 16
Skill involved: 399a: Interpret a box plot.

Jodie recorded the marks some pupils achieved on a test and put this information on the
box plot below.

Find the upper quartile of this data set.

Upper quartile = …………………………

Question 17
Skill involved: 399d: Draw a box plot from a cumulative frequency diagram.

Joana collects the running times of some athletes and plots the values on the cumulative
frequency graph below.

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Use the cumulative frequency graph to draw a box plot.

Question 18
Skill involved: 399d: Draw a box plot from a cumulative frequency diagram.

Jenny collects the heights of some flowers and plots the values on the cumulative frequency
graph below.

Use the cumulative frequency graph to draw a box plot.

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Question 19
Skill involved: 244d: State the correlation represented on a scatter graph.

A travel agent records the duration and cost of the 20 flights he sold on one day.

The data for the flights are plotted on the scatter diagram.

Describe the type of correlation shown in the scatter diagram.

Positive correlation [ ]

Negative correlation [ ]

No correlation [ ]

Question 20
Skill involved: 244d: State the correlation represented on a scatter graph.

20 pupils each took a English test and a Music test.

The marks of these pupils are shown on the scatter diagram below.

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Describe the type of correlation shown in the scatter diagram.

Positive correlation [ ]

Negative correlation [ ]

No correlation [ ]

Question 21
Skill involved: 244e: State the strength of the correlation represented on a scatter graph.

Densy recorded the height, in cm, and the arm length, in cm, of each of 12 pupils in Year 10.

The scatter graph shows information about her results.

State the type and strength of the correlation shown in this scatter diagram.

strong positive correlation [ ]

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strong negative correlation [ ]

weak positive correlation [ ]

weak negative correlation [ ]

Question 22
Skill involved: 244f: Interpret the correlation represented on a scatter graph.

The scatter diagram shows the midday temperature at 15 different heights on a mountain.

Interpret the correlation shown in the scatter diagram by completing the sentence below.

The greater the height on a mountain, the temperature is more likely to be...

hotter [ ]

colder [ ]

neither hotter nor colder. [ ]

Question 23
Skill involved: 245b: Use a line of best fit on a scatter graph.

20 Identical candles were lit.

The scatter diagram shows the number of minutes each candle burnt before it went out and
the weight left of each candle when it went out.

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A candle burnt for 23 minutes.

Use the line of best fit to estimate the weight of this candle when it went out.

………………………… grams

Question 24
Skill involved: 245c: Plot and then use a line of best fit on a scatter graph.

Kiaan recorded the height, in cm, and the weight, in kg, of each of 20 children.

The scatter graph shows information about her results.

By using a line of best fit, estimate the height of a child who weighs 38 kg.

………………………… cm

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Mark scheme
Question 1
12
40

➀ Find the total.

12+12+16∧¿ 40

➁ Write down the probability for black.

12
40

Question 2
0.64

➀ Probabilities of exhaustive events add up to 1.

1−0.36=0.64

Question 3
31
190

➀ Identify the total number of students.

Cycle Bus Total

Year 12 28 17 98

Year 13 39 23 92

Total 67 40 190

➁ Out of these students, identify the number that travel by car to college.

Cycle Bus Total

Year 12 28 17 98

Year 13 39 23 92

Total 67 40 190

➂ Express the probability as a fraction.

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31
P(Car )=
190

Question 4
52
90

➀ Identify the total number of people.

Italy France Spain Total

Female 10 14 28 52

Male 14 10 14 38

Total 24 24 42 90

➁ Out of these people, identify the number that are female.

Italy France Spain Total

Female 10 14 28 52

Male 14 10 14 38

Total 24 24 42 90

➂ Express the probability as a fraction.

52
P(Female)=
90

Question 5
18
24

➀ Find the matching outcomes.

4 6 8
6 8 10
8 10 12
10 12 14

➁ Find the probability.

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18
24

Question 6
81messages

➀ Add the frequencies to find the total number of messages.

Total∧¿ 20+11+12+ 1+ ¿∧+11+18+8


Total∧¿ 81 messages

Question 7
11pets

➀ Identify the row for lizards.

Fre
qu
Pet
enc
y

Rat 16

Fis
17
h

Liza
5
rd

He
5
n

➁ Identify the row for rats.

Fre
qu
Pet
enc
y

Rat 16

Fis
17
h

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Liza
5
rd

He
5
n

➂ Find the difference between the frequencies.

Difference∧¿ 16−5
¿=11

Answer → 11 pets

Question 8

Number of children Frequency

0 1

1 4

2 1

3 1

4 4

Putting the data in order can make it easier to count the occurence each value.

0 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4

Question 9
61times

➀ Multiply the number of times by the frequency to find the total for each row.

Number of times Frequency fx


2 5 2 ×5=10
3 1 3 ×1=3
4 2 4 ×2=8
5 8 5 ×8=40
Total 61

➁ Adding the quantity of each row gives a total of 61

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Question 10

Height ( x cm) Cumulative requency

70< x ≤80 3

70< x ≤ 90 10

70< x ≤100 34

70< x ≤110 46

70< x ≤120 56

70< x ≤130 70

Height ( x cm) Cumulative frequency


70< x ≤80 3
70< x ≤ 90 10
70< x ≤100 34
70< x ≤110 46
70< x ≤120 56
70< x ≤130 70
Question 11

There is no data below 80 so you can plot this with a cumulative frequency of 0.

You then need to plot the end of each class interval with its cumulative frequency.

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Question 12

➀ Find the position of the quartiles.

40
¿ =10
4
40
¿ × 3=30
4

➁ Find the points on the graph where the cumulative frequency is 10 and 30.

➂ Conclude.

The IQR is 168.5−160.8=7.7

Question 13

➀ Find the position of the median.

90
=45
2

➁ Find the point on the graph where the cumulative frequency is 45.

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➂ Conclude.

The median is 45.

Question 14
athletes

➀ Find the point on the graph where the time is 39 seconds.

➂ Conclude.

The answer is 45.8.

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Question 15
Lower quartile =

The lower quartile is 28.

Question 16
Upper quartile =

The upper quartile is 52.

Question 17

➀ Find the position of the median and quartiles.

120
Lower quartile: ¿ =30
4
120
Median: ¿ =60
2
120
Upper quartile: ¿ ×3=90
4

➁ Find the points on the graph where the cumulative frequency is 30, 60 and 90.

➂ Conclude.

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Minimum 120

Lower Quartile 141

Median 145

Upper Quartile 149

Maximum 170
Question 18

➀ Find the position of the median and quartiles.

40
Lower quartile: ¿ =10
4
40
Median: ¿ =20
2
40
Upper quartile: ¿ × 3=30
4

➁ Find the points on the graph where the cumulative frequency is 10, 20 and 30.

➂ Conclude.

Minimum 60

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Lower Quartile 71

Median 75

Upper Quartile 83

Maximum 90
Question 19
Positive correlation

➀ As duration increases, cost also increases meaning there is positive correlation.

This can be seen by the upward trend in the data on the scatter diagram.

Question 20
Negative correlation

➀ As English marks increase, Music marks decrease meaning there is negative correlation.

This can be seen by the downard trend in the data on the scatter diagram.

Question 21
strong positive correlation

➀ Identity the type of correlation.

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An upward trend in the data means it is positive correlation.

➁ Identify the strength of correlation.

Most points are close to the line of best fit meaning it is strong positive correlation.

Question 22
colder

➀ There is a downward trend in the data on the scatter diagram. Therefore, as height
increases, temperature decreases.

Question 23
17 to 19grams

➀ Time is on the x -axis. Go to 23 grams and draw a line up to the line of best fit.

➁ Draw a line left and read the value on the y -axis.

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An estimate for the weight is 18 grams.

Question 24
138 to 146cm

➀ Draw the line of best fit.

Aim to have roughly as many points below the line as above the line.

➁ Weight is on the y -axis. Go to 38 kg and draw a line right to the line of best fit.

➂ Draw a line down and read the value on the x -axis.

An estimate for their weight is 142 kg.

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