Question 5 [1, 1, 1, 1 = 4 Marks]
Classify the following as either Numerical Discrete (ND), Numerical Continuous
(NC), Categorical Ordinal (CO) or Categorical Nominal (CN).
The number of siblings in a family.
The most common hair colour in the
class.
The grade received in a report (A, B, C,
D, E).
The heights of students in a class.
Question 7 [ 3 marks]
A student has an average of 46% in his first 5 tests and needs to achieve an average of 50% to
pass the course. What score will they need to get in the sixth test to pass the course, if all the
tests have the same weighting? Clearly show your working for answering this question.
Question 9. [4 marks: 2, 1, 1]
Determine the median, mode and range, from the data shown in the stem-and-leaf plot
below:
i. Median:
ii. Mode:
iii. Range:
Key: 2 | 5 = 25
Question 7 [3, 4, 1 = 8 Marks]
Below are the total runs scored in the last 30 games by the local cricket team, the
Perth Scorchers.
185, 192, 175, 211, 178, 144, 193, 134, 189, 158, 167, 203, 201, 184, 198, 201, 178,
189, 203, 179, 187, 179, 144, 196, 147, 184, 189, 194, 132, 189.
a) Complete the frequency table below.
Runs Scored (r) Tally Frequency
120 ≤ 𝑟 < 140
140 ≤ 𝑟 < 160
160 ≤ 𝑟 < 180
180 ≤ 𝑟 < 200
200 ≤ 𝑟 < 220
Total:
b) Using the data above, create a histogram to represent your frequency table.
c) State whether the data is skewed or symmetrical?
Question 8 [4, 3, 3 = 10 Marks]
Mr Pryer’s class and Miss Munro’s class collected data of their students’ phone
battery percentage in Period 5. The results are below.
Mr Pryer’s Class 19, 43, 23, 65, 21, 29, 12, 56, 30, 32
Miss Munro’s Class 67, 45, 56, 65, 43, 72, 74, 63, 67, 58
a) Complete a back-to-back stem & leaf plot using the data above.
Mr Pryer’s Class Stem Miss Munro’s Class
b) Determine which class had a higher battery percentage by calculating the
mean of both classes.
c) Using the stem and leaf plot, compare the two sets of data including reference
to the location of the data and the spread.
End of Test.
