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O-LevelMathematicsStatistics4024/22 · May/June 2014 · Q712 Marks

The pie chart summarises the results of a local election. [Pie chart with Candidate D, A, C, B sectors and angles 144°, 60° shown]

  1. (a)(i)Candidate B received 1600 votes. Work out the total number of people who voted in the election.[2]
  2. (a)(ii)What fraction of the vote did candidate D receive? Give your answer in its lowest terms.[1]
  3. (a)(iii)How many more votes than candidate A did candidate C receive?[2]
  4. (b)(i)The table summarises the ages of the members of a film club. [Table of Age (a years) and Frequency] Calculate an estimate of the mean age of the members.[3]
  5. (b)(ii)On the grid below, draw a histogram to represent this data. [Grid for histogram][3]
  6. (b)(iii)Find an estimate for the number of members of the film club who are over 50.[1]

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  1. [2] (a)(i) 9600 cao
  2. [2] (a)(i) M1 for (360 / 60) × 1600 ое
  3. [1] (a)(ii) 11/60 cao
  4. [2] (a)(iii) 1440 cao
  5. [2] (a)(iii) M1 for ((144-90) / 360) × their 9600 ое
  6. [3] (b)(i) 40.1
  7. [3] (b)(i) M1 for 12 x 17.5 + 36 × 25 + 45 × 35+33 × 50 + 24 × 70 M1 for division by their (12 + 36 + ... + 24)
  8. [3] (b)(ii) Correct histogram
  9. [3] (b)(ii) B1 for 5 bars correct width and position B1 for at least 3 correct heights k × (2.4, 3.6, 4.5, 1.65, 1.2) B1 for 5 correct heights
  10. [1] (b)(iii) 38 or 39 or 40 or 41

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Topic
Statistics, O-Level Mathematics (syllabus 4024). Structured question, 12 marks.
Source
O-Level Mathematics, May/June 2014 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 7.

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