Ruth records the colour of each of 24 cars. Red Blue Silver Blue Silver Silver White Silver Red Silver Silver Blue Grey Grey Silver Red White Red Blue Grey Blue Silver Red Red

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2025). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [2] (a) Blue 5, Grey 3, Red 6, Silver 8, White 2
2. [2] (a) B1 for three correct frequencies associated with correct colour
3. [2] (a) M1 for all tallies correct
4. [3] (b) Correct bar chart with linear scale starting from 0 on frequency axis
5. [3] (b) FT their frequency table
6. [3] (b) B2 for 5 bars equal width and correct height
7. [3] (b) B1 for 3 bars equal width and correct height or for 5 bars correct height but unequal width/gaps
8. [3] (b) B1 for linear scale starting from 0 on frequency axis