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O-LevelMathematicsStatistics4024/22 · May/June 2016 · Q712 Marks

One day, garage A records the amount of petrol bought by the first 120 customers. The results are summarised in the table below. Petrol (k litres) | 0<k≤10 | 10<k≤20 | 20<k≤30 | 30<k≤40 | 40<k≤50 | 50<k≤60 | 60<k≤70 | 70<k≤80 ------------------|--------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------- Number of customers | 9 | 13 | 36 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2

  1. (a)Complete the cumulative frequency table below. Petrol (k litres) | k≤10 | k≤20 | k≤30 | k≤40 | k≤50 | k≤60 | k≤70 | k≤80 ------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------ Cumulative frequency | 9 | 22 | | | | | | 120[1]
  2. (b)On the grid below, draw a cumulative frequency curve to represent this data. [Figure 7.1][3]
  3. (c)(i)Use your graph to estimate the median,[1]
  4. (c)(ii)the 90th percentile of the distribution.[1]
  5. (d)On the same day, garage B also recorded the amount of petrol bought by its first 120 customers. The results are summarised below. 6 customers bought 10 litres or less. The most petrol bought by any customer was 60 litres. The median amount of petrol bought was 34 litres. The lower quartile of the distribution was 25 litres. The interquartile range of the distribution was 19 litres. Draw the cumulative frequency curve for garage B on the grid on the previous page. [Figure 7.1][3]
  6. (e)Petrol is priced at $2.60 per litre at both garages. Garage A offers a gift to customers who buy over 35 litres. Garage B offers a gift to customers who spend over $104. Use your graphs to estimate the number of these customers offered a gift at each garage and complete the sentence below. Answer Garage ............. offers a gift to ............. more customers than garage .........[3]

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Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2016). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] (a) 58, 88, 104, 113, 118
  2. [3] (b) Correct cumulative frequency graph
  3. [3] (b) Tolerance ½ small square for plots
  4. [3] (b) B2 for at least 6 correct plots
  5. [3] (b) B1 for at least 3 correct plots
  6. [3] (b) If 0 SC2 for consistent horizontal translation to the left of all points
  7. [3] (b) or SC1 for consistent horizontal translation to the left of all points with one slip
  8. [1] (c)(i) 30 < their answer < 31
  9. [1] (c)(i) ft
  10. [1] (c)(ii) 53 < their answer < 55
  11. [1] (c)(ii) ft
  12. [3] (d) Correct graph through (10, 6) (25, 30) (34, 60) (44, 90) (60, 120)
  13. [3] (d) B2 for at least 4 correct points plotted
  14. [3] (d) B1 for at least 2 correct points plotted
  15. [3] (e) garage A 44 to 48
  16. [3] (e) B1 for 104/2.6 = 40
  17. [3] (e) garage B at 38 to 44
  18. [3] (e) Dep on 2nd B1; an answer of 40 needs to be confirmed by checking graph

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Topic
Statistics, O-Level Mathematics (syllabus 4024). Structured question, 12 marks.
Source
O-Level Mathematics, May/June 2016 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 7.

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