The students in a school each choose a piece of fruit to eat with their lunch. They can choose from either an apple, a banana or an orange.
- (a)(i)On Monday, Klaudia records the fruit chosen by 30 of her classmates. Their choices are given below. Orange Apple Banana Orange Orange Apple Banana Orange Apple Banana Orange Apple Banana Apple Orange Apple Banana Orange Orange Apple Orange Apple Banana Orange Apple Banana Orange Orange Banana Apple Banana Complete the frequency table for the data. [Table with columns Fruit (Apple, Banana, Orange) and Frequency][1]
- (a)(ii)On the grid below, draw a bar chart to show the data. [Grid with axes: Frequency, Fruit][2]
- (b)(i)On Tuesday, Ahmed records the fruit chosen by a random sample of 30 students in the lunch queue. His results are shown in the table below. [Table with columns Fruit (Apple, Banana, Orange) and Frequency (8, 15, 7)] Use Ahmed's results to estimate the probability that a student selected at random chooses an orange.[1]
- (b)(ii)There is a total of 180 students in the school. Use Ahmed's results to estimate the number of students in the school who chose an apple on Tuesday.[1]
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- [1] Apple 10 Banana 8 Orange 12
- [2] Correct bar chart FT their frequency table B1 for bars labelled correctly and of equal width or bars drawn to correct height.
- [1] 7/30 oe
- [1] 48
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