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PAPER 1
1.
A set of integers consists of 20, 19, 17, 19, 15, 16, 16, and 19, find
(a) the mean,
(b) the mode,
(c) the median.
Answer:
[4 marks]
(a) ..
(b) ......
(c) ..
Three integers y, x and x + 6 has a mean of 9 and a median of 8. Given that x > y, find the
value of x and of y.
[3 marks]
Answer:
x = .....
y = .
The mean and the variance of a set of six numbers are 6 and 8 respectively. A new number,
a, is added to the set of numbers and the mean does not change. Find
(a) the value of a
(b) the standard deviation of the new set of numbers.
[4 marks]
Answer:
(a) ..
(b) ..
The mean of four numbers is m . The sum of the squares of the numbers is 100 and the
standard deviation is 3k. Express m in terms of k.
[3 marks]
Answer: .
5
The marks obtained by nine pupils in an Additional Mathematics test are 30, 25, 33, 42, 27,
51, 65, 45 and 57. Find
(a)
(b)
the range,
the interquartile range of the marks.
[3 marks]
Answer:
(a) ..
(b)...
1
16
2
8
3
p
4
4
5
2
TABLE 1
Find
(a) the maximum value for p , if the mode is 1,
(b) the minimum value for p , if the mean goal scored is more than 2.
Answer:
[3 marks]
(a) ..
(b) ..
A set of positive integers consists of 2, 5 and m. The variance for this set of integers is 14.
Find the value of m.
[4 marks]
Answer: .
PAPER 2
8
Number of Students
30 39
40 49
11
50 59
22
60 69
25
70 79
80 89
TABLE 2
Find
(a) the modal class,
(b) the mean,
(c) the median marks of the mathematics test without using an ogive.
10
[7 marks]
The sum of a set of ten numbers is 62 and the sum of the squares of the numbers is 438.
(a)
(b)
11
[2 marks]
[4 marks]
A set of data consists of ten numbers. The sum of the numbers is 150 and the sum of the
squares of the numbers is 2472.
(a)
(b)
12
DIAGRAM 1
8
6
4
2
0
Marks
20.5
0.5 of the10.5
standard deviation
distribution.
13
40.5
30.5
0.5
(a)
Without using
an
ogive,
calculate
the
median mark.
[3
marks]
(b)
Calculate the
50.5 [4 marks]
Table 3 shows the distribution of the mass of 100 pupils in a primary school.
Masa (kg)
Frequency
20 24
12
25 29
14
30 34
30
35 39
27
40 44
17
TABLE 3
(a)
(b)
14
Number of pupils
10 19
1
5
20 29
30 39
40 49
12
50 59
60 69
1
TABLE 4
(a)
[3 marks]
(b)
Use the graph paper provided by the invigilator to answer this question.
Using a scale of 2 cm to 10 scores on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to 2 pupils on the
vertical axis, draw a histogram to represent the frequency distribution of the scores.
Find the mode score.
[4 marks]
(c)
[1 mark]
Answer
PAPER 1
1.
(a)
17.625
(b)
19
(c)
18
12
x = 8, y = 5
(a)
(b)
2.619
4
5
13
m = 25 9k2
(a)
40
(b)
25.5
(a)
15
(b)
14
(a)
24.07
(b)
11.74
(b)
(i)
34.0
(ii)
9.0
(a)
(b)
43.0
(c)
48.0
11
PAPER 2
8
10
11
(a)
10
(b)
2.769
(a)
60 69
(b)
57.875
(c)
58.59
(a)
6.2, 2.315
(b)
6.333, 2.404
(a)
15, 22.2
(b)
(i)
26
(ii)
5.494
7