Everyday Statistics data - JSS2 Mathematics Past Questions and Answers - page 1
What is the purpose of ordering data?
To make it look neat
To understand distribution and patterns
To increase the size of the dataset
Which of the following is an example of ordered data?
82, 78, 65, 91, 73, 60
60, 65, 73, 78, 82, 91
65, 78, 82, 91, 73, 60
What does a frequency table summarize?
Dates and times
Data values and their corresponding frequencies
Alphabetical order
If a score appears twice in a frequency table, what does it indicate?
It is the highest score
It is a common score in the dataset
It is the lowest score
Which score has a frequency of 2 in the following frequency table?
65
82
88
What does the number next to each score represent in a frequency table?
The rank of the score
The number of times the score appears in the dataset
The average of all scores
Given the following unordered scores: 78, 82, 65, 91, 73, 82, 88, 79, 60, 85, arrange them in ascending order.
60, 65, 73, 78, 79, 82, 82, 85, 88, 91
Create a frequency table for the scores in the dataset: 78, 82, 65, 91, 73, 82, 88, 79, 60, 85.
Score Frequency
60 1
65 1
73 1
78 1
79 1
82 2
85 1
88 1
91 1
In a frequency table, the score 82 has a frequency of 2. What does this mean about the dataset?
It means the score 82 appears twice in the dataset.
Identify the score that appears most frequently in the dataset: 78, 82, 65, 91, 73, 82, 88, 79, 60, 85.
The score 82 appears most frequently, with a frequency of 2.