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Data tables, bar/pie/time-series charts and frequency polygons

3 exam-style questions. Answers and the mark for each step are on the last page.

  1. Question 1Non-calculator · 2 marks

    (a) A club asks 60 members to choose one activity. Fifteen choose climbing. The club plans to display the results in a pie chart. Work out the angle of the sector for climbing. (2)

  2. Question 2Non-calculator · 5 marks

    A club records one preferred activity for each of 100 members. 25 choose swimming, 50 choose football and the rest choose tennis.

    (a) Find the tennis sector angle for a pie chart. (3)

    (b) A sector has angle 72 degrees in another pie chart of 150 members. Find its frequency. (2)

  3. Question 3Non-calculator · 3 marks

    Two pie charts show the favourite sports of two classes. Class AA has 30 students; its football sector is 120∘120^\circ. Class BB has 45 students; its football sector is 96∘96^\circ. Jo says, "More students chose football in class AA, because its sector is bigger."

    (a) Is Jo correct? You must show how you get your answer. (3)

    1. Jo is not correct
    2. Jo is correct

Answers and marks

Question 1

(a) 9090°

  • P1 Establishing 15/60×36015/60\times 360 or an equivalent valid method.
  • A1 Correct answer: 9090°

Question 2

(a) 9090°

  • P1 Find the tennis frequency by subtraction.
  • P1 Convert this fraction of members into a fraction of a full turn.
  • A1 Correct answer: 9090°

(b) 3030

  • P1 Reverse the sector-angle calculation.
  • A1 Correct answer: 3030

Question 3

(a) No: 10 students in class AA and 12 in class BB.

  • P1 Football in class AA: 10.
  • P1 Football in class BB: 12.
  • C1 "No", with both numbers, 10 and 12, compared.

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Data tables, bar/pie/time-series charts and frequency polygons

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