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.
- Question 1
(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.
- Question 2
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.
(b) A sector has angle 72 degrees in another pie chart of 150 members. Find its frequency.
- Question 3
Two pie charts show the favourite sports of two classes. Class has 30 students; its football sector is . Class has 45 students; its football sector is . Jo says, "More students chose football in class , because its sector is bigger."
(a) Is Jo correct? You must show how you get your answer.
Answers and marks
Question 1
(a) °
- P1 Establishing or an equivalent valid method.
- A1 Correct answer: °
Question 2
(a) °
- P1 Find the tennis frequency by subtraction.
- P1 Convert this fraction of members into a fraction of a full turn.
- A1 Correct answer: °
(b)
- P1 Reverse the sector-angle calculation.
- A1 Correct answer:
Question 3
(a) No: 10 students in class and 12 in class .
- P1 Football in class : 10.
- P1 Football in class : 12.
- C1 "No", with both numbers, 10 and 12, compared.