OCR MEI S1 — Question 1

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
TopicData representation
TypeUse linear interpolation for median or quartiles

1 The heights \(x \mathrm {~cm}\) of 100 boys in Year 7 at a school are summarised in the table below.
Height\(125 \leqslant x \leqslant 140\)\(140 < x \leqslant 145\)\(145 < x \leqslant 150\)\(150 < x \leqslant 160\)\(160 < x \leqslant 170\)
Frequency252924184
  1. Estimate the number of boys who have heights of at least 155 cm .
  2. Calculate an estimate of the median height of the 100 boys.
  3. Draw a histogram to illustrate the data. The histogram below shows the heights of 100 girls in Year 7 at the same school.
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  4. How many more girls than boys had heights exceeding 160 cm ?
  5. Calculate an estimate of the mean height of the 100 girls.
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