CAIE S1 2014 June — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicData representation
TypeComplete frequency table and histogram together

6 The times taken by 57 athletes to run 100 metres are summarised in the following cumulative frequency table.
Time (seconds)\(< 10.0\)\(< 10.5\)\(< 11.0\)\(< 12.0\)\(< 12.5\)\(< 13.5\)
Cumulative frequency0410404957
  1. State how many athletes ran 100 metres in a time between 10.5 and 11.0 seconds.
  2. Draw a histogram on graph paper to represent the times taken by these athletes to run 100 metres.
  3. Calculate estimates of the mean and variance of the times taken by these athletes.