Statistics: past paper questions

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• Question 12May/June 2026, paper 11Structured5 marks

  The stem-and-leaf diagram shows the lengths, in centimetres, of 32 wooden planks. key : 23 | 3 represents 233 cm Find the range.

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• Question 10Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured3 marksHas a diagram

  The bar chart shows the number of books sold in a shop in each of five months. 4 books were sold in August. Complete the bar chart.

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• Question 6Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Structured2 marks

  The stem-and-leaf diagram shows the number of cars sold each day by a company.

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• Question 6Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured6 marks

  Mei writes down five integers. • The lowest integer is 8. • The range is 9.

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• Question 9May/June 2026, paper 12Structured3 marks

  The stem-and-leaf diagram shows the time, in minutes, it takes 20 students to eat lunch.

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• Question 14Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Structured4 marks

  These are the ages, in months, of each of 12 children. 11 27 8 10 26 17 28 12 9 13 22 12 Complete the stem-and-leaf diagram to show this information.

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• Question 15Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Structured3 marksHas a diagram

  A bus stops 25 times on a journey. The table shows the number of people who get on the bus at each stop.

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• Question 9Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured3 marksHas a diagram

  The stem-and-leaf diagram shows the time, in minutes, it takes each of 15 people to complete a race.

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• Question 24May/June 2026, paper 12Structured3 marks

  A group of 4 children have a mean age of 11. A fifth child joins the group, and the mean age is now 10. Calculate the age of the fifth child.

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• Question 11Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Structured6 marksHas a diagram

  The stem-and-leaf diagram shows the number of customers entering a shop each day for 20 days.

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2024, paper 12Structured3 marks

  Anton records the colour of each car in a car park. His results are shown in the table. On the grid, draw a bar chart to show this information.

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• Question 13Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Structured3 marksHas a diagram

  For each of 10 people working in an office, the scatter diagram shows their salary and the value of their car.

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• Question 7May/June 2026, paper 13Structured6 marks

  Raj records the temperature, in °C, at midday for each of 8 days. These are the results. $$1,10,8,-3,-2,10,7,9$$ Calculate the mean.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2025, paper 13Structured2 marks

  Ben records the favourite sport of each of 20 students. Football Cricket Hockey Rugby Football Tennis Rugby Football Football Rugby Tennis Football Rugby Football Cricket Football Rugby Football Cricket Cricket Complete the frequency table.

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• Question 13Oct/Nov 2024, paper 12Structured5 marksHas a diagram

  The scatter diagram shows the number of rooms and the number of people in each of eight buildings. One of the buildings has 67 rooms. Write down the number of people in this building.

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• Question 7Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured4 marks

  For 16 days, Safia records the number of dresses she sells. $$\begin{array}{cccccccc}24& 6& 18& 14& 27& 37& 9& 16\\ 22& 17& 16& 16& 24& 20& 15& 32\end{array}$$ Complete the stem-and-leaf diagram.

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• Question 8May/June 2026, paper 13Structured5 marksHas a diagram

  Ben asks some children to choose their favourite type of snack. The pie chart shows the results. Measure the sector angle for crisps.

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• Question 8Oct/Nov 2025, paper 13Structured3 marks

  These are the masses, in kg, of each of 11 bags. 23 16 8 10 27 19 4 17 13 4 14 Complete the stem-and-leaf diagram to show this information.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2024, paper 13Structured1 mark

  7 19 8 12 3 12 9 7 12 Find the mode of these numbers.

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• Question 14Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured2 marks

  As the age of a car increases, the selling price decreases. What type of correlation is this?

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• Question 5May/June 2026, paper 31Structured3 marks

  The bar chart shows the number of each type of book sold in a shop on one day. Work out the percentage of books sold that are cookery.

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• Question 6Oct/Nov 2025, paper 31Structured2 marks

  17 4 25 18 14 6 3 18 12 Find the mode

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• Question 13Oct/Nov 2024, paper 13Structured4 marks

  Each student in a class of 20 students records the number of coins in their pockets. The table shows the results. | Number of coins | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | | Frequency | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Find the median.

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• Question 6Oct/Nov 2023, paper 13Structured3 marks

  Jamie records the masses of two samples of oranges, type A and type B. The stem-and-leaf diagram shows the mass, in grams, of each of 30 oranges of type A. Key: 17 | 6 represents 176 grams Complete the table to show the range for type A oranges.

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• Question 10May/June 2026, paper 31Structured4 marksHas a diagram

  The table shows how 40 students travel to school. Complete the table.

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• Question 12Oct/Nov 2025, paper 31Structured3 marksHas a diagram

  300 students choose where to go on a trip. The students choose either a zoo, a museum, an art gallery or a sports stadium. Show that 75 students choose the museum.

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• Question 3Oct/Nov 2024, paper 31Structured12 marksHas a diagram

  Jack does a survey about cycling. The bar chart shows the percentage of people in each age group who use a bicycle. Write down the percentage of people aged 60 to 69 who use a bicycle.

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• Question 3Oct/Nov 2023, paper 31Structured11 marksHas a diagram

  The bar chart shows the country in which each of 80 students live. How many of these students live in Brazil?

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• Question 16May/June 2026, paper 31Structured4 marks

  The scatter diagram shows the number of hot drinks sold by a cafe9 each day and the average temperature for that day. These are the results for two more days. Plot this information on the scatter diagram.

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• Question 10Oct/Nov 2025, paper 32Structured3 marks

  The bar chart shows the frequency of each score on a spinner. Calculate the mean score.

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