Mengo Senior School
APPLIED MATHEMATICS (S5 STATISTICS)
𝟐𝟒𝒕𝒉 − 𝟎𝟑 − 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎
P425/2
Paper 2
2 hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Answer all the eight question in section A and the five from section B.
All necessary working must be shown clearly.
To be handed in when school resumes
SECTION A: (40 MARKS)
1. For a particular sample of size 10, the sample mean, x , was 0.5 and the sample
variance , S , was 4.8. Find x 2 for the sample. (05marks)
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2. The following scores were obtained during the sports day competition by
different students’ houses in a certain school.;
42.2, 44.6, 47.5, 42.6, 51.4, 53.7, 56.8, 42.2, 59.2 and 61.7.
Find the;
(i) mean score (02 marks)
(ii) variance (03 marks)
3. Kadijat noted the weights, x grams of 30 chocolate buns. Her results are
summarized by ∑(𝑥 − 𝑘) = 315 , ∑(𝑥 − 𝑘)2 = 4022 , wherek is a constant. The mean
weight of the buns is 50.5 grams.
(i) Find the value of k. (03 marks)
(ii) Find the standard deviation of x. (02 marks)
4. The following values were recorded in a frequency table; ∑ 𝑓(𝑥) = 600 , ∑ 𝑓𝑥 2 =
10,000. The variance was calculated as 25. Find the total number of items that
were considered. (05marks)
5. Find the mean and variance of the first 10 fibonacci numbers (05marks)
6. Find the mean deviation for the set of numbers 10, 8, 7, 11, 14, 12, 15 (05marks)
7. A set digits consists of p zero’s and n four’s. Show that standard deviation of
4√𝑛𝑝
the digits is given by (05marks)
(𝑛+𝑝)
8.The table below shows the marks scored in a math test marked out of 5 by a
group of 30 S5 students in a certain school.
marks 0 1 2 3 4 5
Number of students 3 5 11 8 2 1
Calculate the (𝐷7𝑡ℎ − 𝐷4𝑡ℎ ) of the marks scored (05 marks)
SECTION B (36 MARKS)
9. Study the table below;
Marks 20 - 24 25 -34 35 – 38 39 – 44 45 – 49 50 - 54
Frequency density 1.2 1 2 1.5 1 0.4
a) (i) Construct a histogram using this data
(ii) Use the histogram to estimate the mode. (06marks)
b) Calculate the mean mark. (06marks)
10. The table below shows the ages of people who attended a certain function.
Age (years) Frequency
10 – 19 6
20 – 34 16
35 – 44 27
45 – 64 39
65 – 79 18
80 – 89 8
(a) Draw a cumulative frequency curve and use it to estimate the semi-interquartile
range. (06 marks)
(b) Calculate the mean and variance (06 marks)
11. The table below gives the data about the masses of form THREE girls at a
certain school in 2009.
Mass (Kg) 40 – 44 45 – 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 -69 70-74
Frequency 6 4 8 10 12 7 3
(a) (i) Calculate the mean mass
(ii) Determine the number of girls whose mass exceeded the mean mass.
(iii) Find the median mass
(iv) Calculate the 10 – 90 percentile range.
(b) Draw a histogram and use it to estimate the modal mass (12 marks)
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