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CHAPTER 8: STATISTICS I AND II

Example
A) A Mathematics quiz is done in a class. Below are
the marks obtained by the students from that class.

Objective Questions I :
1.

How many students are there in that class?

A.
12
C.
20
B.
18
D.
24

2.

State the number of students who scored

3 marks only.
A.
2
C.
5
B.
4
D.
6

3.

How many students scored the highest

marks?
A.
4
C.
6
B.
5
D.
7

4.

How many students scored less than 3

marks?
A.
2
C.
8
B.
4
D.
12

5.

How many students scored 4 marks and

above?
A.
5
C.
10
B.
7
D.
12

6.

State the mode of the data.

A.
2
C.
B.
5
D.

Subjective Questions I :
1.

Complete the frequency table below based on the

data above.
Mark

Frequency

1
2
3
4
5
2.

How many students scored 4 marks?

3.

Draw a pie chart based on the above data.

4.

Calculate the mean marks.

5.

Construct a bar chart based on the data above.

6.

State the median of the above marks.

Statistics I and II

6
7

7.

State the percentage of students who

scored 2 marks.
A.
3.3
C.
15
B.
8.3
D.
25

8.

How many percent of the students

scored more than 3 marks?
A.
2
C.
50
B.
5
D.
67

9.

If the passing mark is 3, how many

students failed?
A.
2
C.
8
B.
6
D.
12

10.

State the percentage of failure.

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A.
B.

10
25

C.
D.

33
50

4.

Calculate the total allowance brought by all

students.
A.
6
C.
13
B.
10
D.
17

5.

State the percentage of students who brought

RM2.
A.
30%
C.
50%
B.
40%
D.
60%

6.

State the percentage of students who

brought less than RM 2.
A.
40%
C.
60%
B.
50%
D.
90%

7.

State the percentage of students who

brought RM1.
1
A.
C.
5
2
B.
D.
5

B) Below are the amounts of daily allowance of 10

Students, in RM.

1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2,
Subjective Questions II:
1.

State the lowest value in the data.

2.

State the mode of the data.

3.

Construct a bar chart based on the data.

8.
4.

Calculate the average allowance brought by the

students.

5.

Find the median data.

10.

1.

How many students brought RM 1 to school?

A.
1
C.
3
B.
2
D.
4

2.

What is the highest value of the data?

A.
2
C.
B.
3
D.

3.

How many students brought more than RM1 to

school?
A.
2
C.
5
B.
4
D.
6

Statistics I and II

C.
D.

2.3
4.0

1.50
1.70

C.
D.

1.86
1.92

If the data above is represented in a pie

chart, calculate the angle for the RM1 sector.
A.
B.

4
5

1.5
1.7

If there is an additional 2 students

who brought RM3 each, calculate the
new mean, in RM.
A.
B.

Objective Questions II :

4
5

What is the difference between the mode and the

mean of the data above, in RM.
A.
B.

9.

3
5

120
144

C.
D.

180
210

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8.5 Questions Based on the Examination Format

4. The frequency table shows the number of books in

1. The bar chart shows the number of books sold in 6

months at a book store.
Bilangan
Buku

Number of books

Frequency

the bags of a group of students.

Given that the mode is 6 books, find the greatest
possible value of a.
A. 5
C. 6
B. 7
D. 8

240
200
160
120
80
40

5. The pictogram shows the number of students who

obtained grade A in three history tests.
Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

January

May June

Mac

Calculate the percentage of books sold in April.

A. 20
C. 24
B. 22
D. 26

May
represents 6 students

2. The table shows the marks obtained by 50 students

in a Geography test.
Marks
No. of Students
0 39
5
40 49
8
50 59
9
60 79
21
80 100
7

Lim
Bala
represents x pencils

Sale of chocolate cakes

3. The line graph shows the sale of chocolate cakes in

a week.
100
80
60
40
20

Find the value of x if the total number of pencils is 36.

A. 3
C. 5
B. 4
D. 6
For questions 7 and 8, please refer to the following
frequency table.

M T W T F S S

Mass (kg)
50
52
54
56
58
60

Days

Given that a piece of chocolate cake costs RM0.60,

calculate the sale of chocolate cakes on Saturday and
Sunday.
A. RM60
C. RM96
B. RM100
D. RM160

Statistics I and II

6. The pictogram shows the number of pencils owned

by Ali, Lim and Bala.
Ali

Calculate the percentage of students who obtained

more than 49 marks.
A. 40
C. 60
B. 56
D. 74

The average number of students who scored A in a

month is
A. 10
C. 18
B. 16
D. 26

Frequency
2
2
6
2
3
5

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7. The median, in kg, is

A. 54
C. 56
B. 55
D. 58

10.

8. The mean, in kg, is

A. 55.8
C. 56.2
B. 55.7
D. 57.5
9. The bar chart shows the number of coconuts sold by
Ahmad in five days.

The total number of boys and girls in the 3

schools is
A. 1800
C. 1200
B. 2000
D. 3000

11. The difference in the number of boys and girls in

the 3 schools is
A. 300
C. 500
B. 400
D. 600
12. The table above shows the scores and their
respective frequencies in a match.

250

Scores
Frequency

200

1 2 3 4 5
3 5 8 4 6

What is the mode scores?

A. 2
C. 4
B. 3
D. 5

150
100

13. The pie chart above shows the number of colored

balls in a store.

50
0

Tues

Mon

Wed

Thur

Fri

GreenWhite

Calculate the mean number of coconuts sold per day.

Purple

A. 150
B. 200

C. 240
D. 300

12

For questions 10 and 11, please refer to the bar chart

below.

10
Black

1200

Calculate the angle of the sector which represents

black balls.
A. 110
C. 125
B. 100
D. 150

1000
800

14. Given that the mean for 3, 4, p, 7, 5, 6, 4 and 3 is 5.

Find the value of p.
A. 5
C. 7
B. 6
D. 8

600
400
200
0

15. The table above shows the scores obtained by a

group of students in a match.
B

Scores
Number of students

Schools

Represents boys

Find the median score.

A. 5
C. 6
B. 5.5
D. 7

Represents girls

Statistics I and II

2 4 6 8
3 2 3 4

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8.6 Past Year SPM Questions

Paper 1

July 2004

November 2003

3. The pictograph which shows the number of visitors

at an Expo on three particular days.

1. The pictograph shows the sale of magazines in a

particular week. The number of sports magazines sold
is not shown.
Fashion
Entertainment
Sports

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday

Thursday
Friday
Represents 150 visitors

represents 12 copies of magazines

Entertainment magazines make up 25% of the total the
sales that week. Calculate the number of sports
magazines sold.
A
B

26
39

C
D

84
94

A total of 5400 visitors were at the Expo over the five

days. The number of visitors on Friday was twice the
number of visitors on Wednesday.
How many visitors were there on Tuesday?
A. 1050
C. 1500
B. 1450
D. 2175
4. The table shows the heights of samples of seedlings.
Heights (in cm)
No. of seedlings

2. The pie chart shows the amount spent on five

types of groceries in a shop on a particular day.

9 11
5

12 14
6

15 17
10

18- 20
4

Calculate the mean height, in cm, of the seedlings.

A. 13.06
C. 14.56
B. 13.56
D. 15.56

40
120

5.
Fishing
Reading
144o

32

72o
Drawing

Swimming

Given that the total spent on these groceries is

RM400. The amount spent on margarine is RM 80.
Find the ratio of the amount spent on margarine to the
amount spent on sugar.
A
B

1:5
3:4

Statistics I and II

C
D

3: 10
4: 15

The pie chart shows the hobbies of a group of

teenagers. The number of teenagers whose hobby is
drawing is 50% of the number whose hobby is
swimming. Calculate the ratio of the number of
teenagers whose hobby is swimming to the number
whose hobby is fishing.
A. 2 : 1
C. 3 : 1
B. 2 : 3
D. 4 : 3

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November 2004

July 2005

6. The bar chart shows the scores of a group of pupils

in a test.

8. The table shows the marks obtained by a group of 40

pupils in a test.
Marks
No. of pupils

Number of pupils

50 59
2

60 69
8

70 79
19

80- 89
11

If the pass mark is 60, calculate the percentage of these

pupils who passed.
A. 20
C. 80
B. 75
D. 95
9. The pictograph shows the number of books sold in
three particular days.
1

Score

Thursday

State the modal score.

A
B

6
5

Friday
C
D

Saturday

3
2

Represents x books
The mean number of books sold per day is 60 books.
Calculate the number of books sold on Saturday.
A. 20
C. 105
B. 28
D. 140

7. The pie chart shows the combined results of a test

taken by two groups of students. The table
shows the results of the groups, but it is
incomplete.

10. The table is a cumulative frequency table which

shows the height of 50 young plants.

FAIL
280

Height (cm)
Cumulative
Frequency

Group
Aman
Bestari
TOTAL

No. of passes
160

300
310

Statistics I and II

16
18
34

19
21
44

10( 4) 13(12) 16(18) 19(10) 22(6)

50
10(4) 13(16) 16(34) 19( 44) 22(50)
B.
50
11( 4) 14(12) 17(18) 20(10) 23(6)
C.
50
12(4) 15(16) 18(34) 21( 44) 24(50)
D.
50

420

A.

C
D

13
15
16

22 24
50

Which of the following is the correct calculation for the

mean height of the 50 young plants?

No. of failures
70

Calculate the number of students in the Bestari

Group.
A
B

10
12
4

340
380

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November 2005
11. Diagram below is a pictograph which shows the
number of fruit trees in an orchard.

14. Diagram is a bar chart showing the number of

candidates who obtained scores 1 to 5 in an
achievement test.

Durian
Number of
Candidates

Rambutan
Mangosteen

25
20

represents 25 trees
The ratio of rambutan trees to mangosteen trees is 3 :
2 . Find the number of durian trees and mangosteen
trees altogether.
A. 225
B. 275

Frequency
7
4
2
2
5

5 Score

C. 3.5
D. 4.0

November 2006
15. The table below shows the distribution of the
scores of a group of pupils in a quiz.
Score
Frequency

0
2

1
6

2
1

3
1

4
5

5
1

The median score of the distribution is

Calculate the mean mass, in kg, of fish caught by a

fisherman.

A 1
B 1.5

C. 18.1
D. 20.0

C 2
D 2.5

16. The diagram below is a pictograph showing the

number of eggs sold in January and February. The
number of eggs sold in March and April are not shown

July 2006
13. The frequency distribution shows the scores
obtained by a group of pupils in a game.
Score
Frequency

A. 3.0
B. 3.1

12. The frequency table shows the mass of fish caught

by 20 fishermen.

A. 16.1
B. 17.1

Calculate the mean score.

C. 300
D. 400

Mass of fish caught (kg)

11 13
14 16
17 19
20 22
23 - 25

15
10
5

1
6

2
k

3
9

4
9

5
8

6
6

000000
000000000
0 represents 200 eggs

If 2 is the modal score, the minimum value of k is

A. 11
C. 9
B. 10
D. 6

Statistics I and II

January
February
March
April

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A total of 5000 eggs were sold in those four months.

The number of eggs sold in March was three times the
number of eggs sold in April.
The number of eggs sold in March was
A 1500
B 2000

C 2250
D 3000

17. The diagram shows a set of six pieces of data

where x represents an integer.

3, 3, 6, x, x, 3
The mode for the data is 3 and the median is 4. Two
new pieces of data, 4 and 7, were put into the set.
Calculate the mean for those eight pieces of data.
A 4.00
B 4.13

Statistics I and II

C 4.25
D 4.50