2026 CSS P2 Q3

2026 CSS P2 Q3

Secondary 4
8 marks

A school organized a Sports and Wellness Day for their Secondary 4 students. As part of the event, students participated in a 2.4 km run.

The table below summarises the times taken by the Secondary 4 boys to complete the run.

Time (\(t\) min)\(10\le t<12\)\(12\le t<14\)\(14\le t<16\)\(16\le t<18\)\(18\le t<20\)
Frequency\(8\)\(22\)\(35\)\(25\)\(x\)
  1. Given that the estimated mean time is \(15.14\text{ min}\), show that the value of \(x\) is \(10\).[2]
  2. Calculate an estimate of the standard deviation.[1]
  3. The mean time for Secondary 4 girls to complete the run was \(15.8\text{ min}\) and the standard deviation was \(2.4\text{ min}\).
    Make 2 comparisons between the times for Secondary 4 boys and girls.[2]
  4. At the end of the Sports and Wellness Day, each participant was allowed to select a prize voucher from a prize box. The prize box contained 8 drink vouchers, 5 snack vouchers and 7 stationery vouchers.
    One voucher was selected at random. Find the probability that the selected voucher was not a snack voucher.[1]
  5. Two vouchers were selected at random, without replacement.
    Find the probability that both vouchers selected were drink vouchers.[2]

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Answer:(a) \(x=10\) (shown) (b) \(2.18\text{ min}\) (c) Boys were faster on average and more consistent. (d) \(\dfrac34\) (e) \(\dfrac{14}{95}\)

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