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Data Handling: Mistakes in a Spelling Test

Data Handling: Mistakes in a Spelling Test

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In a spelling test, the number of mistakes made by each of the \(40\) pupils in a Primary One class is given below:

\(3\)\(4\)\(6\)\(0\)\(2\)\(2\)\(4\)\(3\)\(5\)\(3\)
\(6\)\(4\)\(2\)\(2\)\(3\)\(1\)\(5\)\(3\)\(0\)\(4\)
\(5\)\(2\)\(4\)\(3\)\(4\)\(0\)\(3\)\(2\)\(6\)\(3\)
\(1\)\(0\)\(3\)\(2\)\(5\)\(1\)\(0\)\(4\)\(4\)\(3\)
  1. Complete the frequency table below.
    No. of mistakes (\(n\))TallyNo. of pupils (\(f\))
    \(0\)
    \(1\)
    \(2\)
    \(3\)\(10\)
    \(4\)
    \(5\)
    \(6\)
    Total\(40\)
  2. Draw a line graph to illustrate the data.
  3. What is the most common number of mistakes?
  4. What is the total number of mistakes made?

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Answer:(a) Frequencies \(5,3,7,10,8,4,3\) for \(n=0,1,2,3,4,5,6\) (b) Line graph through \((0,5),(1,3),(2,7),(3,10),(4,8),(5,4),(6,3)\) (c) \(3\) mistakes (d) \(117\) mistakes

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