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Date May 2018 Marks available 2 Reference code 18M.1.sl.TZ1.2
Level SL only Paper 1 Time zone TZ1
Command term Find Question number 2 Adapted from N/A

Question

Each month the number of days of rain in Cardiff is recorded.
The following data was collected over a period of 10 months.

11    13    8    11    8    7    8    14    x    15

For these data the median number of days of rain per month is 10.

Find the value of x.

[2]
a.

Find the standard deviation

[2]
b.i.

Find the interquartile range.

[2]
b.ii.

Markscheme

\(\frac{{x + 11}}{2} = 10\)    (M1)

Note: Award (M1) for correct substitution into median formula or for arranging all 9 values into ascending/descending order.

\(\left( {x = } \right)\,\,9\)    (A1) (C2)

[2 marks]

a.

2.69 (2.69072…)    (A2)(ft)

Note: Follow through from part (a).

 

[2 marks]

b.i.

13 − 8    (M1)
Note: Award (M1) for 13 and 8 seen.

= 5    (A1)(ft) (C4)
Note: Follow through from part (a).

[2 marks]

b.ii.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Topic 2 - Descriptive statistics » 2.5
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