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Date May 2015 Marks available 2 Reference code 15M.1.hl.TZ1.2
Level HL only Paper 1 Time zone TZ1
Command term Find Question number 2 Adapted from N/A

Question

A mathematics test is given to a class of 20 students. One student scores 0, but all the other students score 10.

Find the mean score for the class.

[2]
a.

Write down the median score.

[1]
b.

Write down the number of students who scored

(i)     above the mean score;

(ii)     below the median score.

[2]
c.

Markscheme

\(\bar x = \frac{{1 \times 0 + 19 \times 10}}{{20}} = 9.5\)     (M1)A1

[2 marks]

a.

median is \(10\)     A1

[1 mark]

b.

(i)     \(19\)     A1

(ii)     \(1\)     A1

[2 marks]

Total [5 marks]

c.

Examiners report

Well done.

a.

Well done.

b.

Both parts well done.

c.

Syllabus sections

Topic 5 - Core: Statistics and probability » 5.1 » Mean, variance, standard deviation.

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