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Date May 2019 Marks available 2 Reference code 19M.1.SL.TZ2.T_6
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 2
Command term Give a reason and State Question number T_6 Adapted from N/A

Question

A health inspector analysed the amount of sugar in 500 different snacks prepared in various school cafeterias. The collected data are shown in the following box-and-whisker diagram.


Amount of sugar per snack in grams

The health inspector visits two school cafeterias. She inspects the same number of meals at each cafeteria. The data is shown in the following box-and-whisker diagrams.

Meals prepared in the school cafeterias are required to have less than 10 grams of sugar.

State, giving a reason, which school cafeteria has more meals that do not meet the requirement.

Markscheme

Cafeteria 2       (A1) (C1)

75 % > 50 % (do not meet the requirement)        (R1) (C1)

OR

25 % < 50 % (meet the requirement)       (R1) (C1)

Note: Do not award (A1)(R0). Award the (R1) for a correct comparison of percentages for both cafeterias, which may be in words. The percentage values or fractions must be seen. It is possible to award (A0)(R1).

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Syllabus sections

Topic 4—Statistics and probability » SL 4.2—Histograms, CF graphs, box plots
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