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CAPE Applied Mathematics Unit 1 · 2022 · Paper 2 · Question 1(a)(ii)

State whether each given quantitative variable is discrete or continuous.

The number of laptop computers owned by households in a community

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  1. 1(a)(i)The height of students in a class[1 mark]
  2. 1(b)(i)The buses owned by Excel Express transport company[1 mark]
  3. 1(b)(ii)The students sent to represent a school at track meet[1 mark]
  4. 1(c)(i)The 700 persons who attended a reggae concert on the weekend were asked to name their favourite artiste.[1 mark]
  5. 1(c)(ii)700 of the persons who attended a mass gathering in the city were asked to name their preferred political party.[1 mark]
  6. 1(d)(i)If the homeowner paid $60 for electricity, determine the total amount of money paid for bills.[2 marks]
  7. 1(d)(ii)Calculate the amount of money paid for the telephone bill.[2 marks]
  8. 1(e)(i)Draw a histogram on the grid provided to illustrate the information in the frequency table.[5 marks]
  9. 1(e)(ii)Estimate the mode of the marks. You must show lines on the histogram drawn in (e)(i).[3 marks]
  10. 1(e)(iii)On the histogram drawn in (e)(i), draw a frequency polygon.[2 marks]
  11. 1(e)(iv)By observing the frequency polygon, determine the shape of the distribution.[1 mark]
  12. 1(e)(v)State whether the students performed better in the Mathematics examination or the English examination. Give ONE reason related to the skewness of the data…[2 marks]
  13. 1(e)(vi)A student earned the following marks for 5 class activities in Mathematics: 40, 30, 40, 70, 60. Determine how many marks the student needs to earn for the 6th…[2 marks]

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