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Measures of Location and Spread

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Question 8

The times 12 athletes took to run 400 m are summarised in the table below.

AthleteABCDEFGHAIJK
Time (s)45.246.946.146.245.445.147.845.445.546.146.445.7
a.

Find the mean time taken.

[2]
b.

Find the standard deviation for these times.

[2]
c.

Find the median, upper and lower quartiles of these data.

[3]
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Measures of Location and Spread Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /Measures of Location and Spread

11 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Maths Measures of Location and Spread, covering 2.1 Measures of Central Tendency, 2.2 Other Measures of Location, 2.3 Measures of Spread, 2.4 Variance and Standard Deviation, and 2.5 Coding. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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