Pleasechecktheexaminationdetailsbelowbeforeenteringyourcandidateinformation
Candidatesurname Othernames
CentreNumber CandidateNumber
PearsonEdexcelLevel3GCE
Thursday23May2024
Afternoon Paper
reference 8MA0/21
Mathematics
■ ■
AdvancedSubsidiary
PAPER21:Statistics
Youmusthave: TotalMarks
MathematicalFormulaeandStatisticalTables(Green),calculator
Candidates @@may @@use @@any @@calculator @@allowed @@by @@Pearson @@regulations.
@@Calculators
@@mustnothavethefacilityforsymbolicalgebramanipulation,differentiationand
@@integration, @@or @@have @@retrievable @@mathematical @@formulae @@stored @@in @@them.
Instructions
•• Useblackinkorball-pointpen.
•
Ifpencilisusedfordiagrams/sketches/graphsitmustbedark(HBorB).
Fillintheboxesatthetopofthispagewithyourname,
•
centrenumberandcandidatenumber.
•
Answerallquestionsandensurethatyouranswerstopartsofquestionsareclearlylabelled. @@–
Answerthequestionsinthespacesprovided
theremaybemorespacethanyouneed.
• Youshouldshowsufficientworkingtomakeyourmethodsclear.
•
Answerswithoutworkingmaynotgainfullcredit.
Valuesfromstatisticaltablesshouldbequotedinfull.Ifacalculatorisusedinsteadof
•Information
@@tablesthevalueshouldbegiventoanequivalentdegreeofaccuracy.
Inexactanswersshouldbegiventothreesignificantfiguresunlessotherwisestated.
• Abooklet‘MathematicalFormulaeandStatisticalTables’isprovided.
•• Thetotalmarkforthispartoftheexaminationis30.Thereare5questions. @@–
Themarksforeachquestionareshowninbrackets
usethisasaguideastohowmuchtimetospendoneachquestion.
Advice
• Readeachquestioncarefullybeforeyoustarttoanswerit.
•• Trytoanswereveryquestion.
Ifyouchangeyourmindaboutananswer,crossitoutandputyournewanswerandany
•
workingunderneath.
Checkyouranswersifyouhavetimeattheend.
Turnover
P75680A
©2024PearsonEducationLtd.
F:1/1/1/
,1. Acoach recorded the heights of some adult rugby players and found the following
summary statistics.
DONOTWRITEINTHISAREA
Median=1.85m
Range = 0.28m
Interquartilerange=0.11m
Thecoachalsonoticedthat
• theheightoftheshortestplayeris1.72m
• 25% of the players’heights are below the height of a player whose
height is 1.81m
Drawaboxandwhiskerplottorepresentthisinformationonthegridbelow.
(4)
DONOTWRITEINTHISAREA
1.60 1.70 1.80 1.90 2.00 2.10
Height(metres)
DONOTWRITEINTHISAREA
Usethesparegridonpage3ifyouneedtoredrawyourboxandwhiskerplot.
3
■■■■ Turnover
,
Candidatesurname Othernames
CentreNumber CandidateNumber
PearsonEdexcelLevel3GCE
Thursday23May2024
Afternoon Paper
reference 8MA0/21
Mathematics
■ ■
AdvancedSubsidiary
PAPER21:Statistics
Youmusthave: TotalMarks
MathematicalFormulaeandStatisticalTables(Green),calculator
Candidates @@may @@use @@any @@calculator @@allowed @@by @@Pearson @@regulations.
@@Calculators
@@mustnothavethefacilityforsymbolicalgebramanipulation,differentiationand
@@integration, @@or @@have @@retrievable @@mathematical @@formulae @@stored @@in @@them.
Instructions
•• Useblackinkorball-pointpen.
•
Ifpencilisusedfordiagrams/sketches/graphsitmustbedark(HBorB).
Fillintheboxesatthetopofthispagewithyourname,
•
centrenumberandcandidatenumber.
•
Answerallquestionsandensurethatyouranswerstopartsofquestionsareclearlylabelled. @@–
Answerthequestionsinthespacesprovided
theremaybemorespacethanyouneed.
• Youshouldshowsufficientworkingtomakeyourmethodsclear.
•
Answerswithoutworkingmaynotgainfullcredit.
Valuesfromstatisticaltablesshouldbequotedinfull.Ifacalculatorisusedinsteadof
•Information
@@tablesthevalueshouldbegiventoanequivalentdegreeofaccuracy.
Inexactanswersshouldbegiventothreesignificantfiguresunlessotherwisestated.
• Abooklet‘MathematicalFormulaeandStatisticalTables’isprovided.
•• Thetotalmarkforthispartoftheexaminationis30.Thereare5questions. @@–
Themarksforeachquestionareshowninbrackets
usethisasaguideastohowmuchtimetospendoneachquestion.
Advice
• Readeachquestioncarefullybeforeyoustarttoanswerit.
•• Trytoanswereveryquestion.
Ifyouchangeyourmindaboutananswer,crossitoutandputyournewanswerandany
•
workingunderneath.
Checkyouranswersifyouhavetimeattheend.
Turnover
P75680A
©2024PearsonEducationLtd.
F:1/1/1/
,1. Acoach recorded the heights of some adult rugby players and found the following
summary statistics.
DONOTWRITEINTHISAREA
Median=1.85m
Range = 0.28m
Interquartilerange=0.11m
Thecoachalsonoticedthat
• theheightoftheshortestplayeris1.72m
• 25% of the players’heights are below the height of a player whose
height is 1.81m
Drawaboxandwhiskerplottorepresentthisinformationonthegridbelow.
(4)
DONOTWRITEINTHISAREA
1.60 1.70 1.80 1.90 2.00 2.10
Height(metres)
DONOTWRITEINTHISAREA
Usethesparegridonpage3ifyouneedtoredrawyourboxandwhiskerplot.
3
■■■■ Turnover
,
