AQA GCSE STATISTICS Higher Tier Paper 1 (8382/1H) Combined Question
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GCSE
STATISTICS
Higher Tier Paper 1
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• a calculator Question Mark
• mathematical instruments. 1–4
5
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Draw diagrams in pencil. 6
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 7
• Answer all questions. 8
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write
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outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 10
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 11
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross out any work you do not want 12
to be marked.
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Information 14
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets. 15
• The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
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• You may ask for more answer paper and graph paper. These must be
tagged securely to this answer booklet. 17
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Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
1 Chris is investigating the ages of people in his town.
He says,
“I can collect data about the ages of people at my school to produce a fair sample.”
Explain why Chris may be wrong.
[1 mark]
2 The choropleth map shows information about the number of ants seen in a garden.
The only ants’ nest in the garden is in C4.
The only food source is in A1.
Adam says,
“Cell D1 is wrong.”
Give one reason why Adam may be correct.
[1 mark]
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3 The table shows information about vehicles for sale on a website. box
Diesel Petrol Electric Total
Car 24 150 126 300
Van 48 5 1 54
Total 72 155 127 354
A vehicle is chosen at random.
Write down the probability that it is a diesel car.
[1 mark]
Answer
4 Luca wants to measure the water quality in a large lake.
He takes 250 samples from the north end of the lake.
Write down one improvement Luca could make to his method.
[1 mark]
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5 The time series graph shows Amazon’s quarterly income in billions of dollars. box
Source – adapted from www.macrotrends.net
5 (a) Make two comments about the patterns in the data.
[2 marks]
Comment 1
Comment 2
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Paper and Mark Scheme
Please write clearly in block capitals.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
H
GCSE
STATISTICS
Higher Tier Paper 1
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• a calculator Question Mark
• mathematical instruments. 1–4
5
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Draw diagrams in pencil. 6
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 7
• Answer all questions. 8
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write
9
outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 10
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 11
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross out any work you do not want 12
to be marked.
13
Information 14
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets. 15
• The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
16
• You may ask for more answer paper and graph paper. These must be
tagged securely to this answer booklet. 17
18
TOTAL
, 2
Do not write
outside the
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
1 Chris is investigating the ages of people in his town.
He says,
“I can collect data about the ages of people at my school to produce a fair sample.”
Explain why Chris may be wrong.
[1 mark]
2 The choropleth map shows information about the number of ants seen in a garden.
The only ants’ nest in the garden is in C4.
The only food source is in A1.
Adam says,
“Cell D1 is wrong.”
Give one reason why Adam may be correct.
[1 mark]
IB/M/Jun25/8382/1H
, 3
Do not write
outside the
3 The table shows information about vehicles for sale on a website. box
Diesel Petrol Electric Total
Car 24 150 126 300
Van 48 5 1 54
Total 72 155 127 354
A vehicle is chosen at random.
Write down the probability that it is a diesel car.
[1 mark]
Answer
4 Luca wants to measure the water quality in a large lake.
He takes 250 samples from the north end of the lake.
Write down one improvement Luca could make to his method.
[1 mark]
4
Turn over for the next question
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, 5
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5 The time series graph shows Amazon’s quarterly income in billions of dollars. box
Source – adapted from www.macrotrends.net
5 (a) Make two comments about the patterns in the data.
[2 marks]
Comment 1
Comment 2
Question 5 continues on the next page
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