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DEPENDENCIES

172: Reading information
184: Beginning probability
188: Beginning geometry
208: Measurement
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216: Ratio and proportion

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360 degrees measure of circle 442.1
Measure of angle in degrees 442.1
Protractor 442.1
Straight line is 180 degrees, right-angle is 90 degrees 442.5
Angle in regular pentagon, hexagon and octagon 442.6
Pie chart 442.8
Stem and leaf diagram 444.1
Data 444.3
Continuous data 444.4
Discrete data 444.4
Bar chart 444.6
Histogram 444.8
Grouped frequency table 445.2
Median 445.9
Average, mean 446.3
Total frequency 446.3
Central value, mean, median and mode 446.5
Distinction between average and mean 446.7
Context of question 446.9
Number puzzle with median and mean 447.0
Consecutive numbers 447.3
Proof by contradiction (implicit) 447.6
Scatter diagram 447.7
Data-point 447.8
Line of best fit 447.8
Estimation from a linear relationship 447.9
Correlation, positive, negative, none 448.0

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SLIDE 1 360 degrees = 360° A circle is divided into 360 degrees. An angle is a measure of the separation of two lines. Angles are measured using a protractor in degrees. SLIDE 2 Use a protractor to measure the angles to the nearest degree. SLIDE 3 SLIDE 4 The angle of a circle is 360° State the angle of ? A straight line ? A right-angle ? An equilateral triangle SLIDE 5 ? A straight line ? A right-angle ? An equilateral triangle 180° 90° 60° SLIDE 6 Find the angles ? Regular hexagon ? Regular pentagon ? Regular octagon SLIDE 7 ? Regular hexagon ? Regular pentagon ? Regular octagon SLIDE 8 A pie chart represents information There are 360 children. Each child opts for one sport. 90 children choose football 120 children choose tennis 45 children choose hockey 105 children choose basketball The pie chart shows this information. SLIDE 9 A farm has 360 animals 100 cows 90 pigs 45 horses 125 sheep Draw a pie chart to show this information SLIDE 10 A farm has 360 animals: 100 cows, 90 pigs, 45 horses, 125 sheep SLIDE 11 At an election 1800 votes were cast. The results are shown in the pie chart. Measure the angles and estimate the number of votes cast for each of the four candidates? SLIDE 12 At an election 1800 votes were cast. The results are shown in the pie chart. Measure the angles and estimate the number of votes cast for each of the four candidates? Number of votes is 5 times the measured angle Candidate Angle Fraction Votes Sir Blue 525 Ms. Red 625 Mr. Green 350 Baron Yellow 300 SLIDE 13 Example The angle measured in a pie chart is 100°. What is this as a percentage? Give your answer to 1 decimal place. Exercise Express the following angles in a pie chart as percentages. Where appropriate, give your answer to 1 decimal place. ? 72° ? 85° ? 240° SLIDE 14 ? 72° ? 85° ? 240° SLIDE 15 In a survey people were asked which of four brands of smart phone they thought was the best. The results were displayed in a pie chart. Measure the angles and estimate to the nearest 0.5% the percentage of people who chose each brand as best. SLIDE 16 In a survey people were asked which of four brands of smart phone they thought was the best. The results were displayed in a pie chart. Measure the angles and estimate to the nearest 1% the percentage of people who chose each brand as best. XXX Alpha Supreme Excellence SLIDE 17 Example In a blind test 22% of people could not tell the difference between two brands of marmalade. Convert this to (a) a fraction and (b) an angle for a pie chart. Exercise Express each of the following percentages as (a) fractions and (b) angles in a pie chart. ? 33.3% ? 35% ? 37% SLIDE 18 ? 33.3% ? 35% ? 37% SLIDE 19 The table shows the percentage of cattle breeds imported to a country. Breed Percentage Aberdeen Angus 27 Hereford 15 Highland 25 Jersey 8 Longhorn 25 Make a pie chart from the data. SLIDE 20 Breed Percentage Aberdeen Angus 27 Hereford 15 Highland 25 Jersey 8 Longhorn 25 SLIDE 21 A stem and leaf diagram is a method of organizing data. Example The length, in cm, of twenty different plant shoots were measured 3 weeks after germination. Draw a stem and leaf diagram to show this information. Include a key. SLIDE 22 The weight, in grams, of twenty different newly dug-up potatoes was measured. Draw a stem and leaf diagram to show this information. Include a key. SLIDE 23 Data Stem and leaf diagram SLIDE 24 Continuous data describes things that be measured. For instance, the length of a bed, or the weight of potatoes on a market stall. Discrete data describes things that are being counted but not measured. For instance, the number of children in a school, or the number of cars parked on a street at a given time. Question Which option is correct? A. Number of magazines on a table ? Continuous Weight of the magazines on the table ? Discrete B. Number of magazines on a table ? Discrete Weight of the magazines on the table ? Continuous C. Number of magazines on a table ? Continuous Weight of the magazines on the table ? Continuous D. Number of magazines on a table ? Discrete Weight of the magazines on the table ? Discrete SLIDE 25 Option B is correct Number of magazines on a table ? Discrete Weight of the magazines on the table ? Continuous SLIDE 26 Discrete data is represented by a bar chart. A manager kept a record of the number of fashion magazines bought in the shop on Monday. Magazine BoF Cosmopolitan Elle Harper’s Vogue W Number 8 10 14 12 19 6 Make a bar chart to represent this data. SLIDE 27 Magazine BoF Cosmopolitan Elle Harper’s Vogue W Number 8 10 14 12 19 6 SLIDE 28 Continuous data comes from measurements. Continuous data is represented by a histogram. A histogram uses rectangles that touch each other. A quality inspector kept a record of the weights of seventy grade A tomatoes. Weight / g Number 5 13 28 17 7 Make a histogram to represent this data. SLIDE 29 Weight / g Number 5 13 28 17 7 A histogram has no gaps because the data is continuous. The frequencies (number) are given for intervals, which are represented as lying on the boundaries of the rectangles. SLIDE 30 An examination board kept a record of the scores of 200 students taking an exam. Score (max 100) Number Score (max 100) Number 5 64 2 46 9 21 12 7 32 2 Make a histogram to represent this data. SLIDE 31 Score (max 100) Number Score (max 100) Number 5 64 2 46 9 21 12 7 32 2 SLIDE 32 Where data is collected in categories, it is called a grouped frequency table. The numbers in each category is the frequency. For example, the data in the preceding question had the following grouped frequency table. Score (max 100) Frequency Score (max 100) Frequency 5 64 2 46 9 21 12 7 32 2 SLIDE 33 The times in seconds spent by 50 customers waiting to be served in a store were recorded. 43 57 51 78 74 54 92 85 79 61 61 69 64 101 65 94 68 88 72 72 72 108 53 76 76 76 77 78 52 81 83 56 87 62 88 89 78 92 66 96 99 64 73 51 72 56 83 79 85 46 ? Make a stem and leaf diagram of the data. ? Make a grouped frequency table from the stem and leaf diagram ? Construct a histogram for the data SLIDE 34 43 57 51 78 74 54 92 85 79 61 61 69 64 101 65 94 68 88 72 72 72 108 53 76 76 76 77 78 52 81 83 56 87 62 88 89 78 92 66 96 99 64 73 51 72 56 83 79 85 46 ? ? Interval 40—50 50—60 60—70 70—80 80—90 90—100 100—110 Frequency 2 8 9 15 9 5 2 ? SLIDE 35 The mode is the item that comes up most frequently in a list. Group each of the following by category and find the mode. ? Essay grades A D C C A B C E C ? Vegetables Potato Carrot Carrot Cabbage Sprout Carrot Leak Carrot Potato Spinach Carrot Parsnip Potato Carrot Cabbage Bean Bean Carrot Bean ? Time in seconds 20.5 20.3 19.9 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 21.0 20.6 20.2 20.4 20.2 20.1 20.3 20.2 20.2 20.4 20.2 SLIDE 36 ? Essay grades A D C C A B C E C A B C D E 2 1 4 1 1 Mode = C ? Vegetables Potato Carrot Carrot Cabbage Sprout Carrot Leak Carrot Potato Spinach Carrot Parsnip Potato Carrot Cabbage Bean Bean Carrot Bean Potato Carrot Cabbage Sprout Leak Spinach Parsnip Bean 3 7 2 1 1 1 1 3 Mode = Carrot ? Time in seconds 20.5 20.3 19.9 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 21.0 20.6 20.2 20.4 20.2 20.1 20.3 20.2 20.2 20.4 20.2 19.9 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 1 2 2 6 3 2 1 1 Mode = 20.2 SLIDE 37 There can be no mode and there can be more than one mode Which of the following have (a) one mode (b) no mode or (c) more than one mode? ? Orange Yellow Green Blue Magenta Violet Red ? 23 22 19 25 19 22 23 25 18 ? Apollo Venus Zeus Hades Persephone Hera Zeus Zeus Hermes Hermes Artemis Poseidon Zeus Zeus ? Peter Paul Andrew Jude Paul Matthew Mark John John Paul John Matthias Philip Bartholomew Judas SLIDE 38 ? Orange Yellow Green Blue Magenta Violet Red No mode ? 23 22 19 25 19 22 23 25 18 Three modes: 22, 23 and 25 ? Apollo Venus Zeus Hades Persephone Hera Zeus Zeus Hermes Hermes Artemis Poseidon Zeus Zeus One mode: Zeus ? Peter Paul Andrew Jude Paul Matthew Mark John John Paul John Matthias Philip Bartholomew Judas Two modes: Paul and John SLIDE 39 In a set of ordered data, the range is the highest value less the lowest value. If there are an odd number of values, the median is the middle value. If there are an even number of values, the median is the average of the two middle values. Arrange the following sets of data in order. For each find the range, mode and median. ? Speed outside the school in miles per hour 30 17 20 18 33 19 25 27 20 21 17 23 24 16 24 26 20 39 19 ? Year of birth of residents in a home 1932 1925 1941 1937 1944 1929 1930 1931 1932 1926 1937 1940 1923 1936 1943 1941 1946 1935 SLIDE 40 ? Speed outside the school in miles per hour 16 17 17 18 19 19 20 20 20 21 23 24 24 25 26 27 30 33 39 ? Year of birth of residents in a home 1923 1925 1926 1929 1930 1931 1932 1932 1935 1936 1937 1937 1940 1941 1941 1943 1944 1946 SLIDE 41 Continuous data describes things that be measured. For instance, the length of a bed, or the weight of potatoes on a market stall. Discrete data describes things that are being counted but not measured. For instance, the number of children in a school, or the number of cars parked on a street at a given time. Which option is correct? A Number of children in a park ? continuous Volume of fuel in a tank ? discrete Continuous data ? bar chart Discrete data ? histogram B Number of children in a park ? discrete Volume of fuel in a tank ? continuous Continuous data ? bar chart Discrete data ? histogram C Number of children in a park ? continuous Volume of fuel in a tank ? discrete Continuous data ? histogram Discrete data ? bar chart D Number of children in a park ? discrete Volume of fuel in a tank ? continuous Continuous data ? histogram Discrete data ? bar chart SLIDE 42 Continuous data describes things that be measured. For instance, the length of a bed, or the weight of potatoes on a market stall. Discrete data describes things that are being counted but not measured. For instance, the number of children in a school, or the number of cars parked on a street at a given time. The correct option is D D Number of children in a park ? discrete Volume of fuel in a tank ? continuous Continuous data ? histogram Discrete data ? bar chart SLIDE 43 Continuous data describes things that be measured. For instance, the length of a bed, or the weight of potatoes on a market stall. Continuous data has an average. The average is also called the mean. To find the mean, you add up all the values and divide by the total number of values. Example 31 32 32 33 37 42 43 47 51 56 The number of values is also called the total frequency. Question 16.5 16.7 17.1 18.3 18.4 18.8 19.0 19.3 19.6 20.1 Find the mean SLIDE 44 16.5 16.7 17.1 18.3 18.4 18.8 19.0 19.3 19.6 20.1 SLIDE 45 Mean, median and mode are all different measures of the central value of a set of data. Continuous data has a mean. Data that can be ordered has a median. Which of the following sets of data have a mean? Find the mean, median and mode where appropriate. ? Fastest eight 100 m times Bolt 9.58 Gay 9.69 Blake 9.72 Powell 9.72 Gatlin 9.74 Coleman 9.76 Carter 9.78 Green 9.79 ? Cars parked on a street Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche, Honda, Ford, BMW, BMW, Volvo, Porsche, Nissan, Porsche, Ford, Audi, Volvo, Honda ? First ten prime numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29 ? Mass of children in a class / kg 31.3 32.7 29.3 27.3 28.4 29.7 31.5 26.0 22.9 33.4 40.1 38.7 30.6 33.5 29.9 41.3 36.5 34.0 SLIDE 46 ? Fastest eight 100 m times Bolt 9.58 Gay 9.69 Blake 9.72 Powell 9.72 Gatlin 9.74 Coleman 9.76 Carter 9.78 Green 9.79 Continuous data ? has a mean No mode, median = , mean = ? Cars parked on a street Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche, Honda, Ford, BMW, BMW, Volvo, Porsche, Nissan, Porsche, Ford, Audi, Volvo, Honda Data in categories ? no mean, no median Mode = BMW and Porsche ? First ten prime numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29 Not continuous ? no mean Median = , no mode. ? Mass of children in a class / kg 26.0 22.9 27.3 28.4 29.3 29.7 29.9 30.6 31.3 31.5 32.7 33.4 33.5 34.0 36.5 38.7 40.1 41.3 Continuous data ? has a mean mean = median = SLIDE 47 The first ten prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29 These numbers are placed in order from smallest to largest in the above list. ? Find the average of these ten numbers ? Explain why the first ten prime numbers has an average but does not have a mean ? What is the difference between an average and a mean? SLIDE 48 The first ten prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29 ? Average ? These numbers are not measurements. They are counting numbers, also called natural numbers. Only data that can be measured continuously has a mean. Natural numbers are not continuous data. ? Given any collection of numbers we can always calculate the average, but we will only call that the mean if in fact the data originates in measurements and is, therefore, continuous. SLIDE 49 It is customary to use average and mean interchangeably, and to also call the average of any numbers (continuous or not) the mean of those numbers. Strictly, a mean is calculated on continuous data. The context of the question makes the use clear. If the context is information and data, then the data only has a mean if they are continuous measures. The following question appeared in an exam. Question Look at the numbers 9 11 10 ? Show that the mean of the three numbers is 10 ? Explain why the median of the three numbers is 10 ? Four numbers have a mean of 10 and a median of 10, but none of the numbers is 10. What could the four numbers be? Give an example. SLIDE 50 Look at the numbers 9 11 10 ? Show that the mean of the three numbers is 10 ? Explain why the median of the three numbers is 10 In rank order the numbers are 9, 10, 11 and the middle number is 10. Therefore, median = 10. ? Four numbers have a mean of 10 and a median of 10, but none of the numbers is 10. What could the four numbers be? Give an example. The total must be 40 and the two middle numbers must average to 10, and hence total 20. For example, 5 9 11 15 SLIDE 51 The mean of three numbers is 5. When I add one more number the mean is 6. What number have I added? Remark This is not really a problem about information or data, but a number puzzle. The term mean is used here because it is customary to use it. We think average is better. SLIDE 52 The mean of three numbers is 5. When I add one more number the mean is 6. What number have I added? Solution With three numbers the average is 5, so the total of the three numbers is . With four numbers the average is 6, so the total of the four numbers is . Therefore, the number I have added is . SLIDE 53 Five consecutive numbers have a mean of 21. What are the numbers? SLIDE 54 Five consecutive numbers have a mean of 21. What are the numbers? Solution Consecutive numbers are numbers that follow one after the other, like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, … Since 21 is the average (or “mean”), the middle number is 21. (The total is .) Since the numbers are consecutive, they are 19 20 21 22 23 SLIDE 55 I am thinking of four numbers. Two of the numbers are 18 and 29. The median of the four numbers is 25. The average of the four numbers is 26. Find the other two numbers. SLIDE 56 I am thinking of four numbers. Two of the numbers are 18 and 29. The median of the four numbers is 25. The average of the four numbers is 26. Find the other two numbers. Solution The average of the four numbers is 26, so the total is . One of the numbers is 18 and . So, the sum of the other two numbers is . If 29 were the largest of the four numbers, then the total of the two middle numbers would be 57 and the median would be . But the median is 25, so 29 is not the largest of the four numbers. Then since the median is 25, the second number must be 21 because the average of 21 and 29 is 25. The sum of the first three numbers is , so the final number is . The four numbers are 18 21 29 36 Tutor note This argument uses proof by contradiction to show that 29 cannot be the largest of the four numbers. SLIDE 57 A scatter diagram shows a relationship in information. The following table provides information about the marks of ten students in two tests Student A B C D E F G H I J Test 1 60 36 20 72 86 90 34 80 44 66 Test 2 44 36 18 64 66 78 23 58 46 58 Plot these values onto graph paper SLIDE 58 The line of best fit is a straight-line that goes “closest to the mostest”. At this stage you draw it by eye. Draw a line of best fit onto the graph. Do not extend the line beyond the first or last data-point. SLIDE 59 Another student (not one of the ten) scored 50 marks in the test 1. Estimate the score of this student in test 2? SLIDE 60 A score of 50 in test 1 correlates to a score of 41 in test 2. The estimate of the student’s score in test 2 is 41. Correlation is positive if the line of best fit is upward sloping. Correlation is negative if the line of best fit is downward sloping. ? What kind of correlation exists between the score in test 1 and the score in test 2? There is said to be no correlation if the data-points are so scattered that no sensible line of best fit can be drawn. ? Sketch a graph of ten data-points where there is no correlation. SLIDE 61 ? ? The line is upward sloping, so the correlation is positive An example of a collection of ten data-points that are so scattered that we cannot say there is any correlation. SLIDE 62 The table shows the altitude and temperature at ten locations in Nepal on a day in summer. Note: altitude is the height of a location above sea-level. Location A B C D E F G H I J Altitude / m 40 120 540 920 1440 1700 1960 2400 2640 2920 Temperature / °C 34 33 29 27 28 22 22 16 19 17 ? Plot a scatter diagram for the data ? Draw the line of best fit ? What kind of correlation does this data exhibit? ? Interpret the correlation as a relationship between quantities measured? ? Estimate the temperature at a location at altitude of 2000m SLIDE 63 Location A B C D E F G H I J Altitude / m 40 120 540 920 1440 1700 1960 2400 2640 2920 Temperature / °C 34 33 29 27 28 22 22 16 19 17 The data exhibits negative correlation. This is interpreted by the following relationship: as the altitude (of a location in Nepal) goes up, the temperature (at that location) goes down. We estimate the temperature at an altitude of 2000 m above sea-level to be 21°C.