Level 3 Certificate MATHEMATICAL STUDIES Paper 2A Statistical Techniques Wednesday 24 May 2024

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Level 3 Certificate
MATHEMATICAL STUDIES
Paper 2A Statistical Techniques

Wednesday 24 May 2024 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
⚫ a clean copy of the Preliminary Material, Formulae Sheet and Question Mark
Statistical Tables (enclosed)
⚫ a scientific calculator or a graphics calculator 1
⚫ a ruler.
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Instructions 3
⚫ Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing.
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⚫ Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
⚫ Answer all questions. 5
⚫ You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside
the box around each page or on blank pages. 6
⚫ If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
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this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
⚫ Show all necessary working; otherwise, marks for method may be lost. 8
⚫ Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
to be marked. TOTAL
⚫ The final answer to questions should be given to an appropriate degree
of accuracy.
⚫ You may not refer to the copy of the Preliminary Material that was available
prior to this examination. A clean copy is enclosed for your use.
Information
⚫ The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
⚫ The maximum mark for this paper is 60.
⚫ You may ask for more answer paper or graph paper, which must be tagged
securely to this answer booklet.


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1 The table shows information about the top four teams in the 2020 Olympic Games.



Number of medals Number of
competitors
Rank Team Gold Silver Bronze

1 United States 39 41 33 613

2 China 38 32 18 406

3 Japan 27 14 17 556

4 Great Britain 22 20 22 376



1 (a)Work out the ratio of gold medals to bronze medals for the United
States. Circle your answer.
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1 (b)A British newspaper made the following claim.


Great Britain won more medals per competitor than the United States.


Does the data support this claim?
Show working to support your answer.
[3 marks]

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2 (a)Suggest two improvements that could be made to the graphs
in the Preliminary Material.
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2 (b)Graph 1 in the Preliminary Material is based on the results of a

survey. 35 children aged 7 said they use messaging or social media.

Estimate the number of children aged 7 that took part in the survey.
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