2.1.7 Exam Question Type 1

At a simplest level, a data set can be given (either in raw form or in one of the ways mentioned above) and you can be asked to calculate basic statistics (mean, median, mode etc.). Looking at the difficulty meter below, these are easy marks so make sure you are very comfortable with these kinds of questions and don’t miss out.

The following are relevant past exam questions:

(Note: The links will direct you to relevant question in the file on PC only NOT mobile)

Sample Data:

2013Q29b(i), 2019Q19,

Frequency Table:

2018Q11, 2014Q14, 2016Q21, 2018Q26e

Histogram:

2013Q15, 2014Q26e, 2020Q7

Dot-Plot:

2010Q1, 2018Q6

Stem-Leaf:

2012Q1, 2010Q16, 2011Q25d

Box-Whisker:

2011Q7, 2015Q6, 2017Q1

Check out the videos below relevant to these questions.

HSC Maths Standard 2020 Question 7 (Histogram) - StudyNinja

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HSC Maths Standard 2019 Question 19 - StudyNinja

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Many of the questions above can be modified to ask a different statistic than the one it is asking so for practice make a different version of same question in a format it is not asked.