CAIE A-Level Mathematics 5.1 Representation of data Question Bank
Practise representing data from Paper 5 using diagrams, summary statistics and graph readings for grouped and raw data sets.
- Syllabus
- 2028–2030
- Course
- Mathematics 9709
- Level
- AS
Practise representing data from Paper 5 using diagrams, summary statistics and graph readings for grouped and raw data sets.
The heights, in cm, of the 11 basketball players in each of two clubs, the Amazons and the Giants, are shown below.

State an advantage of using a stem-and-leaf diagram compared to a box-and-whisker plot to illustrate this information.
Includes all data
B1
Reference to either including all/raw data
or further statistical processes are possible that cannot be found using data from box-and-whisker, eg frequency, mean, mode or standard deviation not only median, IQR, range or spread which
can be found from both.
Represent the data by drawing a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram with Amazons on the left-hand side of the diagram.
Key: 1|18| 2 means 181 cm for Amazons and 182 cm for Giants
B1
Correct stem can be upside down, ignore extra values
B1
Correct Amazons labelled on left, leaves in order from right to
left and lined up vertically (less than halfway to next column), no commas or other punctuation.
B1
Correct Giants labelled on same diagram, leaves in order and
lined up vertically (less than halfway to next column), no
commas or other punctuation.
B1
Correct single key for their diagram, need both teams identified and 'cm' stated at least once here or in leaf headings or title.
SC for if 2 separate diagrams drawn, award SCB1 if both keys meet these criteria (Max B1, B0, B0, B1)
Find the interquartile range of the heights of the players in the Amazons.
Four new players join the Amazons. The mean height of the 15 players in the Amazons is now 191.2 cm . The heights of three of the new players are 180 cm,185 cm and 190 cm .
UQ=202 cm,LQ=182 cm,IQR=202−182=20 cm.
Find the height of the fourth new player.
Σ11=2132,Σ15=191.2(15)=2868.
Thus,
2868=2132+180+185+190+h,h=181 cm.