CAIE IGCSE Mathematics Core C9.5 Scatter Diagrams Topic Practice

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Covered syllabus points

C9.5.1 Draw and interpret scatter diagrams.C9.5.2 Understand what is meant by positive, negative and zero correlation.C9.5.3 Draw by eye, interpret and use a straight line of best fit

Question 1

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Question (a)

(a)

As part of a sports competition, 14 athletes run 100 m and complete a swimming race.
The scatter diagram shows the times, in seconds, to run 100 m and the times, in seconds, to complete the swimming race, for 11 of these athletes.

Time to complete the swimming race (s)

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The table shows the times for the other 3 athletes.

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Question (i)

(i)

On the scatter diagram, plot these three points.

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Question (ii)

(ii)

State the type of correlation shown in the scatter diagram.

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Question (iii)

(iii)

On the scatter diagram, draw a line of best fit.

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Question (iv)

(iv)

Another athlete completes the swimming race in 23.8 seconds.

Use your line of best fit to estimate the athlete's time to run 100 m .

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