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AQA GCSE Statistics Higher Tier Paper 1 — Free 42-Question AQA GCSE Practice Test

Q01Two fair spinners, each numbered 1 to 8, are spun. The numbers they land on are added up. What is the probability the...Easy

Q02Here is the definition of a term used in sampling. 'Those who are actually available to be part of a survey or invest...Easy

Q03Which of these data lists is bi-modal **and** has the mean double the median?Easy

Q04This graph was seen on the BBC News App. Circle the letter of the statement for the graph which is **definitely** true.Easy

Q05.1A researcher wants to survey 500 secondary school students in a large city to find out their favourite type of movie....Easy

Q05.2Give two other reasons why this sample of students might not be representative of all secondary school students in th...Medium

Q06.1Tom is doing a statistical study into the amount of homework received by Year 7 and Year 11 students in his school. W...Easy

Q06.2State the population of his study.Easy

Q06.3Tom wants a sample of Year 7 students and a sample of Year 11 students to complete a questionnaire for him. He consid...Hard

Q06.4One of Tom's questions is, 'How much homework do you receive?' Write down two problems with this question.Easy

Q06.5Tom improves his questionnaire and collects his data. He finds that, - on average Year 7 have five hours of homework ...Easy

Q06.6Tom wonders how this compares with other schools in the UK and schools in other countries. He finds this chart on the...Medium

Q06.7Why are Tom's data and the internet data not completely comparable?Easy

Q06.8Is Tom's data or the internet data more reliable? Give a reason for your answer.Easy

Q07.1The picture gives the risk of getting lung cancer. Based on the picture, how many out of every 1000 women who have **...Medium

Q07.2How many times greater is the risk of getting lung cancer for a man who is a **heavy smoker** compared with a man who...Medium

Q07.3Give two reasons why the picture might not be that helpful for someone to estimate their risk of lung cancer now.Medium

Q08.1Rachel and Mitch own a café. They want to decide whether more staff are needed at certain times. On one day, Rachel r...Easy

Q08.2The scatter diagram shows the results for 25 customers Rachel sampled. Which of these is a possible equation for a re...Medium

Q08.3Here is some information about the results sampled for later in the day. - After 12.30pm but before 1.30pm all five c...Medium

Q08.4Mitch decides to employ an extra person for a two-hour time period. Which time period would you suggest?Easy

Q08.5Lucy is a statistician who visits the café. She identifies a problem with Rachel's data collection strategy and offer...Medium

Q09.1A tech company's website offers rewards according to how many days you visit it. The table shows the number of reward...Medium

Q09.2The tech company wants to change the reward system so that the median number of rewards is increased and the interqua...Medium

Q09.3The box plots for the two samples are shown on the same grid. Use the box plots to compare the two samples. Make two ...Medium

Q09.4Use calculations to confirm that there are no outliers in the **new** sample of 500 customers. You must show your wor...Medium

Q09.5Has the company achieved each of its targets stated in part (b)? You must give a reason for each target. Target 1 - m...Easy

Q10.1Fifteen people apply to take part in an 'IronMan' triathlon. Angelina collects data on each competitor's age, blood p...Easy

Q10.2Once the race is run, Angelina notes the order in which the competitors finished, from 1st to 15th position. She also...Medium

Q10.3Write a possible conclusion to your hypothesis in part (a).Easy

Q11.1A large forest contains an unknown number of squirrels. Fynn is asked to estimate the number of squirrels in the fore...Easy

Q11.2Give one reason why Fynn doesn't wait a lot longer than two weeks.Easy

Q11.3Calculate an estimate of the number of squirrels in the forest.Medium

Q12.1In a factory, three different machines, A, B and C, put crisps into bags. Filled bags are labelled as having a mass o...Easy

Q12.2The control chart for 10 consecutive large samples for Machine B is shown below. What should Luka do, if anything, wi...Easy

Q12.3Ten large samples for Machine C show it to be working normally. Describe what a control chart for Machine C would loo...Easy

Q13.1Maisy has her house valued each year. The table shows the percentage increase in its value, written as a multiplier, ...Easy

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