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Date November 2019 Marks available 1 Reference code 19N.1.SL.TZ0.T_15
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 0
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Question

Stephen was invited to perform a piano recital. In preparation for the event, Stephen recorded the amount of time, in minutes, that he rehearsed each day for the piano recital.

Stephen rehearsed for 32 days and data for all these days is displayed in the following box-and-whisker diagram.

Stephen states that he rehearsed on each of the 32 days.

Write down the median rehearsal time.

[1]
a.

State whether Stephen is correct. Give a reason for your answer.

[2]
b.

On k days, Stephen practiced exactly 24 minutes.

Find the possible values of k.

[3]
c.

Markscheme

42 (minutes)       (A1)     (C1)

[1 mark]

a.

Stephen is correct.      (A1)     

     the minimum rehearsal time is greater than zero       (R1)

     OR

     he rehearsed at least 20 minutes every day        (R1) (C2)

Note: Do not award (A1)(R0). Accept equivalent reasoning based on the box-and-whisker diagram.

[2 marks]

b.

0, 2, 3, 4,, 15       (A1)(A1)(A1)     (C3)

Note: Award (A1)(A1) for each correct endpoint of the interval, (A1) for indication of integer values, except 1, between their endpoints.

[3 marks]

c.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Topic 4—Statistics and probability » SL 4.2—Histograms, CF graphs, box plots
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