Foundation November 2017 Paper 1 Q10

EdexcelCurrent spec2 marksAverages (including IQR)

10 Jake and Sarah each played a computer game six times.

Their scores for each game are shown below.

Jake109811128
Sarah210714410
(a) Who had the most consistent scores, Jake or Sarah?
You must give a reason for your answer. (1)

Jake played a different game 20 times.

The stem and leaf diagram shows information about his scores.

Stem and leaf diagram: 0 | 9; 1 | 2 3 3 4 5; 2 | 5 6 6 6 6 7; 3 | 1 3 4 6 8; 4 | 0 2 9. Key: 1 | 2 represents 12 points

Jake said his modal score was 6 points because 6 occurs most often in the diagram.

(b) Is Jake correct?
You must explain your answer. (1)