Higher June 2019 Paper 2 Q3
3 Hannah is planning a day trip for 195 students.
She asks a sample of 30 students where they want to go.
Each student chooses one place.
The table shows information about her results.
| Place | Number of students |
|---|---|
| Theme Park | 10 |
| Theatre | 5 |
| Sports Centre | 8 |
| Seaside | 7 |
(i) Work out how many of the 195 students you think will want to go to the Theme Park. (2)
(ii) State any assumption you made and explain how this may affect your answer. (1)
| Answer | Mark | Mark scheme |
|---|---|---|
| 65 | M1 | for working with proportion eg \(10 \div 30 \times 195\ (= 65)\) |
| A1 | cao |
Additional guidance
Condone use of 200 for 195
| Answer | Mark | Mark scheme |
|---|---|---|
| statement | C1 | for statement Acceptable examples sample is representative (otherwise answer wrong) random sample (otherwise answer will be different) the 30 students are from the 195 (otherwise not accurate) 10 out of every 30 want to go to the Theme Park (otherwise answer will be different/wrong) there is no bias Not acceptable examples There would be more than 10 people who want to go to the Theme Park I rounded my answer |