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Numeracy Higher November 2023 Unit 1 Q4

WJECHigherCurrent spec11 marksCumulative FrequencyPercentages

4. Giovanni has a takeaway pizza van. He sells whole pizzas and slices of pizza from his van.

(a) For the last 3 days, he has timed how long it takes to complete the food order for each of his customers.
Giovanni recorded his results in the table below.
(i) Complete the cumulative frequency table and the cumulative frequency diagram. [2]
Time, \(t\) (minutes)FrequencyCumulative frequency
\(3 \lt t \leqslant 5\)88
\(5 \lt t \leqslant 7\)2432
\(7 \lt t \leqslant 9\)74106
\(9 \lt t \leqslant 11\)40……………
\(11 \lt t \leqslant 13\)14……………
Cumulative frequency grid: Time, t (minutes) from 0 to 14 against Cumulative frequency from 0 to 160, with points (3, 0), (5, 8), (7, 32), (9, 106) plotted and joined

Use your cumulative frequency diagram to give the best estimates for the answers to each of the following questions.

(ii) Find the median time taken to complete a food order. [1]

The median time is …………… minutes.

(iii) Giovanni is concerned that food orders are taking too long to complete.
He says,

“Only 25% of the food orders are completed in under …………… minutes.”

Use one of the five values below to complete Giovanni’s statement. [1]

6·4    6·6    7·2    8    9·6

(iv) Calculate the percentage of orders that were completed in less than 6 minutes. [2]
(b) For the last 3 days:
  • Giovanni spent £180 on ingredients
  • he spent £220 on the running costs for the pizza van
  • he received a total of £700 from the food orders.

Calculate Giovanni’s percentage profit. [3]

(c) Next year Giovanni intends to charge £8.40 for a basic pizza.
This is an increase of 20% from the current charge.

Calculate how much Giovanni currently charges for a basic pizza. [2]