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GCSE Maths: Frequency Trees

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  1. 50 children audition; 18 are boys; 15 get roles, 8 of them girls. What fraction of boys got a role?

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    7/18. Boys with a role = 15 − 8 = 7, out of 18 boys.

  2. 200 students, 102 in Year 11; 182 did homework; 14 Year 10s didn't. What percentage of Year 11 did homework?

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    About 96.1% (98/102). Year 10: 98 students, 84 did it, so 182 − 84 = 98 Year 11s did it.

  3. 60 buses: 7 of 50 Saturday buses late, 2 of 10 Sunday buses late. Which day has the higher chance of a late bus?

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    Sunday: 2/10 = 20% vs Saturday 7/50 = 14%. Compare proportions, not raw counts.

  4. 144 candidates; 1st-attempt pass:fail = 2:1; 2nd-attempt pass:fail = 5:7. How many pass on their 2nd attempt?

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    20. 48 fail the first attempt; 48 × 5/12 = 20 pass the second.

  5. 135 students each study one language; German = 2 × Spanish; Spanish = French + 5. How many study Spanish?

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    35. 2S + S + (S − 5) = 135 → 4S = 140 → S = 35 (German 70, French 30).

  6. 80 children, 36 girls; 9 failed a test; 39 boys passed. Probability a random boy failed?

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    5/44. There are 44 boys; 44 − 39 = 5 failed.

  7. 160 driving tests; 108 had 10+ hours of lessons, 29 of those failed; 104 passed overall. P(passed | under 10 hours)?

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    25/52. Passed with 10+ hours = 79, so 104 − 79 = 25 passed out of the 52 with under 10 hours.

  8. 533 students; 255 in Year 8; 85 of the 165 at football training are Year 7. Which year had the higher attendance percentage?

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    Year 8: 80/255 ≈ 31.4% vs Year 7: 85/278 ≈ 30.6%. More Year 7s attended, but a smaller proportion.

  9. 300 people: 105 under 50 (2/3 back Purple), 195 aged 50+ (3/5 back Yellow). Which party did most prefer?

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    Yellow: 152 (35 + 117) vs Purple 148 (70 + 78).

  10. 390 cinema-goers: standard £7, 3D £9, vouchers give 10% off; 110 saw 3D; 84 used vouchers; 237 standard viewers had no voucher. Total takings?

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    £2883.00 = 237×£7 + 43×£6.30 + 69×£9 + 41×£8.10.

  11. In a two-attempt test frequency tree, how do you find how many passed on the 2nd attempt?

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    Subtract the number who passed on the 1st attempt from the total who passed (either attempt).

  12. In a frequency tree, what must the values on the branches leaving a node add up to?

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    The value at that node (the parent frequency) — each split is a partition of the group.

  13. How is the profit from a paid game calculated?

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    Profit = total money taken from players − total prize money paid out.

  14. Given a game's profit, total prizes paid and number of players, how do you find the entry cost?

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    Entry cost = (profit + total prize money) ÷ number of players.

  15. 240 students each study one language; French = Spanish + 40, German = 2 × Spanish. How many study Spanish?

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    50. Let Spanish = S: S + (S + 40) + 2S = 240 → 4S = 200 → S = 50.

  16. If twice as many Year 10 as Year 11 students study French, what fraction of French students are in Year 10?

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    Two thirds (2/3) — the ratio Year 10 : Year 11 is 2 : 1.

  17. If 60% of students studying Spanish are in Year 11, what percentage are in Year 10?

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    40% — the two year groups make up 100% of the Spanish students.

  18. How do you find the value of one part when 552 marbles are shared in the ratio 3 : 20?

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    Divide by the total number of parts: 552 ÷ (3 + 20) = 552 ÷ 23 = 24 marbles per part.

  19. 552 marbles shared between Bag A and Bag B in the ratio 3 : 20 gives Bag A ? marbles.

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    72

  20. How do you use a pie chart to find the number of items in one category?

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    Multiply the total for that chart by the category's fraction of 360° (or its percentage).

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