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Tutor Marked Assignment 1

There are 5 questions in this section. Complete each question and then pass your answers to your tutor for marking.
For each question decide which of the types of graph from Section 1 is the most appropriate and draw it. If you are using squared paper, then obviously two-dimensional illustrations will be all you can manage; if you and your tutor decide that you can do the graphs on a computer, perhaps you can be a bit more adventurous!
Where you think there is more than one way to illustrate the data, or where the same method seems to lend itself to two questions, draw one type of graph for one question, and another for another question, to give yourself practice.

Q1.
The following information comes from Social Trends Volume 30, published by the Office for National Statistics.
It shows the percentage of the male population which belongs to certain age groups in three selected years.
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Under 16
16-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65-74
75+
1901
33.6
19.7
15.7
12.2
8.8
5.8
3.1
1.2
1961
24.8
13.9
13.1
13.9
13.9
11.2
6.3
3.1
1998
21.3
11.4
16.2
14.7
13.3
9.9
7.9
5.3


Q2
. In an experiment, water at an initial temperature of 15°C is steadily heated and its temperature noted every 5 minutes. The results are as shown.
Time from start
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Temperature
15 20 24.4 28.4 32 35.2 38.2 41 43.3


Q3
. The maximum and minimum daily temperature was noted over a period of a week.
Day
Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun
Maximum
23 25 28 29 30 30 28
Minimum
17 22 23 24 24 20 19


Q4
. The table shows how many million hectares of land in Outer Monrovia are under cultivation and how many are forested.
Year
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
Farmed
5.3
5.7
6.4
7.3
8.2
8.7
9.1
Forested
7.2
6.4
5.3
4.4
3.3
2.2
1.5


Q5
. A garage sells the following cars over a period of time:
Make
Ford
Fiat
Rover
Nissan
Others
Number
15
12
25
18
16