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Level 7 - NCEA Level 2

Two Way Tables

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This table describes the departures of trains out of a train station for the months of March and April.

Month Departed on time Delayed
March $148$148 $38$38
April $140$140 $20$20
a

How many trains departed during March and April?

b

What percentage of the trains in April were delayed? Write your answer as a percentage to 1 decimal place.

c

What fraction of the total number of trains during the 2 months were ones that departed on time in March?

d

What is the probability that a train selected at random in April would have departed on time?

Give your answer as a simplified fraction.

e

What is the probability that a train selected at random from the 2 months was delayed?

Give your answer as a simplified fraction.

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Two motels promoted packages for one night and two night stays. This two way table records the results.

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6min

The following table has been drawn up to show the results of a survey on smoking.

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5min

Buzz surveyed all the students in Year 12 at his school and summarised the results in the following table:

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S7-4

S7-4 Investigate situations that involve elements of chance: A comparing theoretical continuous distributions, such as the normal distribution, with experimental distributions B calculating probabilities, using such tools as two-way tables, tree diagrams, simulations, and technology.

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