GCSE · Data representation
Two-way tablesExam-style questions
Why every person in a two-way table is counted exactly once, so the rows, the columns and the grand total all have to agree — and why completing a table is never guesswork: you find the row or column with a single gap and work outwards.
12 questions · GCSE (Higher) level · mark scheme and worked solution on each · no sign-up to try
- 1There are students in a class. of them are girls.
of the students wear glasses. of the girls wear glasses.
A student is chosen at random. Work out the probability that the student is a boy who does not wear glasses. (3 marks)Level 3 · 3 marksTry it - 2A shop received orders in one week. Each order was either collected in store or delivered, and each order was paid for by card or by cash.
The two-way table shows some information about the orders.
(a) Complete the two-way table.Card Cash Total Collected in store Delivered Total
(b) Work out how many more orders were paid for by card than were paid for by cash.Level 3 · 5 marksTry it - 3people were asked whether they had visited the town's new library.
of the people were female.
of the females had visited the library.
of the males had not visited the library.
(a) Use this information to complete the two-way table.
(b) Work out how many more of the people had visited the library than had not visited it.Visited Not visited Total Male Female Total Level 3 · 5 marksTry it - 4A cinema sold tickets for a film. Each ticket was a standard, a premium or a VIP ticket, and each ticket was bought online or at the desk.
The two-way table shows some information about the tickets.
(a) Complete the two-way table.Standard Premium VIP Total Online At the desk Total
(b) Work out how many of the tickets sold were premium tickets or VIP tickets.Level 3 · 5 marksTry it