Mini practice paper: 8 questions
Mixed-difficulty questions from across the Statistics syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.
Q1 · Difficulty 1/3
The mode is the value that occurs most:
- last
- rarely
- frequently
- first
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✓ Answer: C — frequently
Mode = most frequent.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3
Probability is measured on a scale from 0 to:
- 100
- 5
- 10
- 1
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✓ Answer: D — 1
Probabilities range from 0 to 1.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3
A smaller group selected to represent the population is a:
- sample
- population
- frame
- census
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✓ Answer: A — sample
A sample represents the population.
Q4 · Difficulty 2/3
Numerical data such as weights and scores is described as:
- categorical
- nominal
- qualitative
- quantitative
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✓ Answer: D — quantitative
Quantitative data is numerical.
Q5 · Difficulty 2/3
The median of 3, 7, 9, 12, 15 is:
- 9
- 12
- 46
- 7
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✓ Answer: A — 9
The middle of 5 values is 9.
Q6 · Difficulty 2/3
After collecting data, the next stage is usually to ____ the data.
- ignore
- process/represent
- delete
- hide
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✓ Answer: B — process/represent
Data is processed and represented.
Q7 · Difficulty 2/3
Data describing qualities or categories (e.g. colour) is:
- continuous
- quantitative
- qualitative
- discrete
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✓ Answer: C — qualitative
Qualitative data describes categories.
Q8 · Difficulty 2/3
A key advantage of sampling over a census is that it is:
- quicker and cheaper
- biased
- impossible
- always accurate
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✓ Answer: A — quicker and cheaper
Sampling is faster and cheaper.
AQA GCSE Statistics FAQ
What does the AQA GCSE Statistics exam look like?
The AQA GCSE Statistics exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 1: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification. Paper 2: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification. Paper 3: Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions. Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Can I download a free AQA GCSE Statistics past paper?
Real AQA past papers are published directly by AQA on their official website. Kramizo doesn't redistribute copyrighted past papers, but we do generate free AI-written practice papers in the exact same style — same command words, same difficulty tier, same mark conventions. Use this practice paper as warm-up, then time yourself on official past papers before exam day.
How is AQA GCSE Statistics graded?
Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass. Kramizo's practice questions are tagged with difficulty 1-3 mapping roughly to the lower, middle, and top grade boundaries you'll encounter in the real exam.