Topic 6.7: Organizational Planning Tools Questions

Stride Footwear is a shoe shop in a busy shopping street. Table 1 shows the pairs of shoes it sold last Saturday. Table 1: Pairs of shoes sold by Stride Footwear last Saturday | Price per pair | Pairs sold | |---|---| | $40 | 6 | | $55 | 10 | | $70 | 3 | | $90 | 1 | Using Table 1, calculate the mean price of a pair of shoes sold last Saturday (show all your working).

Define the term median.

Harbour Inn is a small hotel with 12 rooms. Over eight nights in May 2026 it let 11, 12, 9, 12, 12, 10, 11 and 8 rooms. Determine the mode of the number of rooms let a night (no working required).

Pennant Cycles sells bicycles from two shops. Table 1 shows its sales from 2020 to 2025. Table 1: Pennant Cycles, sales per year ($000s) | Year | Sales ($000s) | |---|---| | 2020 | 420 | | 2021 | 380 | | 2022 | 510 | | 2023 | 560 | | 2024 | 470 | | 2025 | 540 | Using Table 1, calculate the mean value of Pennant Cycles’ sales over the period 2020 to 2025 (show all your working).

Ironside Gym opens every day of the year. Table 1 shows the mean number of visits per day in each year. Table 1: Ironside Gym, mean visits per day | Year | Mean visits per day | |---|---| | 2022 | 310 | | 2023 | 345 | | 2024 | 390 | | 2025 | 420 | Describe how the mean number of visits per day for Ironside Gym could have been calculated.

Explain what a positive correlation shows.

Clearwell Water delivers bottled water to offices. Table 1 shows its mean revenue per month in each year. Table 1: Clearwell Water, mean revenue per month | Year | Mean revenue per month | |---|---| | 2023 | $18,500 | | 2024 | $21,200 | | 2025 | $23,900 | Describe how the mean revenue per month for Clearwell Water could have been calculated.

Forno Pizza is a takeaway. Table 1 shows its mean number of orders per week in each year. Table 1: Forno Pizza, mean orders per week | Year | Mean orders per week | |---|---| | 2023 | 640 | | 2024 | 710 | | 2025 | 685 | Describe how the mean number of orders per week for Forno Pizza could have been calculated.

Clipper Lane Barbers offers three services. Table 1 shows the customers it served in one week in August 2026. Table 1: Customers served by Clipper Lane Barbers in one week | Service | Price | Customers | |---|---|---| | Child’s haircut | $15 | 12 | | Adult haircut | $25 | 20 | | Haircut and beard trim | $35 | 8 | Using Table 1, calculate the modal price paid by a customer that week (no working required).

Tallis Outdoor sells camping equipment. Its marketing manager has three sets of data: 1. The share of 2025 sales that came from tents, sleeping bags, stoves and clothing. 2. The number of customers served at each of its five shops in 2025. 3. Sales of each of the four product groups in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Identify the most suitable chart for each data set, with a reason.

Rivermill Cinema is an independent cinema with one screen. Table 1 shows the tickets sold for its Friday evening showing. Table 1: Tickets sold for Rivermill Cinema’s Friday evening showing | Ticket | Price | Tickets sold | |---|---|---| | Child | $6 | 30 | | Senior | $8 | 20 | | Adult | $10 | 50 | Using Table 1, calculate the modal ticket price for the showing (no working required).

Stride Footwear is a shoe shop in a busy shopping street. Table 1 shows the pairs of shoes it sold last Saturday. Table 1: Pairs of shoes sold by Stride Footwear last Saturday | Price per pair | Pairs sold | |---|---| | $40 | 6 | | $55 | 10 | | $70 | 3 | | $90 | 1 | Using Table 1, calculate the modal price of a pair of shoes sold last Saturday (no working required).

Clipper Lane Barbers offers three services. Table 1 shows the customers it served in one week in August 2026. Table 1: Customers served by Clipper Lane Barbers in one week | Service | Price | Customers | |---|---|---| | Child’s haircut | $15 | 12 | | Adult haircut | $25 | 20 | | Haircut and beard trim | $35 | 8 | Using Table 1, calculate the mean price paid by a customer that week (show all your working).

Rivermill Cinema is an independent cinema with one screen. Table 1 shows the tickets sold for its Friday evening showing. Table 1: Tickets sold for Rivermill Cinema’s Friday evening showing | Ticket | Price | Tickets sold | |---|---|---| | Child | $6 | 30 | | Senior | $8 | 20 | | Adult | $10 | 50 | Using Table 1, calculate the mean price of a ticket sold for the showing (show all your working).

Seaview Boat Hire rents rowing boats on a lake. Over one week in July 2026 it hired out 14, 18, 14, 22, 18, 14 and 25 boats a day. Determine the mode of the number of boats hired a day (no working required).

Define the term range.

Ashgrove Garden Centre sold 10, 12, 8, 15 and 5 patio heaters in the five months from March to July 2026. Calculate the mean number of patio heaters sold a month (show all your working).

Northway Books sold 400 books last week: 180 fiction, 120 children’s, 60 travel and 40 cookery. Calculate the angle of each sector of a pie chart showing these sales.

Brightfield Solar installs solar panels on homes. Table 1 shows the panels it installed each month in the first half of 2025. Table 1: Solar panels installed by Brightfield Solar, January–June 2025 (in thousands) | Month | Panels installed (thousands) | |---|---| | January | 2.4 | | February | 2.1 | | March | 2.4 | | April | 2.6 | | May | 2.4 | | June | 2.9 | Using Table 1, determine the mode of the number of panels installed a month (no working required).

Pelham Energy, a gas and electricity supplier, puts a one-page infographic at the front of its annual report. It shows "2 million homes supplied", a large wind turbine next to a small chimney, and "customer complaints down 30%". Outline one advantage and one limitation for Pelham Energy of presenting its results as an infographic.