MU123 (Discovering Mathematics) Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) 2013-2014, Second semester This TMA is based on Units 1, 2, 3, 4 and 11, MU123 Discovering Mathematics. It is marked out of 100 and is worth 20% of the overall assessment component. This TMA requires the students to apply course concepts that deal with working with numbers, percentages, ratios, statistical concepts and pictures. The TMA is intended to: - Apply how to use the statistical measurements and interpret the results. - Develop your skills of classification of statistical analysis. The TMA: The following table describes the estimated population of the Arab states at year 2013. Country Estimated population Algeria 38,295,000 Bahrain 1,546,000 Comoros 743,000 Djibouti 912,000 Egypt 84,605,000 Iraq 35,404,000 Jordan 6,517,000 Kuwait 3,852,000 Lebanon 4,127,000 Libya 6,323,000 Mauritania 3,461,000 Morocco 32,950,000 Oman 3,942,000 Palestine 4,421,000 Qatar 1,917,000 Saudi Arabia 30,193,000 Somalia 9,662,000 Sudan 35,150,000 Syria 22,169,000 Tunisia 10,889,000 United Arab Emirates 8,659,000 Yemen 25,252,000 From the above table, answer the following 9 questions showing your calculation. Calculate the mean, median, range and interquartile range. Calculate the standard deviation (use the same steps you learned in your course. . Find the percentage of the population of each country to the total population. (do your calculations only for the first five countries listed in the table) Round the estimated population for the last five countries to three significant numbers. What fraction of the population of Gulf Cooperation Council to the total of Arab States population? Give your answer in its simplest form. If the total population of Arab countries is estimated to increase to 380 million in one year, what is the percentage increase of the total population? Show how you calculated it. . If the world population is estimated as 6,908,688,000 what is the ratio of the Arab state population to the world population? Explain your results found in question 1, what did you learn from your results? . Use Microsoft Excel in presenting the above data in bar charts. Explain your results in 40-50 words. Cut-off date: May 04, 2014
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