Numerical and statistical skills 1 (Edexcel GCSE Geography A): Flashcards

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Numerical and statistical skills 1
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Direct proportion

Values increase/decrease together by same percentage

Inverse proportion

One value decreases as another increases by same %

Magnitude in geography

How big or significant something is

Frequency in geography

How often something occurs

Quartiles

Split data into four equal parts

Quintiles

Divide data into five equal sections

Percentiles

Create 100 divisions of data

Finding % of amount: steps

Convert % to decimal (÷100), then multiply by total

One quantity as % of another: steps

Divide first by second, then multiply by 100

% increase formula

(new - original) / original × 100

% decrease formula

(original - new) / original × 100

Common mistake in % change

Not dividing by the original number

Creating equivalent ratios

Multiply or divide all parts by same number

What ratios show

Relative relationships, not absolute values

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