Numerical and statistical skills 1 (Edexcel GCSE Geography A): Flashcards
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Direct proportion
Direct proportion
Values increase/decrease together by same percentage
Inverse proportion
Inverse proportion
One value decreases as another increases by same %
Magnitude in geography
Magnitude in geography
How big or significant something is
Frequency in geography
Frequency in geography
How often something occurs
Quartiles
Quartiles
Split data into four equal parts
Quintiles
Quintiles
Divide data into five equal sections
Percentiles
Percentiles
Create 100 divisions of data
Finding % of amount: steps
Finding % of amount: steps
Convert % to decimal (÷100), then multiply by total
One quantity as % of another: steps
One quantity as % of another: steps
Divide first by second, then multiply by 100
% increase formula
% increase formula
(new - original) / original × 100
% decrease formula
% decrease formula
(original - new) / original × 100
Common mistake in % change
Common mistake in % change
Not dividing by the original number
Creating equivalent ratios
Creating equivalent ratios
Multiply or divide all parts by same number
What ratios show
What ratios show
Relative relationships, not absolute values
