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Collecting, Displaying, and Analyzing Data
Multiple Choice Test A
Choose the best answer.
Use the line plot for 5–8.
Use the data for 1–4.
7, 9, 8, 7, 2, 6, 7, 11, 9, 7, 5, 7, 3
1. What is the mode of the data?
A 2
C 7
B 5
D 11
2. What is the mean of the data?
5. What is the mode of the data?
A 5.23
C 7
A 2
C 5
B 6.77
D 8.72
B 3
D 6
3. What is the median of the data?
A 3
C 6
B 5
D 7
4. What is the range of the data?
A 2
C 9
B 7
D 11
6. What is the median of the data?
A 2
B 3
7. What is the mean of the data?
A 2.47
C 3
B 2.85
D 3.12
8. What is the range of the data?
A 1
C 3
B 2
D 4
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Multiple Choice Test A, continued
Use the box-and-whisker plots
for 9–12.
9. What is the difference between the
medians for test A and test B?
A 10
C 40
B 35
D 45
10. What is the interquartile range of
test B?
A 25
B 50
11. What is the median of test B?
A 20
C 40
B 30
D 45
12. What is the range of test A?
A 10
C 40
B 30
D 50
13. A high school has 1600 students. In a
random sample of 50 students, 18
own a cat. Predict the number of
students at the high school who own a
cat.
A 18
C 576
B 325
D 1024
14. Middletown Middle School has
680 students. Teresa surveys a
random sample of 40 students and
finds that 12 of them participate in
sports. How many students at the
school are likely to participate in
sports?
A 170
B 204
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Multiple Choice Test B
Choose the best answer.
Use the line plot for 5–8.
Use the data for 1–4.
34, 33, 28, 11, 34, 38, 27, 12, 28, 33, 34,
11, 34, 27, 33, 34, 27, 33, 34, 34.
1. What is the mode of the data?
A 7
C 34
B 27
D 38
2. What is the mean of the data?
F 28
H 30.08
G 28.95
J 34
3. What is the median of the data?
A 23
C 34
B 33
D 38
4. What is the range of the data?
F 11
H 34
G 27
J 38
5. What is the mode of the data?
A 3
C 6
B 5
D 9
6. What is the median of the data?
F 5
H 7
G 6
J 9
7. What is the mean of the data?
A 2.33
C 13.22
B 5.66
D 21
8. What is the range of the data?
F 1
H 8
G 3
J 9
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Multiple Choice Test B, continued
Use the box-and-whisker plots for 9–12.
9. What is the difference between the
medians for test A and test B?
A 10
C 35
B 25
D 40
10. What is the interquartile range of
test B?
F 25
H 45
G 35
J 50
11. What is the median of test B?
A 0
C 20
B 10
D 30
13. A small town has 2500 residents. In a
random sample of 125 residents, 2
have the flu. Predict the number of
residents of the town who have the
flu.
A 20
C 200
B 40
D 400
14. Showton Middle School has 840
students. Teresa surveys a random
sample of 60 students and finds that
8 of them have more than 3 siblings.
How many students at the school are
likely to have more than 3 siblings?
F 112
H 780
G 480
J 6,300
12. What is the range of test A?
F 25
H 45
G 40
J 50
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Multiple Choice Test C
Choose the best answer.
Use the line plot for 5–8.
Use the data for 1–4.
13, 27, 58, 19, 22, 43, 71, 9, 13, 37, 27,
59, 13, 20, 42, 48, 39, 13, 47.
1. What is the mode of the data?
A 13
C 37
B 27
D 41
2. What is the mean of the data?
F 28.35
H 38.77
G 32.63
J 51.04
3. What is the median of the data?
A 13
C 33
B 27
D 47
4. What is the range of the data?
F 9
H 62
G 48
J 71
5. What is the mode of the data?
A 5
C 8
B 6
D 9
6. What is the median of the data?
F 5
H 7
G 6
J 9
7. What is the mean of the data?
A 4.72
C 25
B 5.23
D 118
8. What is the range of the data?
F 5
H 7
G 6
J 8
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Multiple Choice Test C, continued
Use the box-and-whisker plots for
9–12.
9. What is the difference between the
medians for test A and test B?
12. What is the range of test A?
F 35
H 45
G 40
J 50
13. A college football stadium holds
45,000 fans. In a random sample of
30 fans, 26 were wearing the colors of
the home team. Predict the number of
fans who are wearing the colors of the
home team.
A 10
C 35
A 6,000
C 39,000
B 25
D 40
B 26,000
D 41,000
10. What is the interquartile range of
test B?
F 20
H 45
G 35
J 50
11. What is the median of test B?
14. Yellowstone Middle School has
928 students. Teresa surveys a
random sample of 24 students and
finds that 6 are taking art. How many
students at the school are likely to be
taking art?
A 0
C 30
F 144
H 696
B 20
D 40
G 232
J 1,160
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Free Response Test A
Use the data for 1–4.
3, 2, 5, 9, 10, 8, 2, 6, 11, 2, 9, 7, 1.
Use the line plot for 5–8.
1. What is the mode of the data?
_______________________________________
2. What is the mean of the data?
_______________________________________
3. What is the median of the data?
_______________________________________
4. What is the range of the data?
_______________________________________
5. What is the mode of the data?
________________________________________
6. What is the median of the data?
________________________________________
7. What is the mean of the data? Round
to the nearest hundredth.
________________________________________
8. What is the range of the data?
________________________________________
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Free Response Test A, continued
Use the box-and-whisker plots for
9–12.
12. What is the range of test A?
________________________________________
13. A school randomly selects 100
students from its directory to survey
them about the quality of the teaching.
Is the sample biased? Explain.
9. What is the difference between the
medians for Test A and Test B?
_______________________________________
10. What is the interquartile range of
Test B?
_______________________________________
11. What is the median of test B?
_______________________________________
________________________________________
14. Marion Middle School has
600 students. Mike surveys a
random sample of 30 students and
finds that 7 of them play a musical
instrument. How many students at
the school are likely to play a musical
instrument?
________________________________________
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Free Response Test B
Use the data for 1–4.
9, 8, 5, 12, 43, 8, 7, 12, 8, 5, 4, 8, 6, 7, 8,
4, 12, 8, 8, 9.
Use the line plot for 5–8.
1. What is the mode of the data?
_______________________________________
2. What is the mean of the data?
_______________________________________
3. What is the median of the data?
_______________________________________
4. What is the range of the data?
_______________________________________
5. What is the mode of the data?
________________________________________
6. What is the median of the data?
________________________________________
7. What is the mean of the data?
________________________________________
8. What is the range of the data?
________________________________________
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Free Response Test B, continued
Use the box-and-whisker plots for 9–12.
9. What is the difference between the
median for Test A and Test B?
_______________________________________
10. What is the interquartile range of
Test B?
_______________________________________
13. The first 30 people leaving a
bookstore are surveyed to find out
what kinds of books the people in the
town like to read. Is the sample
biased? Explain.
________________________________________
14. Partown Middle School has 720
students. Melanie surveys a random
sample of 80 students and finds that
47 of them have 4 or more cousins.
How many students at the school are
likely to have 4 or more cousins?
11. What is the median of Test B?
________________________________________
_______________________________________
12. What is the range of Test A?
_______________________________________
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Free Response Test C
Use the data for 1–4.
45, 38, 22, 25, 49, 39, 40, 22, 45, 46, 45,
21, 9, 11, 48, 95, 44, 45, 63, 45, 22.
Use the line plot for 5–8.
1. What is the mode of the data?
_______________________________________
2. What is the mean of the data?
_______________________________________
3. What is the median of the data?
_______________________________________
4. What is the range of the data?
_______________________________________
5. What is the mode of the data?
________________________________________
6. What is the median of the data?
________________________________________
7. What is the mean of the data? Round
to the nearest hundredth.
________________________________________
8. What is the range of the data?
________________________________________
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Free Response Test C, continued
Use the box-and-whisker plots for
9–12.
13. A polling organization survey 50
people shopping in a town’s mall on
a weekday to determine whether
town residents approve of mayor’s
job performance. Is the sample
biased? Explain.
_______________________________________
9. What is the difference between the
medians for Test A and Test B?
_______________________________________
10. What is the interquartile range of
Test B?
_______________________________________
11. What is the median of Test B?
14. Hillsboro Middle School has
714 students. Joanna surveys a
random sample of 34 students and
finds that 9 of them play a musical
instrument. How many students at
the school are likely to play a
musical instrument?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
12. What is the range of Test A?
_______________________________________
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Answers
Section A Quiz
4. G
1. B
5. D
2. G
6. H
3. D
7. B
4. H
8. H
5. C
9. A
6. G
10. G
7. D
11. C
8. F
12. G
Multiple Choice Test A
13. B
1. C
14. F
2. B
Multiple Choice Test C
3. D
1. A
4. C
2. G
5. A
3. B
6. A
4. H
7. A
5. A
8. D
6. F
9. A
7. A
10. A
8. J
11. C
9. A
12. B
10. F
13. C
11. D
14. B
12. F
Multiple Choice Test B
13. C
1. C
14. G
2. G
Free Response Test A
3. B
1. 2
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2. 5.77
1. 45
3. 6
2. 39
4. 10
3. 44
5. 4
4. 86
6. 4
5. 6
7. 3.41
6. 6
8. 4
7. 5.27
9. 5
8. 8
10. 35
9. 15
11. 35
10. 35
12. 30
11. 40
13. Possible answer: The sample is not biased; it
is a random sample.
12. 30
14. 140 students
Free Response Test B
13. Possible answer: The sample is biased; not all
town residents shop at the mall, and
residents who have a normal job schedule
cannot shop on a weekday.
1. 8
14. about 189 students
2. 9.55
Performance Assessment
3. 8
4. 39
5. 9
6. 5
7. 5.5
1. 11 friends
2. mean is about 120.5; median = 79; mode =
23
3. median because the mean is higher than all
except for one friend who has a much larger
number of baseball cards.
8. 8
9. 10
4.
10. 20
5. range = 479, interquartile range = 47
11. 40
6. Possible answer: Obtain a list of students in
your grade and assign each student a
number. Then randomly select 50 students
by using a list of random numbers.
12. 25
13. Possible answer: The sample is biased;
people who regularly visit bookstores likely
have different tastes than people who do
not.
Cumulative Test
1. A
14. 423 students
2. J
Free Response Test C
3. C
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4. H
5. D
6. J
7. B
8. G
9. B
10. H
11. A
12. G
13. B
14. G
15. B
16. H
17. B
18. J
19. C
20. J
21. A
22.J
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