1. The graph shows the number of VCRs and DVD players shipped to distributors in North America from
1977 to 2002.
In what year did the number of DVD players first exceed 10 million?
A. 1997
B. 1999
C. 2000
D. 2002
2. Which box-and-whisker plot represents a situation where 75% of the data is 200 or less?
3. The histogram shows information about scores of the games played by the Jaguars
during one season.
In how many games did the Jaguars score at least 65 points?
A. 4
B. 7
C. 15
D. 22
basketball team
4. The box-and-whisker plots show the distribution weight among dogs in two different pet stores.
How much greater is the median weight of the dogs in Pet Store 2 than in Pet Store 1?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20
5. The graph shows wolf and mouse populations in a certain region over a 35-year
span.
Which conclusion can be drawn from the data shown in the graph?
A. When the wolf population is low, the moose population is low.
B. When the wolf population is high, the moose population is high.
C. When the wolf population is increasing, the moose population is decreasing.
D. When the wolf population is decreasing, the moose population is decreasing.
6. Brian conducted a survey in his school. He asked each student to choose his or her favorite subject. Brian
wants to create a graph showing the percentage of students who chose each team as their favorite.
Which type of graph would best represent these data?
A. stem-and-leaf plot
B. circle graph
C. line graph
D. scatterplot
7. A student in Cleveland, Ohio recorded the sunset times in October. She plotted her data in the
scatterplot shown.
Use the graph to predict what time the sun will set on October 28. Explain the strategy you used to
make your prediction.
8. Brian conducted a survey in his school. He asked each student to choose his or her favorite subject. Brian
wants to create a graph showing the percentage of students who chose each team as their favorite.
Which type of graph would best represent these data?
A. stem-and-leaf plot
B. circle graph
C. line graph
D. scatterplot
9. A biologist is collecting data about butterflies.
Which data represents discrete data?
A. the age of a butterfly over its lifespan
B. the weight of a butterfly over its lifespan
C. the temperature over a day in the case in which the butterflies are stored
D. the number of butterflies collected each day over a month
10. The chart shows the number of cars sold per week at a car dealership during the month of June.
How should the data be displayed to make the most convincing argument that sales improved each
week?
A. A bar graph of the total car sales per week.
B. A box-and-whisker plot of Sonny’s sales per week.
C. A line graph of each salesperson’s sales per week.
D. A circle graph showing how many cars each person sold during the month.
11. Laura is analyzing the percentage of her income she spends on food, clothing and
Which is the most appropriate graph to represent this information?
A. circle graph
B. histogram
C. line graph
housing.
D. scatterplot
12. Which data set represents continuous data?
A. Mary’s weekly quiz scores for a period of 8 weeks.
B. the distance a plane travels at a rate of 500 mph
C. the number of pencils brought to school by 10 students
D. John’s monthly income for a period of 10 months
13. The yearly salaries for six employees of a small business are shown in the table.
Title
Owner
Manager
Bookkeeper
Clerk
Clerk
Stocker
Salary
$140,000
$50,000
$45,000
$32,000
$30,000
$30,000
Tell whether you would choose the mean or the median to describe the salary of these six people. Use
mathematics to explain why you made this choice.
14. The temperature of a community pool was measured each morning. The daily readings were 82°F, 79°F,
80°F, and 78°F. The temperature on the fifth day was 99°F. Which statistic was affected the most by the fifth
day’s temperature?
A. lower quartile
C. median of the temperatures
B. mean of the temperatures
D. mode of the temperatures
15. The daily noon temperatures for two cities were collected over a one-month period. The data were used to
create the box-and-whisker plots shown. Which statement is supported by the data?
A. Sunnyville has the lowest noon temperature.
B. Marytown has a greater interquartile range.
C. The median temperature is the same for both towns.
D. Marytown has a greater range of noon temperatures.
16. The president of a company is comparing employees’ ages in two departments: design and sales. The stemand-leaf plots show the ages of the employees in each department.
Which statement is true about the median and the mode of the employees’ ages in each department?
A. The median and the mode of the employees’ ages in the design department are both greater than in
the sales department.
B. The median and the mode of the employees’ ages in the sales department are both greater than in
the design department.
C. The median of the employees’ ages is greater in the design department, but the mode of the
employees’ ages is greater in the sales department.
D. The median of the employees’ ages is greater in the sales department, but the mode of the
employees’ ages is greater in the design department.
17. The table shows the prices of 10 different brands of jeans.
Prices of Jeans (in dollars)
30
30
40
48
50
50
55
55
58
88
How will the mean price and the median price change if the $88 brand is removed from the data set?
A. Both the mean and the median will decrease.
B. The mean will decrease and the median will stay the same.
C. The mean will not change and the median will decrease.
D. Both the mean and the median will not change.
18. The daily noon temperatures for two cities were collected over a one-month period. The data were used to
create the box-and-whisker plots shown.
Which statement is supported by the data?
A. Sunnyville has the lowest noon temperature.
B. Marytown has a greater interquartile range.
C. The median temperature is the same for both towns.
D. Marytown has a greater range of noon temperatures.
19. Jerry has one red cube and one green cube. Each is numbered 1 through 6. He will roll both of them at the
same time.
How many ways can the number on the red cube be exactly 2 greater than the number on the green
cube?
A. 1
20.
B. 2
C. 4
D. 9
The data show the ages of two groups of grandparents.
Group 1
Group 2
65 70 70 70 79 88 88 90
60 70 70 75 80 82 83 85
Which statistic has a greater value for group 1 than group 2?
A. mode
B. median
C. range
D. mean
21. The list shows the number of runs scored by a softball team for games played in April and
Runs scored April 0, 1, 5, 2, 0, 7, 1, 3
May
3, 8, 4, 1, 4, 9, 2
Which statement about these data is true?
A. The mean number of runs was greater in May than April.
B. The median number of runs was greater in April than May.
C. The mode number of runs in May was less than in April.
D. The range of the number of runs was greater in April than May.
May.
22. Ten people of various ages were asked to estimate the number of CDs they had purchased in the past year.
The results are shown in the scatter plot.
Which statement is supported by the data in the scatter plot?
A. As age increases, the number of CDs purchased in a year tends to increase.
B. As age increases, the number of CDs purchased in a year tends to decrease.
C. There is no relationship between age and the number of CDs purchased in a year.
D. As age increases, the number of CDs purchased in a year tends to stay the same.
23. The Jones family has a monthly income of $6500. The Thomas family has a monthly income of $4200.
The two circle graphs show the monthly budgets of the two families.
Jones ($6500)
Thomas ($4200)
Which statement is supported by the data in the two graphs?
A. Both families spend more dollars on “other” than transportation.
B. The Jones family spends more dollars each month on transportation than the Thomas family does.
C. Both families spend the same amount of dollars each month on housing.
D. The Thomas family spends more dollars each month on food than the Jones family
does.
24. A middle school wants to assign 3-letter identification codes to all of its students.
There are 26 letters in the alphabet.
 Letters can be used more than once.
 Letters Q, X, and Z will not be used.
 Identification codes will not start with letters I or O.
How many different identification codes are possible?
A. 9,261
B. 11,109
C. 12,167
D. 17,576
25. The scatter plot and the line of best fit show the relationship between capacity and the cost of eight
refrigerators available at a local appliance store.
Which statement describes the relationship between the cost and the capacity of the refrigerators?
A. Refrigerators cost about $700.
B. Refrigerators cost about $40 per cubic foot.
C. Refrigerators cost less as their capacity increases.
D. Refrigerators that cost more than $800 have the smallest capacity.
26. Madison has six hats of different colors: green, gold, black, red, blue, and white.
How many different ways can Madison arrange these hats next to each other on a shelf?
A. 6
B. 36
C. 720
D. 12
27. The Culinary Café has a sandwich and drink combo meal. A customer may choose one type of meat and
one type of bread for the sandwich. There are six different meats, three different breads and five different
drinks.
How many different meals are there?
A. 14
B. 18
C. 30
D. 90
28. Kyle spins each spinner once and multiplies the two numbers he lands on.
What is a reasonable prediction for what might happen?
A. The most likely product is 12.
C. The product cannot be less than 4.
B. The most likely product is 10.
D. the product cannot be greater than 18.
29. The five numbered cards are mixed up and placed face down. One card is selected.
What is the probability that the card will be a four or a seven?
A.
3
5
B.
2
5
C.
3
25
D.
2
25
30. A coin is tossed two times.
What is the probability that the coin will land heads up both times?
A. 0
B.
1
4
C.
1
2
D. 1
31. A bag contains 4 sour-apple candies and 3 watermelon candies. One piece of candy is chosen at random
and returned to the bag. Then a second piece of candy is chosen at random.
What is the probability that both pieces of candy chosen will be sour-apple?
A.
1
16
B.
12
49
C.
16
49
D.
8
7
32. The spinner shown is used in a game.
Which prediction is accurate?
A. When the spinner is spun 100 times, it will land on a two about the same number of times that it will
land on a three.
B. When the spinner is spun 1,000 times, it will land on a three about 250 times.
C. When the spinner is spun once, it is more likely that the spinner will land on a two than on a one.
D. When the spinner is spun 300 times, there will be about the same number of ones, twos, and threes
spun.
33. A class designed the spinner shown below to award prizes at the school fair.
At the fair, 450 students spun the spinner. The class awarded 115 slices of pizza, 49 CDs and 78 DVDs.
How do the actual results differ from the expected results?
A. The class awarded more CDs than expected.
B. The class awarded fewer slices of pizza than expected.
C. The class awarded more DVDs than expected.
D. The actual results do not differ from the expected results.