Exam 15: Graphs, Charts, and Numbers: the Data Show and Tell

You and several friends in your dorm are having a free-throw shooting competition. You each shoot ten free-throws and record the number of shots made. How many people took part in the free-throw shooting competition?

You and several friends in your dorm are having a free-throw shooting competition. You each shoot ten free-throws and record the number of shots made. -Refer to the situation described above ; what is the mean number of shots made? Round your answer to two decimal places.

In order to qualify for the game show Jeopardy, each contestant must complete a grueling six-hour exam. The results for the latest round of testing are given below. -Refer to the situation described above ; what was the first quartile or Q1 of the exam scores?

The members of the golf club at your university decide to have a friendly golf competition. Each member plays 18 holes at a local golf course and records his or her score. -Refer to the situation described above ; what score is at the 75th percentile?

Refer to the situation in problem 7; you are not able to determine the exact value of either the mean or the median, but you should be able to get a sense of where they lie based on the graph. Knowing this, which one of these two measures would be larger, the mean or the median? Explain.

The histogram shown below gives the final exam grade, as a percent, for a Finite Math class with 26 students. -Refer to the situation above ; you are not able to determine the exact value of either the mean or the median, but you should be able to get a sense of where they lie based on the graph. Knowing this, which one of these two measures would be larger, the mean or the median? Explain.

The histogram shown below gives the annual income of 35 recent college graduates. -Refer to the situation in above ; based on the shape of the histogram, which of the following is the best answer?

The pie-chart shown below gives the responses answered on Question 12 of a recent Finite Math final exam. The question was a multiple choice question with options (A, B, C, D, or E). Assuming that the graph was created correctly, what number of responses had option B as the choice? Note that the angle measures for each pie slice are given.

You and several friends in your dorm are having a free-throw shooting competition. You each shoot ten free-throws and record the number of shots made. -Refer to the situation described above ; what number of shots made is at the 85th percentile?

The members of the golf club at your university decide to have a friendly golf competition. Each member plays 18 holes at a local golf course and records his or her score. -Refer to the situation described above ; what was the median golf score?

You and several friends in your dorm are having a jalapeño eating competition. You each record the number of jalapeños that you can eat in one minute. -Refer to the situation described above ; what is the mean number of jalapeños eaten in one minute? Round your answer to two decimal places.

In order to qualify for the game show Jeopardy, each contestant must complete a grueling six-hour exam. The results for the latest round of testing are given below. How many people took the qualifying exam?

The histogram shown below gives the final exam grade, as a percent, for a Finite Math class with 26 students. What percent of the class had a grade at or above an 80%? Round your percent answer to the nearest whole number.

The pie-chart shown below gives the responses answered on Question 12 of a recent Finite Math final exam. The question was a multiple choice question with options (A, B, C, D, or E). Assuming that the graph was created correctly, what should be the interior angle measure of the pie-slice representing choice D?

The box-plot shown below was constructed from data regarding the annual salaries of both Opera singers and Country Western singers. Based on the graph above, is there a larger proportion of Opera singers or a larger proportion of Country Western singers with a salary range above $50,000? Explain.

You and several friends in your dorm are having a jalapeño eating competition. You each record the number of jalapeños that you can eat in one minute. -Refer to the situation described above ; what is the 80th percentile of jalapeños eaten?

The members of the golf club at your university decide to have a friendly golf competition. Each member plays 18 holes at a local golf course and records his or her score. -Refer to the situation described above ; what was the mean golf score? Round your answer to one decimal place.

The histogram shown below gives the annual income of 35 recent college graduates. What percent of the recent college graduates have an income of $54000 or more annually?

You and several friends in your dorm are having a jalapeño eating competition. You each record the number of jalapeños that you can eat in one minute. -Refer to the situation described above; what is the first quartile or Q1 number of jalapeños eaten in one minute?

The pie-chart shown below gives the responses answered on Question 12 of a recent Finite Math final exam. The question was a multiple choice question with options (A, B, C, D, or E). Assuming that the graph was created correctly, what number of responses had option D as the choice? Note that the angle measures for each pie slice are given. (a) 30 (b) 36 (c) 60 (d) 108 (e) None of the above.