Deck 6: Statistics

Question 1

In creating a circle graph, what fractional part of the circle should be used to show that
$45 of a total of $450 is budgeted for clothes? (Answer as a fraction in lowest terms.)

Answer 1

Question 2

Which type of statistical graph best shows how a whole quantity is related to its parts?

A)table
B)line
C)bar
D)circle

Answer 2

D

Question 3

A __________ graph uses a divided circle to show pictorially how a total amount is divided
into parts.

Answer 3

circle

Question 4

What was the hottest temperature?

A)84°
B)74°
C)93°
D)Not enough information to answer the question.

Question 5

What percent of wholesale price is the cost of labor?

A)33.3%
B)50%
C)20%
D)35.3%

Question 6

What kind of data would you display using a circle graph rather than a line or bar graph?

Question 7

In creating a circle graph, what fractional part of the circle should be used to indicate that
$200 of a total of $600 is budgeted for shelter? (Answer as a fraction in lowest terms.)

Question 8

Find the percent of take-home pay available for a vacation if the family's personal and education expenses for one month are used.

A)10%
B)6.25%
C)12.5%
D)25%

Question 9

What is the cost of the landscaping?

A)$4,300
B)$17,200
C)$57,620
D)$12,900

Question 10

In creating a circle graph, what fractional part of the circle should be used to show that $50 of a total of $300 is budgeted for clothes? (Answer as a fraction in lowest terms.)

Question 11

What is the cost of the house with property?

A)$74,820
B)$70,520
C)$86,000
D)$57,620

Question 12

Which dormitory had an increasing occupancy over the time period?

A)Brown
B)Crosby
C)Barnard
D)Deaton

Question 13

How many students carried less than 15 credit hours?

A)20 students
B)9 students
C)8 students
D)11 students

Question 14

Which dormitory had a decreasing occupancy over the time period?

A)Brown
B)Crosby
C)Barnard
D)Deaton

Question 15

What is the total dollar amount for the expenditures of this college?

A)$112,099,883
B)$96,564,251
C)$128,444,976
D)$49,354,562

Question 16

What is the percent of total take-home pay spent for food?

A)20%
B)12.5%
C)31%
D)50%

Question 17

Approximately what percent of the expenditures goes to Instruction?

A)15%
B)56%
C)14%
D)8%

Question 18

What percent of wholesale price is the cost of materials?

A)22.3%
B)29.2%
C)44.7%
D)32.4%

Question 19

What percent of take-home pay covers food and housing?

A)25%
B)62.5%
C)75%
D)35%

Question 20

Which temperature could never have been a reading?

A)88°
B)81°
C)73°
D)76°

Question 21

What was the percent of increase in sales from the first to the second quarter?

A)13.9%
B)90.3%
C)9.7%
D)110.7%

Question 22

What is the ratio of students carrying 5-9 hours to those students carrying 15-19 hours?

Question 23

Which class has the highest enrollment over the given time period?

A)Freshmen
B)Sophomores
C)Juniors
D)Seniors

Question 24

For every 1,000 people in the armed forces in 1985, how many were women?

A)1,000
B)10,000
C)10
D)100

Question 25

Which state has the most Little League teams?

A)New York
B)New Jersey
C)Florida
D)California

Question 26

Calculate the approximate annual sales.

A)$52,000
B)$95,000
C)$87,000
D)Cannot be determined from the information provided.

Question 27

What is the percent of students carrying 15-19 credit hours?

A)25%
B)29%
C)20%
D)80%

Question 28

Which year had the highest enrollment?

A)2005
B)2001
C)2002
D)2004

Question 29

Which type of statistical graph best shows how an item or items change over time?

A)bar
B)circle
C)table
D)line

Question 30

How many students are older than 35 years old?

A)6
B)2
C)8
D)4

Question 31

Which day had the lowest amount of sales?

A)Wednesday
B)Friday
C)Tuesday
D)Monday

Question 32

Which quarter had the highest dollar volume?

A)July - September
B)October - December
C)January - March
D)April - June

Question 33

What percentage of the class is 30 or more years older?

A)32%
B)28%
C)68%
D)72%

Question 34

Which day had the best sales?

A)Saturday
B)Wednesday
C)Monday
D)Friday

Question 35

A __________ graph uses one or more lines to show changes in data.

Question 36

How many students carried 10 to 14 credit hours?

A)8 students
B)3 students
C)5 students
D)9 students

Question 37

What three-month period maintained a fairly constant sales record?

A)Feb-Mar-Sep
B)Sep-Oct-Nov
C)May-Jun-Jul
D)Apr-May-Jun

Question 38

Which type of statistical graph best shows how different data items relate to each other?

A)line
B)bar
C)table
D)circle

Question 39

Which two states have nearly the same number of teams?

A)Pennsylvania and New Jersey
B)California and New York
C)Pennsylvania and Florida
D)Florida and New Jersey

Question 40

Which has a higher percentage increase, women in the labor force or women in the armed forces?

A)Women in the armed forces
B)Women in the labor force

Question 41

Find the mean of 52, 64, 72, 78, 78, 99. Round to hundredths if necessary.

A)78
B)76
C)73.83
D)60.83

Question 42

Find the mean of 84.3, 64.8, 97.4, 89.2. Round to hundredths if necessary.

A)86.75
B)67.14
C)83.93
D)does not exist

Question 43

Find the mean of 12, 12, 17, 20, 21. Round to hundredths if necessary.

A)16.4
B)does not exist
C)17
D)12

Question 44

Find the mean of the following (round to nearest tenth): 48, 97, 36, 51, 12

Question 45

Find the mean of the daily rainfall for a week: 0.65 inches, 0.12 inches, 1.24 inches, 2.45 inches, 0.88 inches, 0.56 inches, 0.01 inches.

A)0.82 inches
B)0.71 inches
C)0.84 inches
D)0.17 inches

Question 46

A group of printers were advertised in the Sunday supplement. The prices listed were $129, $275, $475, $139, $159, $210, $425, and $159. What was the mean of price the printers?

A)$246.38
B)$159
C)$425
D)$184.50

Question 47

There are ten students in the drafting program. Their ages are 37, 34, 18, 20, 37, 26, 21, 27,
29, 31. Find the mean of the ages.

Question 48

Find the mode of the following: 32, 56, 87, 46, 95, 46, 32, 14, 78, 32, 56

Question 49

Determine the mean of 405, 763, 305, 405, 875, and 366 to the nearest tenth.

A)542.8
B)3,119
C)519.8
D)623.8

Question 50

Find the mean of the following (round to nearest tenth): 53, 89, 72, 16, 59

Question 51

What percent of the weekly sales occurred on Thursday?

A)13.2%
B)20.3%
C)15.5%
D)14.1%

Question 52

Find the mean of the following (round to nearest tenth): 53, 25, 74, 98, 60

Question 53

Find the mean of the test scores from a math class whose scores were: 74, 52, 61, 97, 85, 77, 74, 98, 77, 89, 74, 70.

A)82
B)78
C)79
D)77

Question 54

Find the mode of the following: 12, 34, 65, 76, 65, 34, 12, 56, 34

Question 55

Find the mode of the following: 23, 45, 64, 86, 45

Question 56

Find the mean of the following (round to nearest tenth): 34, 56, 78, 32, 12

Question 57

Find the mean of the following (round to nearest tenth): 65, 45, 36, 22, 70

Question 58

Find the mean of the following (round to nearest tenth): 54, 89, 76, 54, 32

Question 59

Determine the mean age of a student in a technical mathematics class whose ages are: 42, 18, 19, 20, 23, 36, 18, 25, 20, 20, 24, 22, 26, 29, 37, 20, 20, 27, 42, 51, 24, 45, 24, 18, 31.

A)20
B)20.7
C)27.2
D)24

Question 60

What is the mean price of the used cars?

A)$9,650
B)$5,325
C)$5,468
D)$1,850

Question 61

Average temperatures for the first 6 months of the last year were as follows: Jan. 22°, Feb.
20°, Mar. 36°, Apr. 45°, May 57°, June 52°. Find the median of the temperatures.

Question 62

Determine the mode of the ages of a student in a technical mathematics class whose ages are: 42, 18, 19, 20, 23, 36, 18, 25, 20, 20, 24, 22, 26, 29, 37, 20, 20, 27, 42, 51, 24, 45, 24, 18, 31.

A)42
B)24
C)20
D)27.2

Question 63

Find the median of the following: 45, 34, 56, 89, 90, 23, 47, 86, 12, 37

Question 64

Find the mode of 5, 30, 24, 27, 12, 21, 10, 12, 18.

A)25
B)18
C)12
D)none of the above

Question 65

Determine the median age of a student in a technical mathematics class whose ages are: 42, 18, 19, 20, 23, 36, 18, 25, 20, 20, 24, 22, 26, 29, 37, 20, 20, 27, 42, 51, 24, 45, 24, 18, 31.

A)27.2
B)24
C)51
D)20

Question 66

Find the median of the following: 53, 89, 76, 54, 32, 48, 72

Question 67

Find the median of 5, 30, 24, 27, 12, 21, 10, 12, 18.

A)25
B)12
C)18
D)none of the above

Question 68

What is the median price of the used cars?

A)$5,450
B)$5,200
C)$9,650
D)$5,325

Question 69

A group of printers were advertised in the Sunday supplement. The prices listed were $129, $275, $475, $139, $159, $210, $425, and $159. What was the mode price of the printers?

A)$246.50
B)$159
C)$346
D)$184.50

Question 70

Find the median of the following: 12, 34, 65, 76, 34, 12, 56, 39

Question 71

Decide if the following statement is true or false and explain your

Question 72

If three distinct counting numbers have a sum of 10 and a product of 18, what is their median?

Question 73

Find the median of the following: 23, 45, 64, 86, 48

Question 74

What is the mode price of the used cars?

A)$5,450
B)$9,650
C)$5,325
D)There is no mode for this data set.

Question 75

Find the median of the following: 65, 45, 36, 22, 70, 93

Question 76

If three distinct counting numbers have a sum of 9 and a product of 15, what is their median?

Question 77

A group of printers were advertised in the Sunday supplement. The prices listed were $129, $275, $475, $139, $159, $210, $425, and $159. What was the median price of the
Printers?

A)$184.50
B)$159
C)$246.50
D)$210

Question 78

There are ten students in the drafting program. Their ages are 37, 34, 18, 20, 37, 26, 21, 27,
29, 31. Find the mode of the ages.

Question 79

Find the median of the test scores from a math class whose scores were: 94, 82, 97, 74, 52, 61, 97, 85, 94, 74, 98, 77, 89, 94, 70.

A)74
B)97
C)85
D)94

Question 80

There are ten students in the drafting program. Their ages are 37, 34, 18, 20, 37, 26, 21, 27,
29, 31. Find the median of the ages.