122 Chapter 8

Exercise - Mean, Median, Mode, and Range

1 4
The average (arithmetic mean) of a set of n
Test Scores 67 75 87 91 numbers is 19. If the average of the 6 greatest
numbers in the set is 29 and the average of the
Number of Students 1 3 2 2 remaining numbers is 7, what is the value of n ?

A) 9
The test scores of 8 students are shown in the
table above. Let m be the mean of the scores B) 10

value of M  m ?
and M be the median of the score. What is the C) 11
D) 12

A) 6
B) 0
5
The average (arithmetic mean) of m , n , and 1
C) 3

is 0. What is the value of m  n ?

D) 6

n, n  3, 2n  1, 3n  4 , and 5n  10 is 8. Which
The average (arithmetic mean) of five numbers

of the following is true?

6
A) median 5 , range 18
The average (arithmetic mean) test score for all
B) median 5 , range 25 the students in a class is 84. The average score
of m boys in the class was 79, while that of
C) median 7 , range 18 n girls was 87. What is the ratio of m to n ?

D) median 7 , range 25

3
The average (arithmetic mean) of two numbers is 7

x  1 . If one of the numbers is x , what is the

1 A student has an average (arithmetic mean) score
2 of 86 points for 4 tests. What total score does this
other number? student need in the next two tests in order to have
an average of 90 for all 6 tests?
A) x  2
B) x  2
C) 2
D) 2
126 Chapter 8

Exercise - Graphical Displays

3
Questions 1-3 refer to the following If enrollment increases by approximately the same
information. percentage between 2000 and 2010 as it decreased
Enrollment for College R
between 1950 and 1960, what is the expected
enrollment in 2010?
Enrollment (in Thousands)

7
6
A) 7,250
5
4 B) 7,540
3 C) 7,650
2
D) 7,875
1

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

Year

The line graph above shows the enrollment for

College R between 1950 and 2000.

1
According to the graph above, College R showed 4
the greatest change in enrollment between which
two decades?
14
Number of Teams

12
A) 1950 to 1960 10
B) 1960 to 1970 8
6
C) 1970 to 1980 4
D) 1980 to 1990 2

10 20 30 40 50 60
Number of Triples Hit by
Mjor League Teams

2
The histogram above shows the distribution of the
What is the average rate of increase in enrollment number of triples hit by 30 major league baseball
per decade between 1950 and 2000? teams in a certain year. Which of the following
could be the median number of triples represented
in the histogram?
A) 500
B) 600 A) 19
C) 750 B) 27
D) 875 C) 32
D) 34
128 Chapter 8

Exercise - Scatter Plots and the Regression Lines

3
Questions 1 and 2 refer to the following What is the median score of the 10 golfers?
information.

y A) 96
B) 97
C) 98
100
D) 99
Average Scores

90

80
x
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 4
Average Practice Time per Week
(in hours) Number of cars Repaired at
Jay's Motor, 2000 to 2008
The scatter plot above shows the average scores of
10 golfers and their weekly practice times. The line 5,000
of best fit is also shown.
Average Scores

4,000

1 3,000

What is the average score of the golfer that is 2,000

farthest from the line of best fit?
1,000

A) 93
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
B) 96
Year
C) 98
D) 99 According to the line of best fit in the scatter plot
above, which of the following best approximate
the year in which the number of cars repaired by
Jay’s Motor was estimated to be 4,500?

2 A) 1996
There are two golfers whose average practice B) 1998
time is the same. What is the difference between
their average scores? C) 2000
D) 2002
A) 4
B) 6
C) 8
D) 10
130 Chapter 8

Exercise - Populations, Samples, and Random Selection

Questions 1-3 refer to the following information.

Voted for Voted for Voted for

Candidate A Candidate B Other Candidates Total

Ages 18 to 30 84 46 30 160
Ages 31 to 55 72 90 48 210
55 years or older 31 76 23 130
Total 187 212 101 500

A polling organization takes a random sample of 500 voters who voted for the mayoral
election of a large western city. The organization gathered data right after the election, as
shown in the table above.

1 3

According to the data above, what percent of According to the data above, how many times more
people from ages 31 to 55 voted for candidate B ? likely is it for ages 18 to 30 year olds to vote for
candidate A than it is for ages 55 years or older
to vote for candidate A ?
A) 38%
B) 43% A) 2.2
C) 45% B) 2.4
D) 48% C) 2.6
D) 2.8

2
The total population of individuals in the city who
voted for the election was about 450,000. What is
the best estimate of the total number of votes for
candidate B ?

A) 144,000
B) 168,000
C) 190,000
D) 210,000
Statistics 131

Chapter 8 Practice Test

Questions 1-3 refer to the following 3

information. Among the four days marked 1, 2, 3, and 4 in
the scatter plot, on which day is the difference
90 between the high temperature and the low
temperature minimal?
3
High Temperature

80 4
2
A) Day 1
70 B) Day 2
C) Day 3
1
60
D) Day 4

50
50 60 70 80 90
Low Temperature

The graph above is a scatter plot with 8 points, each

representing the low temperature and high temperature 4
of 8 days in September in a certain city. Both the low
temperatures and high temperatures are measured in
degrees Fahrenheit. The line of best fit for the data is Number of Hours Worked by the
also shown. 20 Salespersons in Company G
9
Number of Sales Persons

1 8
7
Based on the line of best fit for the data shown, 6
how many degrees does the high temperature 5
increase when the low temperature increases by 4
one degree? 3
2
1
A) 0.9
30 34 40 45 50
B) 1.3
Hours Worked
C) 1.6
D) 1.8 Based on the histogram above, what is the average
number of hours worked by the 20 salespersons in
Company G?

2 A) 36
What is the predicted high temperature of the day B) 37
when the low temperature is 58?
C) 38

A) 65 D) 39

B) 68
C) 71
D) 74
132 Chapter 8

7
Questions 5 and 6 refer to the following
information.

Frequency Distribution for List A 34% 34%

2% 2%
Number 0 4 5 6 14% 14%
160  2d 160  d 160 160  d 160  2d
Frequency 8 10 12 10

The figure above shows a standard normal

Frequency Distribution for List B
distribution with mean of 160 and standard
Number 7 10 11 15 deviation d , including approximate percents
Frequency 10 8 10 12 of the distribution corresponding to the regions
shown. If the value 148 is at the 12th percentile
of the distribution, which of the following is the
best estimate of the standard deviation d of the
The table above shows the frequency distribution distribution?
of two lists. List A and list B each contain 40
numbers.
A) 5
B) 10
5
C) 15
What is the difference between the average of the
numbers in list B and the average of the numbers D) 20
in list A ?

A) 6.5
8
B) 7
The tables below give the distribution of ratings
C) 7.5 of two different laptops by 100 people each.
D) 8
Ratings of Laptop A by 100 Reviewers
Ratings 5 4 3 2 1
Frequency 28 45 11 7 9

6 Ratings of Laptop B by 100 Reviewers

List C contains 80 numbers: the 40 numbers in Ratings 5 4 3 2 1

list A and the 40 numbers in list B . Let m be Frequency 22 24 18 20 16
the average of 80 numbers in list C and M be

value of m  M ?
the median of 80 numbers in list C . What is the Which of the following is true about the data
shown for the ratings of the two laptops?

A) 1 A) The standard deviation of the ratings of

laptop A is larger.
B) 1.5
B) The standard deviation of the ratings of
C) 2 laptop B is larger.
D) 2.5 C) The standard deviation of the two ratings
are the same.
D) The standard deviation of the two ratings
cannot be determined with the data provided.