1.
Suppose you want to determine the favorite food of students in your school. Which would
not
provide a random sample?
A.
surveying three students from each homeroom class
B.
surveying every tenth student on the school roster
C.
surveying every fifth student to enter the school in the morning
D.
surveying customers at a nearby hamburger stand
Hint
2.
Callie conducted a survey to determine students' favorite color. Of the students she surveyed, 18 out of 48 preferred blue. If there are 600 students in her school, how many would you expect to prefer blue?
A.
320
B.
225
C.
240
D.
200
Hint
3.
Meng conducted a survey to determine the favorite flavor of ice cream in his hometown. Fifteen of the fifty people he surveyed liked strawberry best. How many of the 3,500 residents in the town would you expect to like strawberry best?
A.
750
B.
1,050
C.
150
D.
560
Hint
4.
Liz conducted a survey of the number of kids in her school who would join a charity work club if she started one. She surveyed 75 kids and 30 said they would join. If there were 165 kids in her grade, how many could she expect to join?
A.
66 kids
B.
23 kids
C.
46 kids
D.
132 kids
Hint
5.
Anna conducted a survey of the number of people in her yoga class with glasses or contacts. The people in the yoga classes were randomly distributed, and there were 256 people in all the classes. If Anna counted 24 out of 32 people in her class with glasses or contacts, how many people would be expected to have glasses or contacts in all the classes?
A.
341 people
B.
425 people
C.
212 people
D.
192 people
Hint