1.   On how many days was the temperature below 76 degrees?
   
    A. 2 B. 5
    C. 1 D. 6
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  2.   The following are scores on an English exam. The highest score possible is 100. What is the greatest score?
   
    A. 21 B. 100
    C. 75 D. 71
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  3.   The following are scores on an English exam. The highest score possible is 100. How many students scored at least 70?
   
    A. 12 B. 25
    C. 13 D. 14
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  4.   The mean is the _______ of a set of numbers.
    A. arithmetic average B. middle number
    C. highest number D. most frequent
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  5.   What is the difference between the highest and the lowest values?
   
    A. 84 B. 75
    C. 100 D. 80
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  6.   If the number 178,651 is rounded to 179,000 and plotted on a stem and leaf plot as 17|9, how would you plot 151,205?
    A. 15|2 B. 151|2
    C. 1|15 D. 15|1
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  7.   A realtor is examining data on average home prices in four separate neighborhoods for the past year. Which graph gives the most accurate representation of the home prices in a neighborhood?
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  8.   Jordan runs 2 miles every day. He is tracking his progress on the graph below. Describe the trend in his running times over the last six months.
   
    A. Jordan is spending more time running every day.
    B. It takes Jordan less time to run 2 miles now than when he started.
    C. There is no relationship.
    D. Jordan is running fewer miles now than when he started.
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  9.   Find the median of {67, 24, 98, 15, 76, 44}.
    A. 67 B. 55.5
    C. 44 D. 54
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  10.   In a set of data, if the interquartile range is 8, the upper quartile is at 17, what is the highest number that could be in the data without being an outlier?
    A. 50 B. 30
    C. 29 D. 52
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  11.   What is the lower extreme for the quiz scores?
   
    A. 20 B. 15
    C. 12 D. 3
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  12.   Which of the following is a way in which statistics are made to be misleading?
    A. Outliers on data are brought up and their effects on the measures of central tendency are explained. B. The scale is altered on a graph.
    C. All three measures of central tendency are presented. D. The actual data are shown, and you are allowed to figure out the measures of central tendency on your own.
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  13.   The prices of a shirt, before tax, in ten different department stores are as follows: $17.99, $21.99, $14.99, $13.99, $22.99, $21.99, $19.99, $17.99, $24.99, and $18.99. If you were to create a frequency table of this data, how many department stores would fall into the interval $20.00 to $21.99?
    A. 3 B. 4
    C. 2 D. 1
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  14.   The scatter plot shows the number of students per computer in U.S. public schools. Predict the number of students per computer in 2006.
   
    A. 0 B. 2
    C. 5 D. 8
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  15.   The graphs below show the number of minutes spent on the phone. Which graph would you use to order the days of the week from greatest to least amount of time spent on the phone?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  16.   The graph below shows the number of minutes spent on the phone. What conclusion cannot be made about the data in the graph?
   
    A. The interval with the fewest number of calls is 6-10.
    B. Nineteen calls were made that were between 16 and 20 minutes.
    C. Fourteen calls were made that were 10 minutes or less.
    D. There were a total of 69 calls made.
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