1.   On how many days was the temperature below 76 degrees?
   
    A. 6 B. 5
    C. 2 D. 1
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  2.   How can a line graph be used to make predictions?
    A. It has vertical and horizontal scales.
    B. It shows a trend over time.
    C. It has a title.
    D. It displays data.
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  3.   What is the difference between the highest and the lowest values?
   
    A. 80 B. 75
    C. 84 D. 100
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  4.   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|1 B. 151|2
    C. 15|2 D. 1|15
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  5.   What is the median for a set of quiz scores?
   
    A. 16 B. 15
    C. 17 D. 13
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  6.   Find the lower quartile for the quiz scores.
   
    A. 12 B. 17
    C. 3 D. 13
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  7.   What is the least energy used by any of these states (in hundred trillion BTU's)?
   
    A. 5 B. 7
    C. 6 D. 4
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  8.   Ben races motorcycles for fun. So far, his lap times, in seconds, are 32, 35, 33, and 32. What time must Ben get on his final lap for his average lap time to be 32.6?
    A. 32 B. 31
    C. 33 D. 32.6
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  9.   What is the correct box-and-whisker plot for the data {11, 13, 18, 19, 22, 25, 29, 32, 37, 37, 38}?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  10.   An automobile dealer wants to sell a certain car for $20,000. If three other dealers in town are selling the same car for $15,000, $15,000, and $30,000, which measure of central should the car dealer use to describe this data to his customers?
    A. mode B. median
    C. range D. mean
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  11.   Which of the following is a way in which statistics are made to be misleading?
    A. The scale is altered on a graph. B. Outliers on data are brought up and their effects on the measures of central tendency are explained.
    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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  12.   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. 2 B. 3
    C. 1 D. 4
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  13.   The line plot shows students' scores for a science test. How many students scored an 85 on the science test?
   
    A. 2 B. 1
    C. 0 D. 3
    Hint

  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. 8 B. 5
    C. 0 D. 2
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  15.   Which bar graph shows the number of endangered species by group in the U.S.?
   
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  16.   Which frequency table matches the histogram below?
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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