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Evaluate c + 5 if c = 3. |
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A. |
5 |
B. |
c + 3 |
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C. |
8 |
D. |
3 |
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2. |
Solve 5 + y = 11. |
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A. |
7 |
B. |
6 |
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C. |
16 |
D. |
2 |
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3. |
3.5 g = ______mg |
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A. |
350 |
B. |
3,500 |
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C. |
0.35 |
D. |
0.0035 |
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4. |
What is the scale in the frequency table? |
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A. |
51-60 |
B. |
0-100 |
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C. |
51-100 |
D. |
91-100 |
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5. |
Which is the correct box-and-whisker plot for the quiz scores? |
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A. |
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B. |
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C. |
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D. |
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6. |
Which numbers are ordered from least to greatest? |
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50, 35, 32, 32, 10, -5, -8 |
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–5, -8, 10, 32, 32, 35, 50 |
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C. |
–8, -5, 10, 32, 32, 35, 50 |
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D. |
10, -8, -5, 32, 32, 35, 50 |
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7. |
Solve n = 14 + (-2). |
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A. |
12 |
B. |
16 |
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C. |
-28 |
D. |
-12 |
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8. |
Solve (-2)(-8) = a. |
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A. |
16 |
B. |
-16 |
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C. |
-10 |
D. |
10 |
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9. |
Solve (-16) ÷ (-4) = b. |
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A. |
-20 |
B. |
-4 |
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C. |
20 |
D. |
4 |
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10. |
Anna lives in San Francisco, and she has a business partner in Washington, D.C. Sometimes she flies to Washington for meetings; San Francisco and Washington, D.C., are 2438 miles apart. In August, Anna flies to Washington and back twice. What is a good estimate of the number of miles she has flown in August? |
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A. |
5000 miles |
B. |
2500 miles |
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C. |
1000 miles |
D. |
10000 miles |
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11. |
Solve x + 3 = 22. |
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A. |
17 |
B. |
19 |
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C. |
25 |
D. |
23 |
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12. |
Choose an appropriate scale for the data 69, 72, 121, 81, 98. |
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70 to 120 |
B. |
70 to 100 |
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C. |
40 to 100 |
D. |
65 to 125 |
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13. |
In what month will Classic Comics probably begin to make more than $150 on the Internet? |
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A. |
October |
B. |
November |
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C. |
December |
D. |
September |
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14. |
The median is the __________ of a set of numbers. |
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A. |
highest number |
B. |
most frequent number |
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arithmetic average |
D. |
middle number |
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15. |
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? |
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A. |
52 |
B. |
30 |
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C. |
50 |
D. |
29 |
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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? |
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range |
B. |
median |
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C. |
mean |
D. |
mode |
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17. |
Find the next term in the sequence 13, 19, 24, 28, … |
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A. |
33 |
B. |
31 |
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C. |
41 |
D. |
32 |
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18. |
On a full flight from San Antonio to Los Angeles 28 people sat in first class. If 130 were on the flight, how many people sat in coach? |
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158 |
B. |
102 |
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C. |
112 |
D. |
108 |
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19. |
Make a histogram to show the number of hours people in the survey sleep. |
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A. |
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B. |
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C. |
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D. |
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20. |
Both bar graphs show the amount it costs to heat a two-story house during the winter. Which graph is misleading? Explain. |
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A. |
Graph A; the months are not ordered from greatest to least cost. |
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B. |
Graph B; the months are not ordered from least to greatest cost. |
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C. |
Graph B; there is a break in the vertical scale, the cost of heating the house in January appears to be much greater than heating the house in November. |
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D. |
Graph A; there is no break in the vertical scale, the cost of heating the house in December and February are about the same. |
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