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How large is each interval in the histogram below? |
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500 |
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1,000 |
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100 |
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200 |
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From the histogram below, which age interval had the most attendees? |
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60-64 |
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55-59 |
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50-54 |
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45-49 |
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The Carpenter family earns $30,000 a year after taxes. In their budget $8000 is needed for housing, $8000 for food, $4000 towards clothing, and the rest toward miscellaneous expenses. In the circle graph of this data, which two categories total 60%? |
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food and housing |
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housing and miscellaneous |
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clothing and miscellaneous |
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clothing and housing |
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Over 11 consecutive days, Jim did the following number of pushups. 7, 8, 10, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 17, 19, 33. Find the interquartile range. |
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33 |
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7 |
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14 |
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10 |
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Find - . |
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The price for packs of bottled water at a grocery store over a nine week period was as follows: $3.25, $3.00, $3.50, $3.75, $3.25, $3.00, $2.50, $3.00, $2.75. Find the range of the data. |
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$0.50 |
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$1.00 |
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$1.25 |
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$0.75 |
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Which graph is most appropriate to show the number of each letter grade the members of a class earned on a test? |
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Bar Graph |
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Circle Graph |
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Scatter Plot |
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Table |
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Which type of display is most appropriate to show the percentages of each expense for a company's annual report? |
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Histogram |
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Bar Graph |
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Scatter Plot |
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Circle Graph |
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The circle graph indicates the number of children each president of the United States had. Which statement is not true? |
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More than of the presidents had 1, 2, 3, or 4 children. |
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More presidents had 1 or 2 children than those with 3 or 4 children. |
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About of the presidents had 5 or more children. |
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More presidents had no children than those who had 3 or 4 children. |
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Which measure of central tendency is most representative of the data? 6, 8, 3, 5, 32, 6, 5, 4, 28, 2, 2, 2 |
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median |
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range |
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mode |
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mean |
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Which measures of central tendency are representative of the data? 15, 2, 12, 5, 15, 8, 6, 10 |
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mean and median |
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mean and mode |
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mean, median, and mode |
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median and mode |
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Use the box-and-whisker plots to determine which statement is not true. |
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The interquartile range of the men’s ages is greater than the interquartile range of the women’s ages. |
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The youngest member of the club is a woman. |
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The median of the men’s ages is greater than the median of the women’s ages. |
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The range of the men’s ages is greater than the range of the women’s ages. |
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Use the box-and-whisker plots to determine which statement is not true. |
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The average monthly temperatures of New Orleans are not as varied as the average monthly temperatures of Indianapolis. |
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The interquartile range of the average monthly temperatures of New Orleans is greater than the interquartile range of the average monthly temperatures of Indianapolis. |
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The median of the average monthly temperatures of New Orleans is equal to the upper quartile of the average monthly temperatures of Indianapolis. |
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Half of the average monthly temperatures of Indianapolis are less than the lowest average monthly temperature of New Orleans. |
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The graphs show the same information about the number of various types of radio stations in the United States. Which graph shows the information with the least amount of distortion? |
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The graphs show the same information about the populations of three of the most populated states. Which graph shows the information with the least amount of distortion? |
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