1.  
    A. B. no solution
    C. D.
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  2.   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%?
    A. clothing and miscellaneous B. clothing and housing
    C. housing and miscellaneous D. food and housing
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  3.   Over 11 consecutive days, Jim did the following number of pushups.
7, 8, 10, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 17, 19, 33.
Find the range of the data.
    A. 26 B. 10
    C. 14 D. 17
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  4.   Which type of graph is most appropriate to display the number of Presidents born in each state?
    A. scatter plot B. histogram
    C. circle graph D. bar graph
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  5.   Five people donated to a charity. One donated $101 and the other four people donated $1 each. Which is not a misleading statement?
    A. The mean, median, and mode do not adequately describe the data. B. The mean is $21, and it adequately reflects the data.
    C. The mode is $1, and it adequately reflects the data. D. The median is $1, and it adequately reflectes the data.
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  6.  
    A. No Solution B.
    C. D.
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  7.   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 lower quartile rounded to the penny.
    A. $2.75 B. $3.00
    C. $2.88 D. $3.38
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  8.   Which type of display is most appropriate to show the population of the United States over a series of ten-year intervals?
    A. Circle Graph B. Line Plot
    C. Histogram D. Scatter Plot
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  9.   The table shows seven different companies and their prices for car detailing. Company A claims to have prices that are less than the prices of most of their competitors. Is this an accurate statement? Why?
   
    A. No, Company A's price is lower than the mode, but higher than the prices of the 4 other companies.
    B. Not Enough Information Given
    C. No, Company A's price is equal to those of most of the other companies.
    D. Yes, more companies charge $93 than any other price.
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  10.   The frequency table shows the ages of the people attending a family reunion. Which histogram correctly and completely shows the data?
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  11.   The histograms show the number of building above 400 feet in Minneapolis and Pittsburg. Which statement is true?
   
    A. Minneapolis has more buildings between 500 and 699 feet tall than Pittsburg has.
    B. Pittsburg has more buildings 400 feet and taller than Minneapolis has.
    C. Pittsburg has more buildings 600 feet and taller than Minneapolis has.
    D. Minneapolis has more buildings 500 feet or taller than Pittsburg has.
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  12.   The circle graph compares the area of each of the Great Lakes to the total area of the Great Lakes. Which statement is not true?
   
    A. The area of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie is a little less than of the total area of the Great Lakes.
    B. The area of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie is about of the total area of the Great Lakes.
    C. The area of Lake Superior, Lake Huron, and Lake Michigan is about of the total area of the Great Lakes.
    D. The area of Lake Superior and Lake Huron is a little more than of the total area of the Great Lakes.
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  13.   Which measures of central tendency are representative of the data?
15, 10, 13, 20, 152, 18, 8, 5, 13
    A. median and mode B. mean, median , and mode
    C. mean and median D. mean and mode
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  14.   Which measures of central tendency are representative of the data?
15, 2, 12, 5, 15, 8, 6, 10
    A. mean and median B. mean, median, and mode
    C. median and mode D. mean and mode
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  15.   Which box-and-whisker plot represents the data?
18, 27, 16, 29, 30, 42, 35, 34, 24, 21
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  16.   Which statement about the data represented by the box-and-whisker plot is not true?
   
    A. The top half of the data is more spread out than the bottom half of the data. B. Half of the data is between 50 and 56.
    C. One fourth of the data is between 62 and 80. D. The interquartile range is 6.
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