1.   Ten students were comparing their weekly allowances. The allowances were $4.50, $7.00, $5.00, $10.00, $5.00, $12.50, $8.50, $17.50, $20.00, and $12.00. What is the mean of this set of data?
    A. $102.00 B. $9.25
    C. $5.00 D. $10.20
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  2.   The 1996 populations of the five largest cities in Maryland were 675,401, 46,227, 46,019, 45,361, and 40,181. What is the median population of the five cities?
    A. 170,637.8 B. 45,794
    C. 357,791 D. 46,019
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  3.   The heights, in feet, of the eight highest waterfalls in the world are 3281, 3000, 2000, 1904, 1650, 1612, 1430, and 1384. Find the range of this data set.
    A. 1897 B. 2033
    C. 948.5 D. 1777
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  4.   In New York City Crystal, Jolon, Ke-Min and Darnell are all software engineer managers. Their yearly salaries are, consecutively, $121,000, $115,000, $108,000, and $126,000. What is the mean, or average, of their yearly salaries?
    A. $120,500 B. $110,000
    C. $117,500 D. $189,000
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  5.   The following shows the number of people that ate at a fast food restaurant each hour. What is the mode of the data?
   
    A. 50 customers B. 20 customers
    C. 30 customers D. 40 customers
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