1.   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 a circle graph of this data, how many degrees are allowed for housing?
    A. 94° B. 98°
    C. 96° D. 100°
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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. Which circle graph best represents the budget data?
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  3.   Which of the following describes the best use of the circle graph?
    A. It compares parts of a set of data to the whole set. B. It represents frequency.
    C. It is a comparison graph that shows one value compared to a second value. D. It shows only the parts of the data that add to 50%.
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  4.   The school store is selling T-shirts in red, white, grey, and blue. The graph at the right shows how many of each color the store has sold. Which circle graph also represents this information?
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  5.   The circle graph indicates the number of children each president of the United States had. Which statement is not true?
   
    A. More presidents had 1 or 2 children than those with 3 or 4 children.
    B. About of the presidents had 5 or more children.
    C. More than of the presidents had 1, 2, 3, or 4 children.
    D. More presidents had no children than those who had 3 or 4 children.
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