1.
Which type of graph is most appropriate for displaying the proposed budget for a family if the budget includes six categories?
A.
histogram
B.
line plot
C.
circle graph
D.
scatter plot
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2.
Which type of display is most appropriate for showing the ages of workers and their annual income?
A.
circle graph
B.
line plot
C.
histogram
D.
scatter plot
Hint
3.
A bag contains 6 red marbles, 5 blue marbles, 5 yellow marbles, and 4 green marbles. What is the probability or randomly picking a marble that is blue?
A.
B.
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4.
Two number cubes are rolled twice. What is the probability of rolling doubles on the first roll and then rolling a sum of 5 on the second roll?
A.
B.
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5.
Suppose you want to determine the favorite food of students in your school. Which would
not
provide a random sample?
A.
surveying three students from each homeroom class
B.
surveying customers at a nearby hamburger stand
C.
surveying every tenth student on the school roster
D.
surveying every fifth student to enter the school in the morning
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6.
Callie conducted a survey to determine students' favorite color. Of the students she surveyed, 18 out of 48 preferred blue. If there are 600 students in her school, how many would you expect to prefer blue?
A.
320
B.
225
C.
200
D.
240
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7.
Jack and Thomas have two chips. One is red on both sides and one is red on one side and blue on the other side. Each boy tosses a chip. Jack scores one point if both chips are the same. Thomas scores one point if the chips are different. What is the probability that Thomas will score a point?
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8.
Suppose you have a bag filled with 6 blocks numbered from 1–6. You consecutively choose three blocks, without replacement to form a three-digit number. You choose the first number and put it in either the hundreds, tens, or ones place. You choose the next number and put it in one of the remaining places, and so on. The object of the game is to create the greatest three-digit number. What is the probability of getting a higher number in the third draw (than the second draw) if a 5 is in the tens place and the second draw is a 2?
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