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Math Grade 6
Statistics and Probability (SP)
Student Quizlet
Distributions
August 2015
DIRECTIONS: Read the problems below. Put your answers in the spaces provided.
1. Isabella surveyed 7 of her friends about their favorite restaurants. The table below
shows their responses.
Friend
Restaurant
Marco
Fast Fries
Cora
Super Shakes
Kendal
Fast Fries
Briana
Fast Fries
Gabriel
Very Veggies
Katherine
Happy Hamburgers
Rodney
Super Shakes
A.
Which histogram shows the data?
B.
C.
D.
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2.
The table shows the number of pets for 20 people surveyed.
3
1
2
0
4
5
3
1
3
0
1
2
1
1
4
0
Using this data, create a dot plot on the number line below.
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3. During a hike Hugo walks the number of miles shown on the histogram. What is
the total number of miles he walked over 5 days?
4.
A.
2
B.
5
C.
7
D.
12
Five classes collected canned food as indicated in the table below.
Class
Cans
Collected
1
2
3
4
5
75
50
25
0
50
How many total cans did classes 3, 4, and 5 collect?
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5. Ten leaves are picked up at random on a nature hike. The length of the leaves is
displayed in the line plot below.
What is the most likely unit of measurement represented on the number line?
A.
Number of leaves
B.
Length of leaves
C.
Type of leaves
D.
Color of leaves
6. The table below shows the weight of 15 randomly selected students’ backpacks.
2.2
2.5
4.1
2.7
2.5
1.8
2.7
3.8
3.6
1.6
2.6
3.9
3.0
4.2
2.3
How was this data set most likely collected?
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7. What is the median of the following data set?
36, 73, 84, 60, 65, 73, 17, 46, 9, 57, 11
A.
11
B.
36
C.
57
D.
73
8. Jorge recorded the number of customers at the bowling alley where he works.
In 5 days the number of customers was 22, 38, 50, 35, and 35. What was the
mean number of customers?
9. What is the interquartile range of the following data set?
36, 73, 84, 60, 65, 73, 17, 46, 9, 57, 11
A.
17
B.
56
C.
57
D.
73
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10. Jorge recorded the number of customers at the bowling alley where he works. In
5 days the number of customers was 22, 38, 50, 35, and 35. What was the mean
number of customers?
11.
Based on the line plot above, compare the values of the median and the mean.
A.
The mean is larger than the median.
B.
The median is larger than the mean.
C.
The mean and median are equal.
D.
The mean and median cannot be determined from the line plot.
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12.
Based on the line plot above, which would be the better measure of variability
interquartile range or mean absolute deviation? Explain your choice.
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13. Students in a math class decided to repeat a study of Video Game use because
they believed that the amount of video games played had changed a great deal
in five years. The data from both surveys is presented below.
2010 Survey
Hours of
Number
Hours of
Video
of
Video
Games
Students
Games
Played
Surveyed Watched
1
0
0
2
1
2
3
1
3
4
2
8
5
4
20
6
5
30
7
7
49
8
6
48
9
3
27
10
1
10
Total
30
197
2015 Survey
Hours of
Number
Hours of
Video
of
Video
Games
Students
Games
Played
Surveyed
Watched
1
2
2
2
1
2
3
0
0
4
2
8
5
3
15
6
4
24
7
7
49
8
5
40
9
3
27
10
3
30
Total
30
197
Part A
Step 1: Plot the data from the table graphs provided or create your own graph.
Step 2: Describe the statistics of the data (e.g., mean, median, mode and
deviation).
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13. Part A continued
Step 3: Summarize the data from the two time periods in words that would be
clearly understandable to someone who doesn’t know statistics.
Part B
Do the results make sense to you? Why or Why not?
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