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Question ID 85939da5
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Math Problem-Solving Inference from

and Data Analysis sample statistics
and margin of error
ID: 85939da5
Texting Talks on cell Does not talk on

behavior phone daily cell phone daily Total
Light 110 146 256
Medium 139 164 303
Heavy 166 74 240
Total 415 384 799
In a study of cell phone use, 799 randomly selected US teens were asked how
often they talked on a cell phone and about their texting behavior. The data are
summarized in the table above. Based on the data from the study, an estimate of
the percent of US teens who are heavy texters is 30% and the associated margin
of error is 3%. Which of the following is a correct statement based on the given
margin of error?
A. Approximately 3% of the teens in the study who are classified as heavy texters are not really heavy texters.
B. It is not possible that the percent of all US teens who are heavy texters is less than 27%.
C. The percent of all US teens who are heavy texters is 33%.
D. It is doubtful that the percent of all US teens who are heavy texters is 35%.
ID: 85939da5 Answer

Correct Answer: D
Rationale
Choice D is correct. The given margin of error of 3% indicates that the actual percent of all US teens who are heavy
texters is likely within 3% of the estimate of 30%, or between 27% and 33%. Therefore, it is unlikely, or doubtful, that the
percent of all US teens who are heavy texters would be 35%.
Choice A is incorrect. The margin of error doesn’t provide any information about the accuracy of reporting in the study.
Choice B is incorrect. Based on the estimate and given margin of error, it is unlikely that the percent of all US teens who
are heavy texters would be less than 27%, but it is possible. Choice C is incorrect. While the percent of all US teens who
are heavy texters is likely between 27% and 33%, any value within this interval is equally likely. We can’t be certain that the
value is exactly 33%.
Question Difficulty: Hard

Question ID e29586d5
SAT Math Problem-Solving Probability and

and Data Analysis conditional
probability
ID: e29586d5
Number of Contestants by Score and Day

5 out 4 out 3 out 2 out 1 out 0 out
Total
of 5 of 5 of 5 of 5 of 5 of 5
Day
2 3 4 6 2 3 20
1
Day
2 3 5 5 4 1 20
2
Day
3 3 4 5 3 2 20
3
Total 7 9 13 16 9 6 60
The same 20 contestants, on each of 3 days, answered 5 questions in order to win a prize. Each contestant received 1
point for each correct answer. The number of contestants receiving a given score on each day is shown in the table
above.
No contestant received the same score on two different days. If a contestant is
selected at random, what is the probability that the selected contestant received
a score of 5 on Day 2 or Day 3, given that the contestant received a score of 5 on
one of the three days?
ID: e29586d5 Answer
Rationale
The correct answer is . It is given that no contestant received the same score on two different days, so each of the
contestants who received a score of 5 is represented in the “5 out of 5” column of the table exactly once. Therefore, the
probability of selecting a contestant who received a score of 5 on Day 2 or Day 3, given that the contestant received a
score of 5 on one of the three days, is found by dividing the total number of contestants who received a score of 5 on Day
2 or Day 3 by the total number of contestants who received a score of 5, which is given in the table as 7. So
the probability is . Note that 5/7, .7142, .7143, and 0.714 are examples of ways to enter a correct answer.

Question ID 954943a4
SAT Math Problem-Solving Percentages

and Data Analysis
ID: 954943a4
Jennifer bought a box of Crunchy Grain cereal. The nutrition facts on the box
state that a serving size of the cereal is cup and provides 210 calories, 50 of
which are calories from fat. In addition, each serving of the cereal provides 180
milligrams of potassium, which is 5% of the daily allowance for adults. If p
percent of an adult’s daily allowance of potassium is provided by x servings of
Crunchy Grain cereal per day, which of the following expresses p in terms of x ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ID: 954943a4 Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. It’s given that each serving of Crunchy Grain cereal provides 5% of an adult’s daily allowance of
potassium, so x servings would provide x times 5%. The percentage of an adult’s daily allowance of potassium, p, is 5
times the number of servings, x. Therefore, the percentage of an adult’s daily allowance of potassium can be expressed
as .
Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may result from incorrectly converting 5% to its decimal equivalent, which isn’t
necessary since p is expressed as a percentage. Additionally, choices C and D are incorrect because the context should
be represented by a linear relationship, not by an exponential relationship.

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Question ID 85939da5

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Problem-Solving Inference from

Texting Talks on cell Does not talk on

Light 110 146 256

Medium 139 164 303

Heavy 166 74 240

Total 415 384 799

C. The percent of all US teens who are heavy texters is 33%.

ID: 85939da5 Answer

Question Difficulty: Hard

SAT Math Problem-Solving Probability and

Number of Contestants by Score and Day

ID: e29586d5 Answer

Question Difficulty: Hard

SAT Math Problem-Solving Percentages

ID: 954943a4 Answer

Question Difficulty: Hard

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