THE COLLEG E PANDA Most of the data for Neighborhood B are at the ends and are much more spread out from the mean, which, because the bar graph is symmetrical, we can estimate to be 3 cars. The data for Neighborhood A, on the other hand, are more clustered towards the low end, where the mean is. Therefore, the standard deviation for Neighborhood Bis anger. Answer) (CHAPTER EXERCISE: Answers for this chapter start on page 310. Accalculator is allowed on the following Be 8 ee eS questions. Ses ae The average height of 1 students in one classis | g 68 inches. The average height of 21 students in q another class is 68. If the two classes are $ combined, what i the average height, in inches, : ofthe students in the combined class? = A) 64S 2 B) 6 © % PPP &. D) 665 Ys Se Books read dae zl ‘The histogram above shows the number of books read lst year by 20 editors ata publishing Kristie has taken five tests in science class. The company. Which ofthe following could be the average of al five of Kristie’ test scores is 94. fecisn amberor conrad by de aNeaiber ‘The average of her last three test scores is 92 se ‘What is the average of her first two test scores? ) ee B) 2 ov 8) 96 b) 2 on | b) 98 2 SAT & IG BOOK STORE 01227746409 227Miss World Titleholders Locks are sections of canals in which the water level can be mechanically changed to raise and |. lower boas. The table below shows the number ss. of lock for 10 canals in France cose eo ace ee Name] #Locks cs eee te ‘Aisne 18 9 20 21 2 B24 [Alsace | Age (years) Rhone 5 Centre | 30 ‘The dotplot above shows the distribution of ages LS 2 for24 winners ofthe Miss World beauty pageant Conn) a atthe time they were crowned. Based on the | Lalinde | ~ 27 data, which of the following isclosest tothe | Migi_| 32 average (arithmetic mean) age ofthe winning ose Miss World pageant contestant a ae Sambre | 29 B) 20 : : Removing which ofthe following two canals oe from the data would result in the greatest D) 2 | decrease in the standard deviation of the number of locks in each eanal? A) Aisne and Lalinde B) Alsace and Garonne ©) Centre and Midi D) Rhone and Vosges 228 SAT & IG BOOK STORE 01227746409 228‘The tables below give the distribution of travel times between two towns for Bus A and Bus B over the same 40 days. Bus A Travel ime (ninutes) | Frequency oe 5 6 10 a 15 8 10 BusB “rave time (ninutes)[ Trequency 5 | 5. | 30 10 3 15 0 0 Which of the following statements i trac about the data shown for these 40 days? |A) The standard deviation of travel times for Bus Ais smaller. B) The standard deviation of travel times for Bus Bis smaller ) The standard deviation of travel times is the same for Bus A and Bus B D) The standard deviation of travel times for Bus A and Bus B cannot be compared with the data provided. SAT & IG BOOK STORE 01227746409 ‘Number of kayaks ‘Weight (in pounds) ‘The bar chart above shows the distribution of ‘weights (to the nearest pound) for 19 kayaks made by Company A and 19 kayaks made by ‘Company B. Which of the following correctly compares the median weight of the kayaks made by each company? A) The median weight of the kayaks made by Company A is smaller. B) The median weight of the kayaks made by Company B is smaller, ©) The median weight of the kayaks is the same for both companies. D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. eee Temperature (F) | Frequency oo 3 a 4 3 4 7 10 70 7 The table above gives the distribution of low temperatures for a city over 28 days. What is the ‘median low temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit CP), of the city for these 28 days? 29 229CHAPTER 25 STATISTICS 1 Asshoe store surveyed a random sample of 50 ‘customers to better estimate which shoe sizes should kept in stock. The store found that the ‘median shoe size of the customers in the sample is 10 inches. Which of the following statements ‘must be true? A) The sum of all the shoe sizes in the sample {is 500 inches. B) The average of the smallest shoe size and the largest shoe size in the sample is 10 inches, ‘The difference between the smallestshoe | size and the largest shoe size in the sample is 10 inches. ‘At least half of the customers in the sample have shoe sizes greater than or equal to 10 inches. ° Dd) | (| ‘A food company hires an independent research ‘agency to determine its product's shelf life, the length of time it may be stored before it expires Using a random sample of 40 units ofthe product, the research agency finds thatthe pprodict’s shelf life has a range of 3 cays. Which ofthe following must be true about the units in the sample? A) Allthe units expired within 3 days. 'B) The unit with the longest shelf life ook3 days longer to expire than the unit with the shortest shelf life. ©) The mean shelf life ofthe units is 3 more than the median, 1D) ‘The median shelf life of the units is 8 more than the mean 230 SAT & IG BOOK STORE 01227746409 5 6 7 8 9 wo Integers ‘The graph above shows the frequency distribution ofa list of randomly generated integers between 5 and 10. Which of the following correctly gives the mean and the range of the list of integers? A) Mean = 76, Range =4 B) Mean = 76, Range = 5 ©) Mean = 82, Range 4 D) Mean = 82, Range =5 DD Re Quiz [7 [Seore [87 7] [91] 2[3[4]5|6 90 | 83 | 98 ‘The table above shows the scores for Jay's frst seven math quizzes. Which of the following are true about his scores? |. The mode is greater than the median, I, The median is greater than the mean. IIL, The range is greater than 20, A) Tlonly B) MLonly ©) Mand D) LM, and Itt 230Number of classes 192 3 4 «5 Number of films shown The bar chart above shows the number of films shown in class over the past year for 19 classes in School A and 15 classes in School B. Which of the following correctly compares the mean and ‘median number of films shown in each class for the two schools? A) The mean and median number of films shown in each class are both greater in School A. B) The mean and median number of films shown in each class are both greater in School B. ©) The mean number of films shown in each lass is greater in School A, but the median 1s the same in both schools. D) The mean and median number of films shown in each class are the same in both schools. 231 SAT & IG BOOK STORE 01227746409 ‘THE COLLEGE PANDA ‘The table above lists the number of calories in ‘each of Mary's last 10 meals. If a 900-calorie ‘meal that she had today is added to the values. listed, which of the following statistical measures of the data will not change? 1, Median II, Mode TIL Range A) Land Ilonly B) Tand I only © Mand Mtonly D) IM, and tit GES Sea ee e e coe eoce eocce . 21 22 23 24 25 26 WF 28 29 30 Gas mileage (miles per gallon) ‘The dotplot above gives the gas mileage (in miles per gallon) of 15 different cars. Ifthe dot representing the car with the greatest gas mileage is removed from the dotplot, what will hhappen to the mean, median, and standard dleviation of the new data set? A) Only the mean will decrease. B) Only the mean and standard deviation will decrease. ©) Only the mean and median will decrease D) The mean, median, and standard deviation will decrease, 231CHAPTER 25 STATISTICS 1 ‘The table above lists the amounts of snowfall, to the nearest inch, experienced by 18 different cities in the past year. The outlier measurement 6f 100 inches is an error. Of the mean, median, and range of the values listed, which will change the most if the 90-inch measurement is replaced by the correct measurement of 20 inches? A) Mean B) Median ©) Range 1D) None of them will change. 232 SAT & IG BOOK STORE 01227746409 232