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Texting Talks on cell Does not talk on cell

behavior phone daily 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%.
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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 1 2 3 4 6 2 3 20

Day 2 2 3 5 5 4 1 20

Day 3 3 3 4 5 3 2 20

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?
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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.
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Views on Nuclear Energy Use
Response Frequency

Strongly favor 56

Somewhat favor 214

Somewhat oppose 104

Strongly oppose 37

A researcher interviewed 411 randomly selected US residents and asked about their views on the use of nuclear energy. The table above summarizes the responses
of the interviewees. If the population of the United States was 300 million when the survey was given, based on the sample data for the 411 US residents, what is
the best estimate, in millions, of the difference between the number of US residents who somewhat favor or strongly favor the use of nuclear energy and the
number of those who somewhat oppose or strongly oppose it? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
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The box plots summarize the masses, in kilograms, of two groups of gazelles. Based on the box plots, which of the following statements must be true?

A. The mean mass of group 1 is greater than the mean mass of group 2.

B. The mean mass of group 1 is less than the mean mass of group 2.

C. The median mass of group 1 is greater than the median mass of group 2.

D. The median mass of group 1 is less than the median mass of group 2.
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A school district is forming a committee to discuss plans for the construction of a new high school. Of those
invited to join the committee, 15% are parents of students, 45% are teachers from the current high school,
25% are school and district administrators, and the remaining 6 individuals are students. How many more
teachers were invited to join the committee than school and district administrators?
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A sample of 40 fourth-grade students was selected at random from a certain school. The 40 students
completed a survey about the morning announcements, and 32 thought the announcements were helpful.
Which of the following is the largest population to which the results of the survey can be applied?

A. The 40 students who were surveyed

B. All fourth-grade students at the school

C. All students at the school

D. All fourth-grade students in the county in which the school is located

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Subscriptions
Year
sold

2012 5,600

2013 5,880

The manager of an online news service received the report above on the number of subscriptions sold by the
service. The manager estimated that the percent increase from 2012 to 2013 would be double the percent
increase from 2013 to 2014. How many subscriptions did the manager expect would be sold in 2014?

A. 6,020

B. 6,027

C. 6,440

D. 6,468
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The line graph shows the total amount of snow, in inches, recorded each year in Washington, DC, from 2003
to 2015. If is the percent decrease in the annual snowfall from 2003 to 2007, what is the value of p ?
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Blood type

Rhesus factor A B AB O

33 9 3 37

7 2 1 x

Human blood can be classified into four common blood types—A, B, AB, and O. It is also characterized by the
presence or absence of the rhesus factor. The table above shows the distribution of blood type and

rhesus factor for a group of people. If one of these people who is rhesus negative is chosen at random,

the probability that the person has blood type B is . What is the value of x ?
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The scatterplot above shows a company’s ice cream sales d, in dollars, and the high temperature t, in
degrees Celsius (°C), on 12 different days. A line of best fit for the data is also shown. Which of the following
could be an equation of the line of best fit?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The mean score of 8 players in a basketball game was 14.5 points. If the highest individual score is removed,
the mean score of the remaining 7 players becomes 12 points. What was the highest score?

A. 20

B. 24

C. 32

D. 36
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Two different teams consisting of 10 members each ran in a race. Each member’s completion time of the race was recorded. The mean of the completion times
for each team was calculated and is shown below.
Team A: 3.41 minutes
Team B: 3.79 minutes

Which of the following MUST be true?

Every member of team A completed the race in less time than any member of team B.
The median time it took the members of team B to complete the race is greater than the median time it took the members of team A to complete the race.
There is at least one member of team B who took more time to complete the race than some member of team A.

A. III only

B. I and III only

C. II and III only

D. I, II, and III

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Value Frequency

1 a

2 2a

3 3a

4 2a

5 a

The frequency distribution above summarizes a set of data, where a is a positive integer. How much
greater is the mean of the set of data than the median?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3
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Jeremy deposited x dollars in his investment account on January 1, 2001. The amount of money in the
account doubled each year until Jeremy had 480 dollars in his investment account on January 1, 2005. What
is the value of x ?
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The scatterplot above shows the federal-mandated minimum wage every 10 years between 1940 and 2010.
A line of best fit is shown, and its equation is . What does the line of best fit predict about
the increase in the minimum wage over the 70-year period?

A. Each year between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.096 dollars.

B. Each year between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.49 dollars.

C. Every 10 years between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.096 dollars.

D. Every 10 years between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.488 dollars.
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Species of tree Growth factor

Red maple 4.5

River birch 3.5

Cottonwood 2.0

Black walnut 4.5

White birch 5.0

American elm 4.0

Pin oak 3.0

Shagbark hickory 7.5

One method of calculating the approximate age, in years, of a tree of a particular species is to multiply the
diameter of the tree, in inches, by a constant called the growth factor for that species. The table above gives
the growth factors for eight species of trees. If a white birch tree and a pin oak tree each now have a
diameter of 1 foot, which of the following will be closest to the difference, in inches, of their diameters 10
years from now? (1 foot = 12 inches)

A. 1.0

B. 1.2

C. 1.3

D. 1.4
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A data set of 27 different numbers has a mean of 33 and a median of 33. A new data set is created by adding
7 to each number in the original data set that is greater than the median and subtracting 7 from each number
in the original data set that is less than the median. Which of the following measures does NOT have the
same value in both the original and new data sets?

A. Median

B. Mean

C. Sum of the numbers

D. Standard deviation
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Value Data set A frequency Data set B frequency

Data set A and data set B each consist of values. The table shows the frequencies of the values for each data set. Which of the following statements best
compares the means of the two data sets?

A. The mean of data set A is greater than the mean of data set B.

B. The mean of data set A is less than the mean of data set B.

C. The mean of data set A is equal to the mean of data set B.

D. There is not enough information to compare the means of the data sets.
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Data set A consists of positive integers less than . The list shown gives of the integers from data set A. , , , , , , , ,
The mean of these integers is . If the mean of data set A is an integer that is greater than , what is the value of the largest integer from data set A?
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Employees working for a customer service line at an electric company recorded all the calls last Monday and noted whether the caller asked for repairs and
whether the caller asked about a bill. The results are summarized in the table below.

Asked for Did not ask

Total
repairs for repairs

Asked
48 623 671
about a bill

Did not ask

130 90 220
about a bill

Total 178 713 891

If a caller last Monday who asked about his or her bill is selected at random, which of the following is closest
to the probability that the customer also asked for repairs?

A. 0.05

B. 0.07

C. 0.20

D. 0.27
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A certain park has an area of square yards. What is the area, in square miles, of this park?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The scatterplot above shows the numbers of grams of both total protein and total fat for eight sandwiches on a restaurant menu. The line of best fit for the data is
also shown. According to the line of best fit, which of the following is closest to the predicted increase in total fat, in grams, for every increase of 1 gram in total
protein?

A. 2.5

B. 2.0

C. 1.5

D. 1.0
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For a certain computer game, individuals receive an integer score that ranges from 2 through 10. The table below shows the frequency distribution of the scores of
the 9 players in group A and the 11 players in group B.

Score Frequencies
Score
Group A Group B

2 1 0

3 1 0

4 2 0

5 1 4

6 3 2

7 0 0

8 0 2

9 1 1

10 0 2

Total 9 11

The median of the scores for group B is how much greater than the median of the scores for group A?
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Anita created a batch of green paint by mixing 2 ounces of blue paint with 3 ounces of yellow paint. She
must mix a second batch using the same ratio of blue and yellow paint as the first batch. If she uses
5 ounces of blue paint for the second batch, how much yellow paint should Anita use?

A. Exactly 5 ounces

B. 3 ounces more than the amount of yellow paint used in the first batch

C. 1.5 times the amount of yellow paint used in the first batch

D. 1.5 times the amount of blue paint used in the second batch
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of the items in a box are green. Of those, are also rectangular. Of the green rectangular items, are also metal. Which of the following is closest to
the percentage of the items in the box that are not rectangular green metal items?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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According to a set of standards, a certain type of substance can contain a maximum of phosphorus by mass. If a sample of this substance has a mass of
grams, what is the maximum mass, in grams, of phosphorus the sample can contain to meet these standards?
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Amount invested Balance increase

Account A $500 6% annual interest

Account B $1,000 $25 per year

Two investments were made as shown in the table above. The interest in Account A is compounded once per
year. Which of the following is true about the investments?

A. Account A always earns more money per year than Account B.

B. Account A always earns less money per year than Account B.

C. Account A earns more money per year than Account B at first but eventually earns less money per year.

D. Account A earns less money per year than Account B at first but eventually earns more money per year.
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Masses (kilograms)

Andrew 2.4 2.5 3.6 3.1 2.5 2.7

Maria x 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.3 2.8

Andrew and Maria each collected six rocks, and the masses of the rocks are shown in the table above. The
mean of the masses of the rocks Maria collected is 0.1 kilogram greater than the mean of the masses of the
rocks Andrew collected. What is the value of x ?
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The scatterplot above shows the size x and the sale price y of 25 houses for sale in Town H. Which of the
following could be an equation for a line of best fit for the data?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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In State X, Mr. Camp’s eighth-grade class consisting of 26 students was surveyed and 34.6 percent of the
students reported that they had at least two siblings. The average eighth‑grade class size in the state is 26. If
the students in Mr. Camp’s class are representative of students in the state’s eighth-grade classes and there
are 1,800 eighth-grade classes in the state, which of the following best estimates the number of eighth‑grade
students in the state who have fewer than two siblings?

A. 16,200

B. 23,400

C. 30,600

D. 46,800
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The number is greater than the number . The number is less than . What is the value of ?
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A survey was given to residents of all 50 states asking if they had earned a bachelor’s degree or higher.
The results from 7 of the states are given in the table above. The median percent of residents who earned a
bachelor’s degree or higher for all 50 states was 26.95%. What is the difference between the median percent
of residents who earned a bachelor’s degree or higher for these 7 states and the median for all 50 states?

A. 0.05%

B. 0.95%

C. 1.22%

D. 7.45%
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Prices of 14 Different Cars
Priced at no more Priced greater
Type of car Total
than $25,000 than $25,000

Nonhybrid 5 3 8

Hybrid 2 4 6

Total 7 7 14

The table above shows information about 14 cars listed for sale on an auto dealership’s website. If one of the cars listed for sale is selected at
random, what is the probability that the car selected will be a hybrid car priced at no more than $25,000 ?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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The International Space Station orbits Earth at an average speed of 4.76 miles per second. What is
the space station’s average speed in miles per hour?

A. 285.6

B. 571.2

C. 856.8

D. 17,136.0
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The scatterplot shows the relationship between two variables, x and y. A line of best fit for the data is also
shown. Which of the following is closest to the difference between the y-coordinate of the data point with
and the y-value predicted by the line of best fit at ?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 5

D. 12
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The population density of Iceland, in people per square kilometer of land area, increased from 2.5 in 1990 to
3.3 in 2014. During this time period, the land area of Iceland was 100,250 square kilometers. By how many
people did Iceland’s population increase from 1990 to 2014?

A. 330,825

B. 132,330

C. 125,312

D. 80,200
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Residents of a town were surveyed to determine whether they are satisfied with the concession stand at the
local park. A random sample of 200 residents was selected. All 200 responded, and 87% said they are
satisfied. Based on this information, which of the following statements must be true?
I. Of all the town residents, 87% would say they are satisfied with the concession stand at the local park.
II. If another random sample of 200 residents were surveyed, 87% would say they are satisfied.

A. Neither

B. I only

C. II only

D. I and II
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Ages of 20 Students Enrolled in a College Class

Age Frequency

18 6

19 5

20 4

21 2

22 1

23 1

30 1

The table above shows the distribution of ages of the 20 students enrolled in a college class. Which of the
following gives the correct order of the mean, median, and mode of the ages?

A. mode < median < mean

B. mode < mean < median

C. median < mode < mean

D. mean < mode < median

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Eye color
Coat color
Deep blue Light brown Total

Cream-tortoiseshell 16 16 32

Chocolate 12 4 16

Total 28 20 48

The data on the coat color and eye color for 48 Himalayan kittens available for adoption were collected and
summarized in the table above. What fraction of the chocolate-colored kittens has deep blue eyes?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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Pure beeswax has a density of 0.555 ounce per cubic inch. An online company sells pure beeswax at a price
of $8.00 per ounce. What is the selling price, in dollars per cubic inch, for pure beeswax purchased from this
company?
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A study was done on the weights of different types of fish in a pond. A random sample of fish were caught
and marked in order to ensure that none were weighed more than once. The sample contained
150 largemouth bass, of which 30% weighed more than 2 pounds. Which of the following conclusions is best
supported by the sample data?

A. The majority of all fish in the pond weigh less than 2 pounds.

B. The average weight of all fish in the pond is approximately 2 pounds.

C. Approximately 30% of all fish in the pond weigh more than 2 pounds.

D. Approximately 30% of all largemouth bass in the pond weigh more than 2 pounds.
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The table below shows the number of state parks in a certain state that contain camping facilities and bicycle paths.

Has bicycle paths Does not have bicycle paths

Has camping facilities 20 5

Does not have camping facilities 8 4

If one of these state parks is selected at random, what is the probability that it has
camping facilities but does not have bicycle paths?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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Human Resources Accounting

Bachelor’s degree 4 3

Master’s degree 2 6

The table above shows the number of people who work in the Human Resources and Accounting
departments of a company and the highest level of education they have completed. A person from one of
these departments is to be chosen at random. If the person chosen works in the Human Resources
department, what is the probability that the highest level of education the person completed is a master’s
degree?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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A box contains red pens and blue pens. If one of these pens is selected at random, what is the probability of selecting a red pen? (Express your answer as a
decimal or fraction, not as a percent.)
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A random sample of 400 town voters were asked if they plan to vote for Candidate A or Candidate B for mayor. The results were sorted by gender and are shown in
the table below.

Plan to vote for Plan to vote for

Candidate A Candidate B

Female 202 20

Male 34 144

The town has a total of 6,000 voters. Based on the table, what is the best estimate of the number of voters who plan to vote for Candidate A?
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Thomas installed a new stove in his restaurant. At the time of installation, the stove had a value of $800.
Thomas estimates that each year the value of the stove will depreciate by 20% of the previous year’s
estimated value. What is the estimated value of the stove exactly 2 years after Thomas installed it?

A. $480

B. $512

C. $556

D. $640
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Penguin Exhibit

Type of penguin Male Female Total

Chinstrap 41 59 100

Emperor 8 27 35

Gentoo 49 54 103

Macaroni 42 40 82

Total 140 180 320

The number of penguins in a zoo exhibit, sorted by gender and type of penguin, is shown in the table above.

Which type of penguin has a female population that is the closest to being of the total female penguin
population in the exhibit?

A. Chinstrap

B. Emperor

C. Gentoo

D. Macaroni
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The scatterplot above shows the number of visitors to a railroad museum in Pennsylvania each year from
1968 to 1980, where t is the number of years since 1968 and n is the number of visitors. A line of best fit is
also shown. Which of the following could be an equation of the line of best fit shown?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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A number n is increased 6%. If the result is

318, what is the value of n ?

A. 199

B. 299

C. 300

D. 337