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7a, Sampling Analysis.

1. A street planner randomly selected 15 streets in the downtown area and counted the number of parking
meters on the street, as shown below.

57, 43, 51, 57, 61, 51, 61, 65, 43, 51, 61, 51, 65, 43, 51

Assuming that the sample was representative of all of the streets downtown, what was the mode of the number
of parking meters on a street?
A. 51
B. 43
C. 54.07
D. 61

2. In one day, 5,927 families visited a theme park. Tori asked eight random families the amount that they spent
and recorded the information in the table below.
Theme Park Spending
Family Amount Spent ($)
1 236
2 102
3 185
4 236
5 81
6 236
7 81
8 185

Assuming that the sample was representative of the daily amount spent by all the families, what was the mean
daily amount spent at the park?

A. $167.75
B. $158.00
C. $151.00
D. $236.00
3. During one month in the rainy season, a tropical forest received rain every day. A scientist randomly picked
seven days out of the month to record the rainfall in inches. The amounts he picked are listed below.

4.2, 2.2, 2.8, 3.7, 2.2, 3.7, 2.2

If the sample was representative of the entire month, what was the mode of the amounts of rainfall?
A. 3.00 inches
B. 3.7 inches
C. 2.2 inches
D. 2.8 inches

4. A botanist grew a variety of hibiscus with spots on the petals. Below is a list of the number of spots on a
random sample of flowers.
7, 11, 3, 11, 7, 10, 5, 5, 7, 5, 5

Assuming that the sample was representative of all of the flowers, what was the mode of the number of spots on
a flower?
A. 10
B. 5
C. 7
D. 6.91

5. A movie theater conducted a survey to see what customers preferred at the concession stand. The theater
asked every fifth person who entered the movie theater every Friday for a month what his or her favorite movie
snack was. Were the results of the survey valid?

A. Yes, because the theater only surveyed children.

B. No, because the theater did not survey everyone in the theater.
C. Yes, because the theater surveyed a random sample.
D. No, because the theater did not use a random sample.

6. Janet wanted to determine her average phone call length over 90 days. She collected the phone bills and
randomly picked ten entries to look at. The phone call lengths, in minutes, are shown below.
2, 5, 16, 5, 13, 2, 13, 2, 16, 2

Assuming that the sample was representative of all the entries on the bills, what was the mean number of
minutes over 90 days?
A. 7.6
B. 7.5
C. 9
D. 5
7. A store had 25 containers of trail mix on the shelf. Logan bought five containers. The table below shows the
number of pretzels in each of the containers.

Sample of Trail Mix

Container Number of Pretzels
A 17
B 20
C 11
D 20
E 14

If the sample was representative of all 25 containers of trail mix, what was the mode number of pretzels in each
container of trail mix?

A. 17
B. 14
C. 20
D. 11

8. Three students from Milton Middle School are running for class president. A preliminary poll was taken in
three homeroom classes, each with the same number of students. The results are shown in the table below.
Poll Results
Students Class A % Class B % Class C %
Ian 46 37 45
Jessie 27 29 9
Jeremy 27 34 46

Based on these preliminary results, who could be predicted to win class president?
A. cannot predict from these results
B. Jessie
C. Jeremy
D. Ian

9. Richard had a 550-piece puzzle with an image of a crossword puzzle. He took out a handful of the pieces to
examine, and found the following number of letters on the pieces.
2, 4, 6, 6, 2, 4, 4, 6, 6, 2

Assuming that the sample was representative of the puzzle, what was the mean number of letters on a piece of
the puzzle?
A. 4.2
B. 6.3
C. 3.6
D. 3
10. For a lesson on statistics, the students in a math class counted the number of yellow candies in 10 individual
candy bags out of a box of 75 bags. The data is shown below.

17, 12, 12, 14, 20, 12, 14, 20, 17, 12

If the sample was representative of all 75 bags, what was the mode number of yellow candies for the entire box?
A. 12
B. 17
C. 20
D. 14

11. The venue for an outdoor summer concert was divided into 35 sections. The event planner randomly chose 8
sections and counted the number of ice chests in the section, as shown below.
36, 54, 26, 67, 54, 36, 26, 54

Assuming that the sample was representative of the entire venue, what was the mean number of ice chests in a
section?
A. 45
B. 44.125
C. 40.875
D. 45.75

12. The seventh grade class at a school had 259 students. The nurse called in a random sample of 10 students to
measure their heights in inches, as shown below.
59, 58, 64, 67, 59, 49, 58, 49, 59, 64

If the sample was representative of the entire seventh grade, what was the mode of the heights of the seventh
grade class?
A. 58.6 inches
B. 58.5 inches
C. 54 inches
D. 59 inches

13. Which of these is an example of a random sample?

Henry asks five of his friends to fill out a survey to find out their favorite musicians.
A.

The five people seated on the first row at the circus are asked their opinion about the animal acts.
B.

The five employees who work the late shift answer questions about management.
C.

Five employees out of 2,000 are chosen randomly to complete an anonymous survey.
D.
14. Three different clothing stores in different parts of a city recorded the number of swimsuits they sold for
four months.

Swimsuit Sales

Month # Sold Month # Sold Month # Sold

June 239 June 289 June 212
July 224 July 241 July 249
Aug 189 Aug 174 Aug 196
Sept 157 Sept 105 Sept 152

Based on these results, how many swimsuits should clothing stores in the same city predict to sell in October?
A. the same number of swimsuits as September
B. more swimsuits than September
C. cannot predict from these results
D. less swimsuits than September

15. A book had 199 pages. Liliana wanted to estimate the number of words per page, so she counted the words
on 10 random pages. The word counts are listed below.
135, 159, 174, 123, 174, 135, 159, 135, 174, 123

Assuming that the sample was representative of the entire book, what was the mean number of words per page?
A. 135
B. 149.1
C. 161.4
D. 147

16. A national pizza chain collected data from 151 stores about pizza orders on a busy Saturday. The number of
pizzas ordered from 15 random stores is below.
24, 59, 39, 60, 39, 24, 60, 42, 59, 59, 60, 59, 60, 60, 39

If the sample was representative of the entire chain, what was the mode of the number of pizzas ordered for all
151 stores?
A. 42
B. 60
C. 59
D. 49.53
17. An airplane company flies 41 airplanes daily. The CEO collects the following passenger counts for a
random sample of airplanes from the fleet, as shown below.
114, 127, 153, 89, 153, 114, 127, 114, 153, 89

Assuming that the sample is representative of the entire fleet of airplanes, what would be the mean daily
passenger count per plane?
A. 120.5
B. 123.3
C. 120.75
D. 114

18. Which of these is an example of a random sample?

Three audience members are randomly chosen to participate in a halftime shoot-out at a basketball game.
A.

A sports store asks customers whether or not they enjoy basketball.

B.

At a team owners meeting, three people are surveyed to determine the percent of the population who
C. enjoy basketball.

One of the three best basketball players on a team are randomly chosen for a basketball shoot-out.
D.

19. Which of these is an example of a non-random sample?

Airline passengers to Orlando, Florida, are asked about vacation plans.
A.

At a school assembly, five students are randomly chosen to receive free admission to a theme park.
B.

Registered voters in Arizona are surveyed to determine if they have relatives in Florida.
C.

Out of all the seventh grade students in a public school district, fifteen are chosen to win a trip to a
D. vacation destination.

20. A circus had 36 performances in one year. The entertainment company which owned the circus analyzed
sales receipts for 12 of the performances and recorded the following number of t-shirt sales.
849, 652, 886, 725, 849, 791, 886, 652, 886, 725, 849, 886

Assuming that the sample was representative of all of the performances, what was the mode of the number of t-
shirts sold at a performance?
A. 803.00
B. 838.5
C. 886
D. 849
21. The school district designed a district wide end-of-course exam for math. Last year, 355 students took the
exam. A random sample of exam scores, shown below, were chosen to represent the entire group.

85, 94, 60, 85, 60, 85, 74, 94, 94, 66, 74, 94, 74, 74, 60, 85

Assuming that the sample was representative of all of the exam scores, what was the mean exam score for all
the end-of-course exams?
A. 78.625
B. 74
C. 79
D. 75.8

22. On the opening day of a new movie, 231 people attended the premier. The manager surveyed 8 random
people as they left the theater. He asked them to rate the movie on a scale of 1 to 10. Their ratings are below.
9, 1, 3, 9, 3, 6, 9, 6

Assuming that the sample was representative of the entire audience, what was the mean rating of the movie for
the entire audience?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 5.25
D. 5.75

23. Which of these is an example of a non-random sample?

A cereal company surveys their employees about breakfast food preference.
A.

A farmer is choosing grains of wheat from a field to test for a new flavor of cereal.
B.

Ten college students at a college, population 50,000, are chosen to taste test a new cereal.
C.

A cereal company puts a winning ticket in one box of cereal out of 100,000 boxes.
D.