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Date: ____________
Lesson 2-10: Quiz Review #2 (PSAT Day)
Learning Goals:
1. What type of questions can I expect to be given on tomorrow’s quiz?

1. The data table shows the lengths of 120 pike fish.

a. Answer the following questions:
i. Which class is the modal class?

ii. In which class is the median?

b. Estimate, correct to the nearest whole number, the mean length of pike fish.

c. Estimate, correct to 3 significant figures, the standard deviation of the length of pike fish.

d. Identify the variance of the data.

2. Classify the following variables as qualitative, quantitative discrete or quantitative continuous:

a) The length of pike fish

b) The color shirt students in IB Math Applications are wearing today

c) The time it takes for Olympians to run 100m

d) The number of goals the NY Rangers scored in each game this season
3. The box and whisker diagram shows the average times taken for a class of 40 students walk to school.

a. Find the range

b. Find the Interquartile range

c. Find the percentage of students who took between 15 and 37 minutes to walk to school

d. It was found that another student who took 60 minutes to walk to school. Determine whether this
time would be counted as an outlier.

e. What number of students took 37 minutes or less to talk to school.

4. The mean of the ten numbers listed below is 6.2. The median is 6.5.

1, 3, 5, 5, 𝑎, 7, 8, 𝑏, 9, 10

a. Find the value of a.

b. Find the value of b.

5. Identify the below sampling techniques as convenience, simple random, systematic, stratified or
quota.
a. Creating a sample of students by first dividing the entire student body into 4 groups: freshman,
sophomores, juniors, and seniors, and then selecting 5 from each of the four groups is an example

b. Creating a sample of students by starting with the second name in the student directory and
selecting every 15th

c. To obtain a sample of the seniors at the university, a researcher writes the name of each senior on
a slip of paper, places the slips in a box and mixes them, and then selects 100 slips. The students
whose names are on the slips of paper are included in the sample.

d. A student decides to study the hair color of every student in HHS. They write down the hair color
of everyone at their lunch table.

e. Mr. Roberts wants to know how much time his students spend on homework each night. He takes
a sample of 5 boy and 8 girls in every class he teaches.

f. A student uses a random number generator to select students out of an alphabetical list to survey
about the amount of money they earn in allowance each week.
6. Mr. Farmer collects the daily temperature for 12 days. The daily temperatures in ℃ is displayed in the
list below:
14, 18, 19, 19, 20, 21, 21, 22, 25, 25, 25, 28
a. Calculate the average temperature

b. What is the modal temperature over the twelve days?

c. Calculate the min, Q1, Median, Q3, and maximum and display this information in a box and
whisker diagram.