PRACTICE FOR MATH TEST

1.Forty students took a math test marked out of ten points.

Their results are as follows:
9, 10, 7, 8, 9, 6, 5, 9, 4, 7, 1, 7, 2, 7, 8, 5, 4, 3, 10, 7, 3, 7, 8, 6, 9, 7, 4, 2, 3, 9, 4, 3, 7, 5, 5, 2, 7, 9, 7, 1
a) Prepare a frequency table of the scores
b) Using the frequency table, calculate the mean, median, mode, and range.
c) Draw a histogram to represent the data.

2. The following are heights of small Christmas trees in cm.

The heights are between 21 cm and 66 cm
65, 32, 54, 56, 34, 43, 21, 51, 50, 61, 59, 45, 48, 39, 41, 31, 36, 65, 66, 44, 45, 40, 30, 50, 57, 32, 61,
48, 55, 45, 35, 30, 32, 45, 39, 32, 49, 47, 55, 34, 53, 43, 59, 41
a) Prepare a frequency table (use 4 intervals).
b) Find the mean from the data and then estimate
c) Find the range of the heights
d) Draw a histogram to represent the data.

3.a. By using the median of the winning and losing scores, what is the median Super Bowl final
score? Using the median, by how many points on does the winning team beat the losing team by?
b. Now that you have used both the mean and median to explore the typical Super Bowl score, which
statistic seems to better represent the data? Why?
c. Looking at all scores, winning or losing, is there a mode of the data set? If so, what is it? Knowing
what you know about football, does it make sense that this score would be the mode?
d.Another statistic that we have not talked about is the range. Find the range for each: a. Which of the
twelve Super Bowls had the greatest range? Which Super Bowl was that and what was the range?

4. A medical study was conducted to learn the effect of caffeine on heart rate. Participants were asked
to drink one 250-mL cup of coffee and record their number of heartbeats over a 15-second interval.
The following data were collected. Heartbeats in 15 seconds:
33, 35, 30, 70, 33, 31, 36, 40, 37, 29
a) What is the range?
b) What are the median and the mean?
c) Identify any possible outlier(s). Should the outlier(s) be removed from the data set? Explain why or
why not.
d) How would removing the outlier(s) affect the median and the mean?
5.Steven scored 338 points in 26 basketball games this fall. Micha played in 8 fewer games than
Steven. Her mean score per game was 0.5 points higher than Steven’s. How many total points did
Micha score in her basketball season?

6. Given the following group of numbers — 8, 2, 9, 4, 2, 7, 8, 0, 4, 1 — which of the following is

(are) true?
I. The mean is 5.
II. The median is 4.
III. The sum of the modes is 14.
a. II only
b. II and III
c. I and II
d. I and III

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8.Consider the ordered data set {a,b,c,d} Given that the mode is 3, the median is 2.5, and the range is
2 find the mean of the data set correct to 3 significant figures.

9. The table shows the monthly salaries for employees at a company.

a. Find the mean, median, and mode of the data.

b. Each employee receives a 5% raise. Find the mean, median, and mode of the data with the raise.
How does this increase affect the mean, median, and mode of the data?
c. Use the original monthly salaries to calculate the annual salaries. Find the mean, median, and mode
of the annual salaries. How are these values related to the mean, median, and mode of the monthly
salaries?

10. Consider the algebraic expressions 3x, 9x, 4x, 23x, 6x, and 3x. Assume x > 0. a. Find the mean,
median, and mode. b. Is there an outlier?

11. The following data represent the numbers of tornadoes that touched down during 1950 to 1994 in
the 12 states that had the most tornadoes during this period. The data for these states are given in the
following order: CO, FL, IA, IL, KS, LA, MO, MS, NE, OK, SD, TX.
1113 2009 1374 1137 2110 1086 1166 1039 1673 2300 1139 5490
a. Calculate the mean and median for these data.
b. Identify the outlier in this data set. Drop the outlier and recalculate the mean and median. Which of
these two summary measures changes by a larger amount when you drop the outlier?
c. Which is the better summary measure for these data, the mean or the median? Explain
12. The following data set lists the number of women from each of 12 countries who were on the
Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings Top 50 list as of July 18, 2011. The data, listed in that order,
are for the following countries: Australia, Chinese Taipei, England, Germany, Japan, Netherlands,
Norway, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.
3 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 18 2 3 8
a. Calculate the mean and median for these data.
b. Identify the outlier in this data set. Drop the outlier and recalculate the mean and median. Which of
these two summary measures changes by a larger amount when you drop the outlier?
c. Which is the better summary measure for these data, the mean or the median? Explain.

13. Twenty business majors and 15 economics majors go bowling. Each student bowls one game. The
scorekeeper announces that the mean score for the 15 economics majors is 138 and the mean score for
the entire group of 35 students is 150. Find the mean score for the 20 business majors.

14. Seven airline passengers in economy class on the same flight paid an average of $418 per ticket.
Because the tickets were purchased at different times and from different sources, the prices varied.
The first five passengers paid $420, $210, $415, $695, and $496. The sixth and seventh tickets were
purchased by a couple who paid identical fares. What price did each of them pay?

15. Consider the following two data sets.

Data Set I: 12 25 37 8 41
Data Set II: 19 32 44 15 48
Notice that each value of the second data set is obtained by adding 7 to the corresponding value of the
first data set. Calculate the mean for each of these two data sets. Comment on the relationship
between the two means.

16. The heights of 50 students, measured to the nearest centimetres, have been found to be as follows:
161 150 154 165 168 161 154 162 150 151 162 164 171 165 158 154 156 172 160 170 153 159 161
170 162 165 166 168 165 164 154 152 153 156 158 162 160 161 173 166 161 159 162 167 168 159
158 153 154 159
(i) Represent the data given above by a grouped frequency distribution table, taking the class intervals
as 160 - 165, 165 - 170, etc.
(ii) What can you conclude about their heights from the table?
(iii) Draw histogram and determine whether the graph is symmetrical or not.

17. Thirty children were asked about the number of hours they watched TV programmes in the
previous week. The results were found as follows:
1 6 2 3 5 12 5 8 4 8 10 3 4 12 2 8 15 1 17 6 3 2 8 5 9 6 8 7 14 12
(i)Make a grouped frequency distribution table for this data, taking class width 5 and one of the class
intervals as 5 - 10.
(ii)How many children watched television for 15 or more hours a week?
(iii) Draw histogram and determine whether the graph is symmetrical or not.

18. The following observations have been arranged in ascending order. If the median of the data is 63,
find the mean.
29, 32, 48, 50, x, x + 2, 72, 78, 84, 95

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21. Four integer cards are arranged in ascending order. The integer cards have the following
properties:
• The median is 8.
• The range is 8.
• The highest number is 11.
Calculate the mean of the four numbers. Give your answer as a decimal.

22. Katie and her four friends each think of an integer between 1 and 9. The set of five numbers has
the following rules:
• The mean, median, mode and range = 5.
• Only one number appears twice.
• The lowest number chosen is 2. Write the five numbers chosen by Katie and her friends as a list in
ascending order separated by commas

23. John enters an 8 mile run. He runs 2 miles at 6 miles per hour (mph) and 1 mile at 4 miles per
hour. What is the mean average time that John needs to complete each remaining mile to finish the
race in 75 minutes? Give your answer in minutes and don't include units.

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26. Sara’s teacher gave her class 10 quizzes, each worth 20 marks. Sara’s marks on the tests are given
below.

A) Determine the mean, median, and mode of her marks. Mean: Median: Mode:
B) Which mark might be considered to be an outlier? Discard the outlier, and then determine the
mean, median, and mode.
C) Which measure of central tendency is most affected by an outlier?

27. Harrison recorded the length of time, rounded to the nearest 10 min, that he spent playing video
games each day for a month.

a) Construct a line plot of the data

b) Comment on the distribution of the data.
 c) Identify outliers in the data
28.Consider the data set 2, 2, 3, 6, 10.
(a) Compute the mode, median, and mean.
(b) Multiply each data value by 5. Compute the mode, median, and mean.
(c) Compare the results of parts (a) and (b). In general, how do you think the mode, median, and mean
are affected when each data value in a set is multiplied by the same constant?
(d) Suppose you have information about average heights of a random sample of airplane passengers.
The mode is 70 inches, the median is 68 inches, and the mean is 71 inches. To convert the data into
centimeters, multiply each data value by 2.54. What are the values of the mode, median, and mean in
centimeters?

29. The marks of a group of 10 students in their first and second Maths test are listed in the tables
below.
First Test Second Test
40 27 35 28 36 20 30 45 36 32
35 40 27 45 30 30 25 23 30 37

a. The Maths teacher decides to present the marks from the two tests by either a dot
diagram, a back to back stem-and-leaf diagram or a histogram, which is the best method
if all the marks must be shown and the presentation must be as simple as possible?
Explain your answer.
b. Present the marks from the two tests by the method chosen in (a)

c. Find the mode, median and mean marks for each test.
First test Second test
Mean
Median
Mode

d. Which measure of central tendency is the most appropriate indicator of average of each
data? Explain
e. Make inference based on your data presentation.

30.The table below represents the time taken by a group of students to finish a Maths test.
Time taken frequency
0 < t ≤20 8
20 < t ≤30 9
30 < t ≤35 10
35 < t ≤45 16
45 < t ≤60 5
a. How many students are recorded?
b. If the data is going to be represented by using histogram, then which one is best to be
used: frequency or frequency density? Explain.

31.The frequency table shows the monthly donations, in dollars, of a group of employees in an office :
Monthly 4 5 6 8 10 12 15
donation ($)
Number of 5 3 12 10 k 7 3
workers
a. (i) If the mode of distribution is $6, find the greatest possible value of k.

(ii) Referring your answer for k in (i), present the data using dot diagram

(iii) Briefly describe the distribution of the data

b. If the median of the distribution is $8, find the range value of k.

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c. If the mean is 8 , find the value of k.
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