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Extra Practice
Descriptive Modeling and Accuracy
Example 1
1. CLUBS Reggie applies to become a member of a school club. To become a member, 75% of the club
members must vote for a candidate. There are currently 56 members in the club. Using this metric,
what is the least number of votes Reggie can receive and still become a member of the club?
2. SCHOLARSHIP To qualify for a scholarship, a student must score at least 85% on a written test. The test is
64 questions. Using this metric, what is the greatest number of questions a student can miss and still
qualify for the scholarship?
3. EXAM To become a police officer, applicants must pass a written exam. 17 15 12 19
The National Police Officer Selection Test (NPOST) is used by many states
and requires that applicants score at least 70% in each of the four sections 21 16 17 10
of the test. The table shows the number of questions that different
applicants answered correctly in the reading comprehension section. If 23 18 19 25
the reading comprehension section contains 25 questions, how many
applicants passed the reading comprehension section of the NPOST? 16 20 18 14
Example 2
4. DEBT-TO-INCOME RATIO Find Kimi’s debt-to-income ratio if her monthly expenses are $1984 and her
monthly salary is $3200.
5. DEBT-TO-INCOME RATIO Find Lamar’s debt-to-income ratio if his monthly expenses are $1540 and his
monthly salary is $2800.
6. FITNESS CLUB Nancy is deciding which fitness club she should join. Fitness Club A multiplies the average
number of monthly visits by $5, where the average number of monthly visits is 20 visits for a member
who lives fewer than 10 miles away from the club and 14 visits for a member who lives 10 miles or more
from the club. Fitness Club B multiplies the exact number of monthly visits to the club by $7. Suppose
Nancy lives fewer than 10 miles from Fitness Club A and typically visits a fitness club 17 times per
month. Find Nancy’s monthly cost of membership at each club.
Descriptive Modeling and Accuracy Extra Practice
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Example 3
7. LOAN Pedro took a loan of $340 to buy a phone. He is going to pay back the money in 12 equal monthly
payments. How much money should Pedro pay each month?
8. PARTY PLANNING Jada is ordering dinner rolls for an event. She wants to order enough rolls for each
person at the event to have 2 rolls. A total of 93 people are planning to attend the event. If the dinner
rolls come in packages of 12, how many packages does Jada need to order?
9. STRAWBERRIES Eric has 19 pounds of strawberries that he wants to divide evenly among 9 people.
When he types 19 ÷ 9 into his calculator, the number that appears is 2.111111. What amount of
strawberries should he give to each person?
10. PRESENTATIONS For a project, each student in a class of 22 students much give a presentation. If a
teacher plans to spend three 45-minutes class periods on student presentations, how many minutes
should the teacher allow for each presentation?
Example 4
11. JEWELRY Jason makes and sells jewelry. He made 20 necklaces, 40 bracelets, and 5 rings. He sold all
the necklaces and rings and almost all the bracelets. If the necklaces sell for $15 each, the bracelets sell
for $10 each, and the rings sell for $12.50 each, determine the total amount Jason earned with a
reasonable level of accuracy.
12. TIME MANAGEMENT Prisha spends about 35 minutes reading each day. She also listens to music for an
average of 40 minutes per day, and she listens to podcasts for 1.25 hours four times a week. If Prisha
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decides to increase the time she does each activity by , find the total number of hours she spends
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reading and listening to music and podcasts in a year with a reasonable level of accuracy.
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Example 5
13. BRIDGES A report by the county commissioner says that 74 bridges in the county need to be repaired.
How accurate is the report? Explain.
14. MARBLES Anita states that in her experience, a jar can hold 288 marbles. How accurate is Anita’s
statement? Explain.
15. ATTENDANCE A singer states that 3261 people attended her recent concert. How accurate is her
statement? Explain.
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