Statistics I

1.
The average weight of a group of pandas is 200 pounds. Another panda, weighing 230 pounds, joins
the group, raising the average weight of the entire group to 205 pounds. How many pandas were in
the original group?
2. 3.
The average height of 14 students in one class is A group of 10 students played a certain game.
63 inches. The average height of 21 students in Every player received a score equal to an integer
another class is 68. If the two classes are from 1 to 10, inclusive. For the 10 players, the
combined, what is the average height, in inches, mean score was 4. If more than half of the players
of the students in the combined class? received a score greater than 5, which of the
A) 64.5 following is true about the mean score of the
remaining players?
C) 66
A) It must be less than 4. B) It must be equal to
B) 65
4.
D) 66.5
C) It must be between 4 and 5.
D) It must be greater than 5.
Questions 4-7 refer to the following 6.
information: What effect would removing the outlier have on
the mean math class size and the median math
class size?
A) The mean would increase, and the median
would stay the same.
B) The mean would increase, and the median
would increase.
C) The mean would stay the same, and the median
The table above shows the distribution of class would stay the same.
sizes for the 20 math classes at a high school. D) The mean would stay the same, and the median
4. would increase.
What is the mean math class size? 7.
A) 28.2 B) 28.5 C) 29.4 D) 30.0 If a new student is randomly placed into one of the
20 math classes, what is the probability that the
student will be in a math class that already has 30
5. or more students?
The math department chairperson wants to show A) 1/4
the principal of the school the number of math
B) 3/10
classes by size as a percentage of the total number
of math classes. Which type of graph is most C) 9/20
useful for this purpose? D) 11/20
A) Scatterplot C) Line graph
B) Box plot D) Circle graph
8. 9.
Data set A consists of 30 data values. The A data set of 27 different numbers has a mean of
minimum value is 40, and the maximum value is 33 and a median of 33. A new data set is created
60. Data set B consists of the 30 values in data set by adding 7 to each number in the original data set
A and one additional value x. Which of the that is greater than the median and subtracting 7
following values of x will result in the mean of from each number in the original data set that is
data set B being less than the mean of data set A less than the median. Which of the following
and the range of data set B being greater than the measures does NOT have the same value in both
range of data set A? the original and new data sets?
A) 1 B) 40 C) 50 D) 100 A) Median B) Mean
C) Sum of the numbers D) Standard deviation
10. 11.
A sociologist chose 300 students at random from each
of two schools and asked each student how many
siblings he or she has. The results are shown in the
table below.
Students' Sibling Survey

Which of the given data sets has a greater standard

deviation?
A) Data set A
B) Data set B
C) The standard deviations of data set A and data set
B are equal.
D) There is not enough information to determine
What is the median number of siblings for all the
which data set has a greater standard deviation.
students surveyed?
A) 0 C) 2 B) 1 D) 3
Questions 12-14 refer to the following information: 13.
Which of the following is closest to the median price,
in dollars, of the seven recorded prices of one metric
ton of oranges?
A) 834 C) 783
B) 808 D) 768
14.
In 2014, the average price of one metric ton of oranges
decreased by 2.36% from January (not shown) to
February. Which of the following is closest to the price
of one metric ton of oranges in January 2014?

A) 700
B) 770
C) 790
The line graph above shows the average price of one D) 830
metric ton of oranges, in dollars, for each of seven
months in 2014.
12.
Between which two consecutive months shown did
the average price of one metric ton of oranges
decrease the most?
A) March to April
June to July
B) May to June
D) July to August
 Homework: Statistics I
1. 3.
A plant has 40 leaves. The median length of the The mean value of the 19 pins in a collection is 98
leaves is 5 inches. Which of the following dollars. If a chosen pin is removed from the
statements must be true? collection, the mean value of the remaining pins is
A) The sum of the lengths of the leaves is 200 101 dollars. What is the value, in dollars, of the
inches. chosen pin?
B) The average of the length of the shortest leaf
and the length of the longest leaf is 5 inches.
C) The difference between the length of the
shortest leaf and the length of the longest leaf is
5 inches.
D) At least half of the leaves have lengths that
are greater than or equal to 5 inches.
2. 4.

The bar graph shows the number of bicycles

rented on each day of a five-day festival. Which Two data sets of 19 values each are summarized in
statement best compares the mean and the the bar graphs shown. Which of the following
median number of bicycles rented per day for statements best compares the median of data set A
the five days? and the median of data set B?
A) The mean is less than the median. A) The median of data set A is less than the median
B) The mean is greater than the median. of data set B.
C) The mean is equal to the median. B) The median of data set A is greater than the
median of data set B.
D) There is not enough information to compare
the mean and the median. C) The median of data set A is equal to the median
of data set B.
D) There is not enough information to compare the
medians of the two data sets.
5. 6.
Data set A consists of 6 data values and has a To evaluate the water quality of lakes A and B,
mean of 92. Data set B consists of 4 data values. researchers took 81 samples of water from each
If data sets A and B are combined into one data lake. The mean pH of the samples from lake A is
set, the mean of the combined data set is 94. 7.3, and the mean pH of the samples from lake B is
What is the mean of data set B? 6.8. Which of the following must be true?
A) 95 B) 96 C) 97 D) 98 I. The median pH of the samples from lake A is
greater than the median pH of the samples from
lake B.
 II. The highest pH measured among the samples
from lake A is greater than the highest pH
measured among the samples from lake B.
A) I only B) II only
C) I and II D) Neither I nor II
7. 8.

Based on the box plots, which of the following

Data sets A and B are represented in the dot plots
statements must be true?
shown. Which of the following statements must be
1. The mean of data set 2 is greater than the true?
mean of data set 1.
I. The mean of data set B is equal to the mean of
II. The range of data set 2 is greater than the data set A.
range of data set 1.
II. The standard deviation of data set B is equal to
A) Neither I nor II the standard deviation of data set A.
B) I only C) II only D) I and II A) I only B) II only
C) Neither I nor II D) I and II
9. 10.
The frequency table summarizes the prices of 30
items in a shopping cart.

The dot plot shows the distribution of values in data

set A. Data set B is created by multiplying each
value in data set A by 2. Which of the following
statements about the medians and the ranges of data
If an item with a price of 25 dollars is removed sets A and B must be true?
from the shopping cart, what will be the effect
A) The median of data set B is equal to the median
on the mean and median price of the items in the
of data set A, and the range of data set B is equal to
shopping cart?
the range of data set A.
A) The mean and median will both decrease.
B) The median of data set B is twice the median of
B) The mean and median will both increase. data set A, and the range of data set B is equal to
C) The mean will decrease, and the median will the range of data set A.
remain the same. C) The median of data set B is equal to the median
D) The mean will increase, and the median will of data set A, and the range of data set B is twice
remain the same. the range of data set A.
D) The median of data set B is twice the median of
data set A, and the range of data set B is twice the
range of data set A.
11. 12.
Data set A consists of 29 integers between 370 and
440. Data set B consists of all the integers in data
set A as well as two integers between 210 and 250.
Which of the following must be greater for data set
A than for data set B?

I. The mean
II. The median
III. The range

A) I only
B) I and II only
C) II and III only
D) I, II, and III

The dot plots represent the distributions of

values in data sets A, B, and C. The standard
deviations of data sets A, B, and Care a, b, and
c, respectively. Which of the following correctly
compares a, b, and c?
A) a < b < c B) b < a < c
C) c < a < b D) c < b < a
13. 14.
72, 73, 76, 79, 80, 81, 85

The list gives 7 of the 8 positive integers in data set

Q. The mean of these 7 integers is 78. The range of
data set Q is greater than 20 but less than 30. If the
mean of data set Q is an integer that is less than 78,
what is the value of the smallest integer in data set
The dot plot gives the gas mileages, in miles per
Q?
gallon, of 15 different cars. If the dot
representing the car with the greatest gas
mileage is removed from the dot plot, which of
the following measures of the data set will
decrease?
1. The mean
II. The median
III. The standard deviation
A) I only B) I and III only
C) II and III only D) I, II, and III
15. 16.
The tables give the distribution of daily travel
times between two towns for bus A and bus B
over a 40-day period.

Which statement correctly compares the

standard deviations of travel times for bus A and
bus B?
A) The standard deviation of travel times for bus
A is less than the standard deviation of travel
times for bus B.
B) The standard deviation of travel times for bus The histograms shown summarize two data sets, X
B is less than the standard deviation of travel and Y. Each data set consists of 25 whole numbers.
times for bus A. In each histogram, the first interval represents the
C) The standard deviation of travel times for bus frequency of whole numbers greater than or equal
A is equal to the standard deviation of travel to 70, but less than 75. The second interval
times for bus B. represents the frequency of whole numbers greater
D) There is not enough information to compare than or equal to 75, but less than 80, and so on.
these standard deviations. What is the largest possible difference between the
median of data set Y and the mean of data set X?

17.
A digital marketing agency has three groups of clients. The first group consists of 8 clients who are
charged a monthly fee of at least $170 but no more than $190. The second group consists of 11 clients
who are charged a monthly fee of at least $200 but no more than $230. The third group consists of 21
clients who are charged a monthly fee of at least $240 but no more than $300. If a new client who is
charged a monthly fee of $250 is added to the third group, what will be the effect on the mean monthly
fee charged by the agency?
A) The mean will increase.
B) The mean will decrease.
C) The mean will remain the same.
D) There is not enough information to determine how the mean will change.
 Box plot
1. 2.
Amir's Survey Results(85 survey) The boxplots below summarize the distribution of
SAT verbal and math scores among students at an
upstate New York high school.

Which of the following statements are true?

I. The range of the math scores equals the range of
the verbal scores
II. The highest math score equals the median verbal
score.
Which of the following box plots could III. The verbal scores appear to be roughly
represent Amir's survey data? symmetric, while the math scores appear to be
skewed.

A. I only
B. I and II
C. II and III
D. I, II, and III
3.

The boxplot above shows the distribution of marks scored in a test by pupils in a Geography class.
There are 31 students in the class.
(a) What is the range of marks scored by the students?
(b) What is the interquartile range of marks scored by the students?
(c) Julian got the 16th highest mark in the class. What was his score?
(d) Alice scored 24 marks. She thinks she got the fifth highest score. Could Alice be correct? You
must explain your answer.
4. 5.

The box plot shows the maximum ground

The box summarizes the distribution of 100 temperature, in degrees Celsius (°C), each day for
distinct values in a data set. Which of the 40 solar days on Mars. Which of the following
following intervals contains the most data could be the number of solar days for which the
values? maximum ground temperature on Mars was at least
A) 10 ≤ x ≤ 40 9°C?
B) 40 ≤ x ≤ 70 A) 10
C) 70 ≤ x ≤ 90 B) 20
D) 90 ≤ x ≤ 100 C) 25
D) 30