Data Analysis Test Unit 7 Test

Math 7Plus

Student
Class
Date
1.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Which of these samples best represents a random sampling?

selecting every 10th name from a phone book
picking the first 100 names from a phone book
picking 100 names at random from a phone book
selecting all people from a phone book with a last name starting with the letter S

2. Eva is planning a picnic for fifth-grade classes in her school. She will ask students what type of
games they would like to play at the picnic. Which group of students should she ask to collect
the best data?
A. students who passed fifth grade last year
B. students from each class that will go to the picnic
C. students who have been to a picnic in the last month
D. students in the school cafeteria at every lunch period
3. Pam plans on surveying students to determine whether more sixth-graders or the eighthgraders participate in after school activities. Which data collection method would give her the
most representative information?
A. survey 40 randomly selected students at the eighth-grade dance
B. survey the first 40 students who enter the school building on Monday
C. survey 40 randomly selected students studying in the library during the lunch hour
D. survey 20 sixth-grade students and 20 eighth-grade students randomly selected from the school
4. Dawson is on the Student Council. He wants to have new items placed on the school lunch
menu. He will ask a sample of 18 students what two new foods should be added to the school
lunch menu. Which group will provide the most representative sample?
A. 18 sixth-grade students
B. the first 18 students who get off the bus
C. 3 students from each grade at the school
D. 3 students from each grade taking music lessons at the school
5. Mr. Johnsons class will study one sea animal next week. Which group should Mr. Johnson
survey to find the type of sea animal his students want to study?
A. his students
B. teachers as his school
C. parents of his students
D. workers at a sea animal park

6. The town of Newtonsville (population 20,000) has received a large grant. The money can be
used to build a swimming pool, build a baseball stadium, create a city park, or build a recreation
center. Random town residents were surveyed during the month of May. In June other random
residents were surveyed. Both times the residents were asked which option the town should
pursue.
Based on the survey results the town mayor made 2 conclusions.
1. Most residents of the town prefer creating a city park.
2. The responses from June indicate that there is no strong preference.
Grant Money Survey
Pool

Stadium

Park

Rec Center

May Responses

55

48

50

47

June Responses

48

51

54

47

Which option below is correct?

A. Only conclusion 1 is supported by the data.
B. Only conclusion 2 is supported by the data.
C. Both conclusions are supported by the data.
D. Neither conclusion is supported by the data.
7. Victor visited his grandmother at the community center. Victor asked 20 visitors to the
community center their ages. Based on the data he collected, Victor came to the conclusion that
approximately 10% of all visitors to the community center are older than his grandmother.
Which statement is true?
A. Ten of the people surveyed are older than his grandmother.
B. Two of the people surveyed are younger than his grandmother.
C. Eighteen of the people surveyed are the same age as his grandmother.
D. Eighteen of the people surveyed are the same age or younger than his grandmother.
8. Biologists want to determine the number of raccoons in a particular forested area. They
captured 16 raccoons, tagged them, and then released them back into the area. The next week
40 raccoons were caught, of which 9 were tagged. What is the best estimate of the number of
raccoons in the area?
A. 23
B. 56
C. 65
D. 71

9. The frequency table below displays how many consecutive years the students in one class have lived
in their current town.

Based on this data, which conclusion could be reached about the number of years all students in the school
have lived in their current town?
A. Fewer students in the school have lived in their current town more than 6 years than have lived in their
current town less than 6 years.
B. More than half of all the students in the school have lived in their current town for at least 4 years.
C. 20% of all the students in the school have lived in their current town 7 to 12 years.
D. 11% of all the students in the school have lived in their current town 1 to 3 years.
10. John recorded the high temperatures for 5 days in two towns. The temperatures are listed.
High Temperatures
Town G
Town H
(F)
(F)
90

87

95

90

94

91

93

89

98

93

Based on the table, which statement is true?

A. The mean temperature in Town G was less than the mean temperature in Town H.
B. The median temperature in Town G was less than the median temperature in Town H.
C. The median temperature in Town G was greater than the median temperature in Town H.

11. Two relay teams recorded their running times over the track season.

Team 1 had race times from 44.04 seconds to 61.59 seconds.

Team 2s range of race times was greater than Team 1s range.

Which could be the range of Team 2s scores?

A.
B.
C.
D.

32.25
40.81
46.15
48.08

to
to
to
to

45.39
62.19
63.18
59.42

seconds
seconds
seconds
seconds

12. Walter recorded the height, in inches, of six boys and six girls in his class. The results are in
the table below.
Height of Students
Boys Heights
Girls Heights
68
62
70
73
64
62
63
68
71
64
66
72
What is the difference between the interquartile range of boys heights and girls heights
A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

13. Two stem-and-leaf plots are shown. Group X plots the weights of 30 dogs at one dog show,
and Group Y plots the weights of 30 dogs at another dog show.

The mean absolute deviation (MAD) is 11 pounds for both groups. The mean for Group X is 35
pounds. The mean for Group Y is higher than the mean for Group X by some multiple of the
mean absolute deviation (MAD). Which is the best estimate for the difference in the means of
the two groups?
A. The difference in the means is about 2 times the mean absolute deviation.

B. The difference in the means is about 4 times the mean absolute deviation.
C. The difference in the means is about 8 times the mean absolute deviation.
D. The difference in the means is about 11 times the mean absolute deviation.
14. A survey of 20 boys and 20 girls was conducted to see how much time students spend on the computer
each day during the summer. The results of the survey are shown in the table.

Based on the data, which conclusion is true?

A.
B.
C.
D.

The average amount of time boys spend on the computer each day is more than girls.
The minimum amount of time girls spend on a computer each day is 35 minutes.
Some girls spend more time on the computer each day than boys.
Some boys spend less time on the computer each day than girls.

15. The dot plots show the numbers of pets owned by students in two different classes.

Part A What is the mean number of pets owned per student in Mr. Andersons class?

Part B What is the mean number of pets owned per student in Ms. Browns class?

Part C Which class owns the most pets per student?

16. A basketball coach recorded the heights, in centimeters, of the 16 boys on his basketball team. The heights
are displayed in the histogram.

The coach finds that when he records the heights of the 16 players on the girls' team, the median height falls in
the same interval as the median height for the boys. Which frequency table displays the heights of the girls?

A.

B.

C.

D.

17. A teacher was comparing two sets of quiz scores shown below.

What reasonable conclusion can be drawn from the data?

A. The mean of Quiz 1 scores is greater than the mean of Quiz 2 scores, but the variability is the same.
B. The mean of Quiz 2 scores is greater than the mean of Quiz 1 scores, but the variability is the same.
C. The variability of Quiz 1 scores is greater than the variability of Quiz 2 scores, but the mean is the same.
D. The variability of Quiz 2 scores is greater than the variability of Quiz 1 scores, but the mean is the same.

18. Russ compared the heights of the players on two basketball teams, Team 1 and Team 2. He
recorded the data as shown below.

Which statement best compares the medians and interquartile ranges of the two teams?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Team
Team
Team
Team

1
2
2
1

has
has
has
has

a
a
a
a

greater
greater
greater
greater

median and a greater interquartile range than Team 2.

median and a greater interquartile range than Team 1.
median, but Team 1 has a greater interquartile range.
median, but Team 2 has a greater interquartile range.

19. The lists below show the weights, in ounces, of fish caught and released back into the water by
Joanna and Manuel.
Weights of Joannas fish: 16, 20, 23, 28, 33
Weights of Manuels fish: 22, 22, 26, 30, 35
Approximately how many times the difference between the mean weight of Manuels fish and the mean
weight of Joannas fish is the range of the weights of Manuels fish?
A. 3

B. 4

C. 13

D. 17

20. The chart shows the numbers of lines Ana and Daris used in poems they wrote.

Based on the data, which statement is true?

A. In Anas data, the median is closer to the mean than in Dariss data.
B. In Dariss data, the median is closer to the mean than in Anas data.
C. In both sets of data, the mode is greater than the median.
D. In both sets of data, the mode is equal to the median.
21. The table below shows the number of words written in journal entries by two students.
Writer
Number of Words per Journal Entry
Audrey
184, 150, 190, 181, 210, 186
Nathan
180, 200, 160, 165, 215, 190
Which statement below is true?
A.The mean number of words per journal entry was greater for Audrey than Nathan.
B. The median number of words per journal entry was greater for Nathan than Audrey.
C. The mean number of words per journal entry was the same for Audrey and Nathan.
D. The median number of words per journal entry was the same for Audrey and Nathan.

22. The table below represents the scores of ten students in Ms. Williamss class on a math and
science test.

Which statement correctly compares the scores in science with those in math?
A. The average scores
B. The average scores
C. The average scores
scores.
D. The average scores
scores.

in science are higher, but there are more outliers in the math scores.
in math are higher, but there are more outliers in the science scores.
in science are higher, and there are more outliers than in the math
in math are higher, and there are more outliers than in the science

23. The table below displays the number of minutes John talked on his cell phone each day for 2
weeks.

Week 1
Week 2
Which statement is true?

Sun
19
9

Number of Minutes
Mon
Tue
Wed
21
12
25
16
15
35

Thur
25
38

Fri
40
31

Sat
12
10

A. The mean number of minutes John talked on his cell phone was greater for Week 2 than
Week 1.
B. The mean number of minutes John talked on his cell phone was the same for Week 1 and
Week 2.
C. The median number of minutes John talked on his cell phone was greater for Week 2 than
Week 1.
D. The median number of minutes John talked on his cell phone was the same for Week 1
and Week 2.

24. The tables below show the number of hours Marcella and Isabel worked in each of the past
eight weeks.

Marcella wants to use either the median or the mean of each data set to estimate the number of
hours they worked each week. Which statement best explains which measure of center she
should use?
A. the mean, because there are an even number of values in each data set
B. the median, because there are an even number of values in each data set
C. the mean, because there is one value in each data set that is significantly greater than the
other values
D. the median, because there is one value in each data set that is significantly greater than
the other values