1. Find the mode of the set of scores.

6. Find the mean, the median, and the mode, if any, for the given
12, 6, 9, 8, 10, 5, 12, 7 data. Round noninteger means to the nearest tenth.
a. 12
97, 101, 83, 78, 104, 73, 97, 71
b. 8.625
c. 11 a. Mean:75.9
Median: 83
d. 8
Mode: none
e. 7
ANSWER: _______ b. Mean:75.9
Median: 97
2. Find the median of the set of scores. Mode: none

48, 62, 62, 98, 76, 88, 70 c. Mean:75.9

Median: 90
a. 98 Mode: none
b. 72
c. 62 d. Mean:75.9
Median: 97
d. 70
Mode: 97
e. 50
ANSWER: _______ e.
Mean: 75.9
Median: 90
3. Find the mean of the scores. Mode: 97
ANSWER: ___________
4, 3, 4, 1, 0, 6

a. 3.5 7. A professor grades students on two tests, three quizzes, and

a final examination. Each test counts the same as three
b. 3 quizzes and the final examination counts the same as two
c. 4 tests. Maegan has test scores of 87 and 96. Maegan's quiz
d. 2.5 scores are 86, 72, and 83. Her final examination score is
93. Use the weighted mean formula to find Maegan's
e. 6
average for the course. The professor rounds averages to
ANSWER: __________
the nearest integer.

4. Find the mode(s) of the scores. a. 86

b. 90
14, 13, 16, 12, 15, 12, 17, 13
c. 89
a. 10 d. 87
b. 13, 14 e. 65
c. 14 ANSWER: _________
d. 13
e. 12, 13 8. What is the G.P.A. for a student who earned the grades shown
ANSWER: __________ below? The grades are based on a 4.0 point maximum
scale, with , , ,
5. Find the mean of the set of sample data. ,etc. Round your answer to two decimal places.
96, 54, 66, 78, 62, 80, 54 Class Credits Grade
a. 66 Phys 150C 7
b. 70 Phys Lab 160C 3
c. 42
Math 210A 9
d. 78
Hist 220A 4
e. 54
ANSWER: __________
a. 2.36
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 b. 5.75 11. Statistical Abstracts, (117th ed.), reports average travel time
c. 5.50 to work for commuters in the New England states to be (to
the nearest minute):
d. 13.58
ANSWER: ____________ 17 21 18 26 17 23

9. Find the average price per item for an order that consists of What is the median of these commuting times? Round your
the following catalog items. Round your answer to two answer to one decimal place, if necessary.
decimal places.
a. 17
Price Per Item Number of items b. 19.5
$12 4 c. 17.5
$16 2 d. 22
$19 8 e. 17
$22 6 ANSWER: _____________

a. $17.04 12. The following daily temperatures were recorded at three-

b. $18.20 hour intervals. Find the midrange of the data. Round your
c. $3.00 answer to one decimal place, if necessary.
d. $3.50 54o, 58o, 65o, 69o, 71o, 67o, 65o, 65o, 60o
ANSWER: _________
a. 57o
10. Find the mean, the median, and all the modes for the pay b. 65.5o
rates in the given frequency distribution. Round your
answers to two decimal places. c. 17o
d. 62.5o
Hourly pay rates
Frequency e. 6o
for employees
9.00 4 ANSWER: ____________
12.50 29
13. So far in art class, a student’s quiz scores are 89%, 90%,
15.50 7
82%, and 77%. What score does the student need on the
20.00 4 fifth quiz to have a mean quiz score of 87%? All the
quizzes have equal weights. Round your answer to the
a. Mean: $18.53 nearest whole number.
Median:$14.00
Mode:$12.50 a. 85%
b. 85%
b. Mean: $14.25
Median: $14.00 c. 97%
Mode: $15.50 d. 97%
ANSWER: __________
c. Mean: $13.34
Median: $12.50 14. Tom has a mean score of 79 on the first three tests in class.
Mode: $12.50 What is the highest grade Tom can get if there is only one
more 100-point test and all the tests are equally weighted.
d. Mean: $13.34 The teacher rounds final grades to the nearest integer.
Median: $14.00
Mode: $15.50 a. 90
b. 86
e.
Mean: $14.25
Median: $14.00 c. 81
Mode:$12.50 d. 83
ANSWER: __________ e. 84
ANSWER: ______________

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15. Mark typed an average of 74 words per minute on the first e.
range: 38
500 words of his 1000 word essay. Because of fatigue he standart deviation: 18.2
was only able to type 44 words per minute on the remaining variance:331.3
500 words. What was Mark's average words per minute on ANSWER: ______________
his entire essay? Round any approximate answers to the
nearest integer.
19. The following is a list of the ages of employees at Hammer's
a. 59 Inc. Find the mean and the sample standard deviation of the
ages of the employees. Round noninteger results to the
b. 55
nearest tenth.
c. 74
d. 44 22 25 35 40 43 47 53 58
e. 60 58 53 40 35 53 22 35 25
ANSWER: _______________
a.
mean: 48.3
standart deviation: 15.1
16. Find the range of the set of numbers given.
b. mean: 362.3
10, 6, 9, 3, 3, 12, 6 standart deviation: 113.5
c. mean: 40.3
a. 6 standart deviation: 12.6
b. 3 d. mean: 28.2
c. 9 standart deviation: 8.8
d. 7 e. mean: 30.2
e. 12 standart deviation: 9.5
ANSWER: __________________ ANSWER: ______________

17. Find the variance of the set of sample data. 20. Given the sample data below, use the defining formula to
compute the sample variance. Round your answer to two
55, 53, 76, 52, 91, 98 decimal places, if necessary.
a. 418.97 25, 16, 29, 13, 16, 12
b. 65.5
a. 629.15
c. 20.47
b. 2220
d. 425
c. 3958.33
e. 70.83
d. 4750
ANSWER: ______________
e. 689.2
18. Find the range, the standard deviation, and the variance for ANSWER: _______________
the given samples. Round noninteger results to the nearest
tenth. 21. Harry and Frank have been comparing their investment
portfolios for several years. Harry claims that his portfolio
93, 83, 55, 66, 75, 70, 74 of only stocks has a better record than Frank's portfolio that
is 20% stocks and 80% bonds. Let be a random variable
representing the annual percent return for Harry's portfolio
a. range: 38
and let be a random variable representing the annual
standart deviation: 12.1
return on Frank's portfolio. Use this information to
variance: 147.2
calculate the coefficient of variation for Frank's portfolio.
b. range: 27 Round your answer to two decimal places.
standart deviation: 14.6
variance: 212 2 2 2 1
3 10 4 8 –1 –5
c. range: 27 6 9 3 5
standart deviation: 8.5 3 1 3 3
variance:72.1 –4 –10 6 7 8 31
1 9 5 5
d. range: 38
standart deviation: 268.3 a. 94.77%
variance: 268.3
b. 105.52%
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 c. 104.45%
a. 65%
d. 100.10%
b. 15%
e. 95.74%
c. 85%
ANSWER: ______________
d. 35%
ANSWER: _______________
22. A data set has a mean of and a standard deviation
of 18. Find the z-score of . 27. The employees of a small business were surveyed to find
a. the time they normally spend commuting to work, one-
way. The times, in minutes, are shown in the table below.
b. Use the median procedure for finding quartiles to find the
c. first, second, and third quartiles ( , , and ) for the
data.
d.
e. One Way Time to Work (minutes)
ANSWER: _________________ 19 19 19 19 27
32 19 28 19 26
23. A random sample of 1000 oranges showed that the mean 33 37 24 19 19
amount of juice per orange was 5.9 fluid ounces, with a
37 37 24 32 24
standard deviation of 1.7 fluid ounces. If the z-score for a
particular orange was –1.25, how much juice was produced 16
by this orange? Round approximate values to the nearest
tenth of a fluid ounce. a. , ,
b. , ,
a. 4.7 fluid ounces
c. , ,
b. 7.2 fluid ounces
c. 3.8 fluid ounces d. , ,
ANSWER: __________
d. 8.0 fluid ounces
e. 6.4 fluid ounces
28. The number of patients coming into a hospital’s emergency
ANSWER: _____________
clinic between midnight and 6:00 A.M. was recorded each
day for several days. Use the median procedure for finding
24. The Jackson triplets, Jenny, John, and James, are in
different algebra classes at City High. On their final exams, quartiles to find the first, second, and third quartiles ( ,
Jenny scored 77 on a test with a mean of 69 and a standard , and ) for the data.
deviation of 11; John scored 79 on a test with a mean of
73 and a standard deviation of 9; and James scored 75 on a Number of Patients (midnight - 6:00 A.M.)
test with a mean of 67 and a standard deviation of 10. Who 20 9 12 13 16 18
had the best score?
15 8 24 17 12 13
ANSWER: _____________ 19 21 12 8 9

25. You know that 149 of the 196 students that took a test a. , ,
scored lower than 85 on test. What percentile does the b.
score of 85 represent? , ,
c. , ,
a. 24
d. , ,
b. 76
ANSWER: _______________
c. 85
d. 15 29. In a normal distribution, what percent of the data lie below
ANSWER: _____________________
1 standard deviation of the mean? Round your answer to
one decimal place.
26. The median salary of the 1,073 teachers in a large public
school district is $38,850. If the 65th percentile of the a. 13.6%
salaries is $46,600, find the percent of teachers whose b. 27.2%
salary is between $38,850 and $46,600.
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 c. 31.8% 34. Find the area, to the nearest thousandth, of the region of the
d. 15.9 % standard normal distribution with . Round your
e. 4.6% answer to three decimal places, if necessary.
ANSWER: ________________
a. 0.494
b. 0.506
30. The life expectancy of a fluorescent tube is normally
distributed with a mean of 6,800 hours and a standard c. 0.988
deviation of 1,000 hours. Find the probability that a tube d. 0.006
lasts for more than 8,800 hours. Use the Empirical Rule. e. 0.994
a. 0.8410 ANSWER: ______________
b. 0.4985
35. Find the z-score, to the nearest hundredth, that has
c. 0.5015 0.012 square unit of the standard normal distribution to the
d. 0.1590 right of z.
ANSWER: ____________
a. 0.01
31. The lengths of a certain species of fish were found to be b. –0.01
normally distributed. The mean length is 72 cm with a c. 2.25
standard deviation of 9 cm. In a school of 440 of these fish, d. 0
about how many would be longer than 54 cm? Use the
Empirical Rule. e. –2.25
ANSWER: _____________
a. 70
b. 1 36. The duration of routine operations in a certain hospital has
c. 439 approximately a normal distribution with an average of
150 minutes and a standard deviation of 12 minutes. What
d. 430 percentage of operations last less than 180 minutes? Round
ANSWER: _________________
your answer to one decimal place.

32. Find the area, to the nearest thousandth, of the standard a. 50.6%
normal distribution between the z-scores of and b. 0.6%
. Round your answer to three decimal places, if c. 99.4%
necessary.
d. 98.8%
a. 0.433 ANSWER: ___________
b. 0.027
37. The scores for a standardized reading test are found to be
c. 0.893 normally distributed with a mean of 300 and a standard
d. 0.473 deviation of 40. If the test is given to 490 students, how
e. 0.46 many are expected to have scores between 300 and 340?
ANSWER: __________________ ANSWER: __________________

33. Find the area, to the nearest thousandth, of the region of the 38. A population is normally distributed with a mean of 35 and
standard normal distribution with . Round your a standard deviation of 8. What percent of the data are less
answer to three decimal places, if necessary. than 39? Round your answer to one decimal place.

a. 0.488 a. 69.1%
b. 0.512 b. 19.1%
c. 0.976 c. 80.9%
d. 0.012 d. 30.9%
e. 0.988 e. 61.8%
ANSWER: ______________ ANSWER: ______________

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39. The mean weight of a group of boys is 145 lb, with a 43. A certain model of automobile has its gas mileage (in miles
standard deviation of 4 lb. If the weights are normally per gallon, or mpg) normally distributed, with a mean of
distributed, what percent of the boys from the group weigh 26 mpg and a standard deviation of 6 mpg. Find the
between 147 and 155 lb? Round your answer to one probability that a car selected at random has gas mileage
decimal place. less than 11 mpg. Round your answer to four decimal
places.
a. 19.1%
a. 0.0062
b. 49.4%
b. 0.5062
c. 68.5%
c. 0.4938
d. 30.3%
d. 0.9938
e. 31.5%
e. 0.9876
ANSWER: ____________
ANSWER: ___________
40. The light bulbs produced by a generic manufacturer have a
stated average life of 1,146 hours. Assume that the 44. Which of the scatter diagrams below suggests a strong
lifetimes of the bulbs are normally distributed with a negative relationship between the x and y variables?
standard deviation of 100 hours. Find the probability that a
a
light bulb from this manufacturer will last longer than
.
1,271 hours. Round your answer to four decimal places.

a. 0.894
b. 0.789
c. 0.106
d. 0.394
e. 0.606
ANSWER: ____________

41. The lifetime of a disposable water filter is normally

distributed with mean gal and standard deviation
gal. What is the probability that a filter selected at
random will last from 53 gal to 60.5 gal? Round your
answer to three decimal places.

a. 0.433
b. 0.055
c. 0.921
d. 0.945
e. 0.4878
ANSWER: ___________

42. Systolic blood pressure for a group of women is normally

distributed, with a mean of 116 and a standard deviation of b
8. Find the probability that a woman selected at random has .
blood pressure greater than 120. Round your answer to four
decimal places.

a. 0.1915
b. 0.6915
c. 0.3085
d. 0.8085
e. 0.3830
ANSWER: _____________

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c ANSWER: ___________
.
45. Given the bivariate data:

x y
0 –0.1
1 –3.3
2 –6.1
3 –9.6
4 –12.2

(i) Find the least-squares regression line for the data. Round
constants to the nearest hundredth.
(ii) Use the equation of the least-squares line to predict the
value of y when .

a.

b.

c.

d d.
.

ANSWER: a

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46. Find the least squares regression equation for the data in the ANSWER: ___________
table below:
49. An auto manufacturer wants to determine the relation
x 14 37 43 25 25 25 15 37 33 33 27 26 42 21 48
between average speed and miles per gallon for her new
y 44 49 52 44 44 48 42 49 46 48 46 48economy
51 vehicle.
42 53The table shows the results from six
average speed tests.
Round your coefficients to four decimal places.
Average Speed
a. 38 41 48 59 59 68
(mph), x
b. Miles Per Gallon, y 54 53 52 48 44 35
c.
Use the least squares regression line to estimate the miles per
d. gallon for 34 mph. Round your answer to two decimal
ANSWER: ________ places, if necessary.

47. Find the equation of the least-squares regression line and a. 63.8
the linear correlation coefficient for the given data. Round b. 64.4
constants to the nearest thousandth.
c. 48.9
d. 58
ANSWER: ___________

a. 50. The following table shows the median age of automobiles

correlation coefficient: 0.416 and trucks on the road for a certain country. Use linear
regression to find the linear equation that is the best fit for
b. the data, with x equal to the number of years past 1980.
correlation coefficient: –0.994 Round your coefficients to two decimal places, if
necessary.
c.
Year Median Age
correlation coefficient: 0.438
1980 4.1
d. 1985 5.5
correlation coefficient: –0.994 1990 6.2
1995 7.3
e.
correlation coefficient: 0.994 a.
ANSWER: ___________ b.
c.
48. Health insurance administrative costs are a concern for
many companies that supply the insurance for their d.
employees. The information below is information gathered e.
recently. Let x be the average number of employees in a
group health insurance plan and y be the average ANSWER: ____________
administrative cost as a percentage of claims. Find the
sample correlation coefficient. Round your answer to three 51. The following table gives the actual or projected population
decimal places. in millions for a certain city for selected years from 2000
to 2050. Use linear regression to find the linear equation
x 3 11 24 28 75 that is the best fit for the data, with x equal to the number
of years past 2000. Round your coefficients to three
y 45 42 20 19 10 decimal places.

a. –0.791 Years Population(billions)

b. –0.855 2000 1.1
c. 0.731 2010 1.9
d. 0.854 2020 2.4
e. –0.73 2030 2.7

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 2040 3.1
2050 3.8

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
ANSWER: ___________

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