Math A

Practice with Data

 

  Answer the following questions pertaining to
collecting and organizing data.

 

1.

College students spent the following amounts of money on textbooks for one semester.
$101, $107, $121, $90, $89, $101, $98, $110, $115, $85, $95, $109, $109, $110, $109

a. Complete the charts below showing tally, frequency, and cumulative frequency.     Answer to part a
b.  Draw the frequency histogram and the cumulative frequency histogram.       Answer to part b

Cost Interval Tally Frequency
80-89    
90-99    
100-109    
110-119    
120-129    
Cost Interval Cumulative Frequency
80-89  
90-99  
100-109  
110-119  
120-129  

 

 

2.

The monthly family budget is $1200.  According to the circle graph at the left, how much of the monthly budget, to the nearest dollar, is spent on pet supplies?

Choose:

$10
$33
$120

Explanation

 

 

3.

According to the box and whisker plot shown at the left, what is:

  • the median?

  • the first quartile?

  • the third quartile?

  • the smallest value?

  • the largest value?

Answer

 

 

4.

Prepare a scatter plot for the following data.  Determine from your graph whether there is a correlation between the number of hours spent in the mall and the number of dollars spent.

Hours in Mall 10 8 9 3 1 2 5 6 7 8 2 3
Dollars spent 40 15 24 20 10 35 50 70 18 25 100 60

Answer


 

 

5.

Math Test Scores
 (out of 50 pts)

Stem Leaf
3

5 6 8 

4

0 2 2 4 5 5  7 8 9 

5

0 0 0 

According to the stem and leaf plot at the left, how many test scores are in the 40's?

Choose:

3
7
9

 

 

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