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Unit 8: Pre-Unit Diagnostic Assessment

Do not use a calculator.

1. Select all the numbers that represent point .

A. 0.25

B. 0.5

C. 0.75

D.

E.

F.

2. Students did push-ups for a fitness test. Their goal was 20 push-ups. For each student, determine
what percentage of the goal they achieved.

a. Elena did 16 push-ups.

b. Jada did 42 push-ups.

c. Lin did 13 push-ups.

d. Andre did 21 push-ups.

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3. Andre surveyed a random sample of 20 students and found that 13 of them were in favor of having
school start one hour later.

a. The school has 250 students. Make an estimate for the number of students in the school who are
in favor of having school start one hour later.

b. Do you think it would be surprising if 150 students out of 250 were in favor? Explain your
reasoning.

c. Do you think it would be surprising if 100 students out of 250 were in favor? Explain your
reasoning.

4. Select all the measures of variability or spread.

A. mean

B. IQR (interquartile range)

C. MAD (mean absolute deviation)

D. median

E. range

5. Ten students each attempted 10 free throws. This list shows how many free throws each student
made.

a. What is the median number of free throws made?

b. What is the IQR (interquartile range)?

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6. Two groups went bowling. Here are the scores from each group.

Group A: 80, 100, 190, 110, 70, 90, 130

Group B: 50, 110, 100, 120, 107, 140, 150

a. Construct two box plots, one for the data in each group.

b. Which group shows greater variability? Explain how you know.

7. This dot plot shows the number of coins in 10 students’ pockets.

What is the mean and MAD (mean absolute deviation) of this data? Explain how you know.

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