Probability and Data Management

Test lessons 1-5

1. a) 15C
b) 13C
c) July
d) October, December
e) May
f) February
g) i. False
ii. True
iii. False
h) Average day temperature
rises in Vancouver from
January to July. However,
it stays the same from
January to February in
Canberra.
2 a) A
b) B
c) B, because the sales in
2005 increase about 2%
from 2004, and the height
of the bars reflects that in
B.
3. a) A, because the bars
appear taller.
b) B
c) The scale has to extend
above 300 000 to allow
room for the outlier – the
April bar.
d) Teacher to check double
bar graph.
e) June
f) April, because the sales in
store B are much higher
than in other months.

Workbook 8, Part 1