Jeannette Moriak

1. The list below shows the ages of the first 20 customers at a new computer game store.

6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 26, 26, 29, 31, 34, 35, 38, 40, 51, 59, 67

a) Decide what class intervals to use, and then create a frequency table for the ages. (4

points: 2 points for intervals, 2 points for frequencies)

Age Frequency
1-10 4
11-20 5
21-30 3
31-40 5
41-50 0
51-60 2
61-70 1

b) Use the frequency table from Part a to create a histogram. (4 points: 2 points for labeling

the intervals on the x-axis, and 2 points for the correct bar heights)

So I don’t know how to do a histogram on desmos so yeah but I would have the heights at
the frequencies of the above question. I don’t know what else I can do or say for this
question.

2. The list below shows the number of computer games a store sold each day for the first 11

days it was open.

27, 28, 29, 35, 35, 36, 37, 42, 43, 46, 79
 a) Find the five-number summary for the data. Show your work. (5 points: 1 point for each

number) Minimum = 27, Q1 = 29, Median = 36, Q3 = 43, Maximum = 79

b) Use your results from Part a to display the data on a box plot. (2 points)

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/7zw2hh9ay8

c) Use your box plot from Part b to find the interquartile range (IQR) of the data. (1 point) 14

3. Scientists measured how many days had rain each month for three different cities. For

example, in Miami, the first month had 6 days of rain, the next month had 5 days of rain, and so

on. These boxplots show the results:

a) Fill in the blanks to describe the shape of each box plot. (3 points: 1 point for each blank)

Miami: A little spread out, especially on the right side of the median
 Seattle: A little spread out, especially on the left side of the median

Las Vegas: Very compacted and not spread out at all

b) Fill in the blanks to compare the centers of the three box plots. (4 points: 1 point for each

blank)

Better measure of center to use: Median

Center for Miami: 7.5 days

Center for Seattle: 14 days

Center for Las Vegas: 2 days

Which city had the largest typical number of days of rain each month? Seattle

c) Find and compare the spreads of the three box plots. (3 points: 1 point for each blank)

Better measure of spread to use: IQR

Spread for Miami: 8.5 days

Spread for Seattle: 9.5 days

Spread for Las Vegas: 2 days

Which city had the lowest variation in the days of rain each month? Las Vegas

4. Researchers weighed a sample of river otters and a sample of sea otters. These dot plots

show the results (rounded to the nearest pound).

a) Identify the shape of each dot plot. (2 points: 1 point for each dot plot) River otters have a

symmetrical shape, like a pyramid, while the sea otters have a very spread out and

inconsistent shape that’s a little larger towards the right side of the dot plot.

b) Which dot plot has a larger center? What does this mean in terms of the otters? (2 points:

1 point for each question) Sea otters have a larger center, which means that they typically

weigh more than river otters.

c) Identify any outliers. What do you think the outliers represent? (2 points: 1 point for

identifying, 1 for explanation) Sea otters have 3 outliers, 8, 10, and 12. They represent sea

otters that weight 8, 10, and 12 lbs, probably the children, while the rest of the otters weigh

much more
 d) Which dot plot has a larger spread?(1 point) Sea otters

e) How do the outliers affect the spread of the dot plot? (1 point) The outliers make the

spread larger

5. Use the following information to answer the questions.

● A survey asked 75 people if they wanted a later school day start time.
● 45 people were students, and the rest were teachers.
● 50 people voted yes for the later start.
● 30 students voted yes for the later start.

a) Use this information to complete the frequency table. (5 points: 1 point for each cell that

was not given above)

Vote YES for later Vote NO for later

Total
start start

Students 30 15 45

Teachers 20 10 30

Total 50 25 75

b) Use the completed table from Part a. What percentage of the people surveyed were

teachers? (2 points) 22.5

 c) Use the completed table from Part a. What percentage of the people surveyed were

teachers who wanted a later start time? (2 points) 15

d) What does the number in the bolded cell represent? (1 point) Students who voted no for

the late start

6. Middle school class representatives conducted a poll during lunch to see which activity

students wanted for their year-end party. The results are shown in this relative frequency table:

Water slides Roller skating Total

6th grade 0.17 0.33 0.50
7th grade 0.15 0.15 0.30
8th grade 0.14 0.06 0.20
Total 0.46 0.54 1.0

a) For the entire school, which was more popular, water slides or roller skating? (1 point)

Roller skating

b) 34% of the 6th graders and 50% of the 7th graders want to go to the water slides. What

percentage of the 8th graders want to go to the water slides? (1 point) About 67%

c) Does there seem to be an association between grade level and field trip choice? (2

points) Yes, the older you are, the more you want to go to the water slides. There were more

roller skating votes in 6th grade, an equal amount of roller skating votes in 7th grade, and

less votes for roller skating in 8th grade

d) If this trend continued, would you expect 9th graders to prefer the water slides or roller

skating? Explain your answer. (2 points) Water slides because the water slide percentages

keep going up with the grade level