Section 10.1 – 10.

3 Quiz
Given the following frequency table that shows the number of students surveyed and their favourite ice
cream:

Chocolate Vanilla Strawberry

Elementary School 47 19 7
Middle School 27 24 16
High School 28 23 19

1. The marginal frequency is the greatest for which students?

a. Elementary
b. Middle
c. High

2. The marginal frequency is the greatest for which ice cream?

a. Chocolate
b. Vanilla
c. Strawberry

3. The two way table shows the number of students that do or do not do chores and for those who
receive a monthly allowance.

Monthly Allowance No Monthly Allowance

Chores 24 8
No Chores 27 16

How many more students do not do chores than students who do chores?

4. A veterinarian’s assistant made a table that shows the animals seen in the office in one week. What is
the probability that the pet seen was sick? Enter your answer as a percent rounded to the nearest
hundredth.

Animal Sick Regular Checkup Total

Cats 3 25
Dogs 4 38
Other 8 16
Total
 The students at your school are planning a new student game room. They surveyed the 8th and 9th
graders about what types of games they would like to have in this new game room. Students were asked
to select only one type of game. The results are shown in the table below.

8th graders 9th graders Total

Video Games 18 172 190
Board Games 55 35 90
Table Sports 32 188 220
Total 105 395 500

5. Among all students, the percentage of 8th grade students who prefer video games rounded to the
nearest tenth is?

6. The percentage of students who prefer board games is?

7. At a family reunion, family members are given the choice of swimming at the lake or going on a hike.
The family constructed the following table to analyze the data. Complete the table
Lake Hike Total
Children 6
Adults 9
Total 14 38

8. What does the frequency of 15/24 represent in the situation?

a. Out of all the children, 15 children prefer the lake.
b. Out of all the children, 15 children prefer a hike.
c. Out of all the family members that prefer the lake, 15 are children.
d. Out of all the family members that prefer a hike, 15 are children.

Mr. Bickford is throwing a party for his 5th and 6th period Algebra classes. The students were given the choice
to eat pizza or tacos. Mr. Bickford constructed a frequency table to analyze the students’ choices

Pizza Tacos Total

th
5 period 18 10 28
6th period 7 16 23
Total 25 26 51

9. Identify as true or false the following statements. Percentages have been rounded to the nearest
percent.
a. About 64% of the students that chose pizza are in 5th period.
b. About 64% of the students in 5th period chose pizza.
c. Mr. Bickford should bring tacos for both classes because a higher number of students prefer
tacos in each class period
d. The relative frequency of 16/23 refers to the number of students that prefer tacos in Mr.
Bickford’s 6th period class.
e. 28% of the students that prefer pizza are in 6th period.