Unit 8 – Probability of Independent and Dependent Events

1. A deck of cards contained 5 red cards, 9 purple cards, 4 green cards and 2 blue cards. What is the
probability (both fraction and percent) that you draw a blue card, replace it, and then draw a red
card? Determine if the probability event is dependent or independent and circle each answer.

2. For a snack, you reached in bag of mixed types
of cookies and ate the first cookie you grabbed.
It was so good, you reached in for another. If
the bag contained 9 chocolate chip cookies, 10
sandwich cookies and 3 peanut butter cookies,
what is the probability that the first cookie you
ate was a sandwich cookie and the second was
a chocolate chip cookie? Write your answer is
simplest fraction form.
3. Suppose that two tiles are drawn from the
collection shown below. The first tile is drawn,
not replaced and then a second tile is drawn.
Based on this information find the probability
of the following two separate events. Give your
answer in simplified fraction form.
a. P(R and then a C)

b. P(A and then not an R)

4. Use the spinner below to solve the following probability questions. Write your answers in simplest
fraction form.

a. If the spinner is spun twice, what is the probability of spinning

orange and then brown?

b. If the spinner is spun twice, what is the probability of spinning a

brown on both spins?
5. A spinner is divided into 8 equal sections. If
the spinner below is spun 96 times, how many
times would you expect the spinner to land on
the 4?
7. Three spinners are divided equally as shown.
The arrow of each spinner is spun once. Which of the following has the greatest probability?
A P(a number less than 4, a vowel, and a heart)
B P(an odd number, a vowel, and a smiley face)
C P(an even number, the letter R, and a music note)
D P(a number greater than 4, a consonant, and a heart)
8. Marianne has some colored marbles that are
the same size and shape.
• The probability of randomly selecting
a purple marble is 50%.
• The probability of randomly selecting
a green marble is 20%.
What is the probability Marianne will randomly
select a marble that is NOT green, replace it, then
randomly select a marble that is purple?
A 40%
B 25%
C 16%
D 10%
6. Kevin had 6 nickels and 4 dimes in his pocket.
If he took out one coin and then another
without replacing the first coin, what is the
probability that both coins were dimes?
Write your answer as a fraction in lowest
terms and a percent rounded to the whole
percent.
9. Tylik has a set of cards that are the same size
and shape.
• 5 blue cards
• 8 red cards
• 12 green cards
Which point on the number line correctly shows
the value of the probability that Tylik will
randomly select a green card, NOT replace it,
then randomly select a blue card?
A F
B G
C H
D J
 Unit 9 – Populations and Samples
10) Your Science teacher is comparing test score results from two of her classes. There
24 students in her 1st period class and 32 students in her 2nd period class. Based on
the box and whisker plots shown below answer the following questions .
1st period
a) How many total students scored higher
than 70% on the test?

b) A grade of 65 is considered failing. 2nd period

How many total students scored below
a failing grade on the test?

11) Select the true statements from the list below. Select all that apply.

a) The range of Plot E is 7.

b) Plot D and Plot F have the same interquartile range.
c) Plot E has the greatest range
d) The median of Plot F is greater than the median of Plot D.
e) The interquartile range of Plot E is greater than the interquartile range of Plot F.

12) Identify the shape of the distribution for each box and whisker.

________________ ________________ ________________

A. Positively B. Symmetric C. Negatively

Skewed Skewed
13) What value represents the 3rd 14) A small sampling of 32 middle school
Quartile? students were asked how many game
applications they have downloaded on
their phones. The data is presented in
the box and whisker.

How many students had 10 apps or less on

their phones?

15) A local college wanted to find the 16) What percent of the people surveyed
average ages of students in a particular have more than 2 siblings.
class. Below is a sampling of the data.

20, 21, 21, 20, 22, 19, 20, 23, 18, 19, 24, 22

Create a box and whisker plot based on the

data.

Age (in years)

17) The double box and whisker plot represents the battery lives (in hours) of two
brands of cell phones.

You need a cell phone that has a battery life of more than 3.5 hours most of the time.
Which brand should you buy.

A) Brand A because the median battery life in hours is over 4 hours.

B) Brand A because 75% of the time the battery life is 3.5 hours or more.
C) Brand B because the median battery life is 3.5 hours.
D) Brand B because the range of battery life is smaller than the range of battery life for Brand A.
18) The number of students in each of 2 exercise classes was the same. The box and whisker plots
below represent the average amount of time the sudents in each class spent excercising daily
outside class.

Based on the information in the box and whisker plots, which statement about the time spent exercising outside
class appears to be true?

A The median amount of time the first class spent exercising was greater than the median amount of time the
second class spent exercising.

B The range for the second class was less than the range for the first class.

C The interquartile range for the first class was less than the interquartile range for the second class.

D The minimum amount of time the second class spent exercising was greater than the minimum amount of time
the first class spent exercising.

Unit 10 – Bivariate Data

19) Circle the scatterplot that shows data with a negative correlation?

20) What is the best description of the type of 21) The scatterplot shows the relationship
relationship shown in this scatterplot? between the year and population in Woodson
County, Kansas.

Based on the trend, predict the population for the

year
2020.

a. 4000
b. 3000
c. 2000
a. Constant Relationship d. 1000
b. Negative Relationship
c. Positive Relationship
d. No Relationship
22) The scatterplot shows the relationship between oil and gas prices from 1981 to 2011.

Based on this graph, which statement best

describes the relationship between the price of
oil and the price of gasoline?

a. As the price oil increased, the price of

gasoline decreased.
b. There is no relationship between the
price of oil and the price of gasoline.
c. As the price of oil increased, the price of
gasoline remained constant.
d. As the price of oil increased, the price of
gasoline increased.

23) The scatterplot shows the relationship between the year and population in Carbon County, Utah.

Based on the graph shown, which statement best describes the relationship between the year and
population in Carbon County, Utah?

a. As the year increases, the population

increases.
b. As the year increases, the population
decreases.
c. As the year increases, the population
remains constant.
d. There is no relationship between the year
and the population.

24) Lifeguards recorded the average daily temperature and the number of visitors at the beach each
day for a week.
Which statement is correct for this data set?

Their data is presented in the table below: A) The scatterplot would show a positive relationship because, as
a general rule, the number of visitors increases as the
temperature increases.

B) The scatterplot would show a positive relationship because, as

a general rule, the number of visitors decreases as the
temperature increases.

C) The scatterplot would show a negative relationship because,

as a general rule, the number of visitors increases as the
temperature increases.

D) The scatterplot would show a negative relationship because,

as a general rule, the number of visitors decreases as the
temperature increases.
25) The owner of a coffee shop compared the amount of hot coffee per day, in fluid ounces, sold and
the daily high temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, per day. Her data are shown in the scatter plot
below.

If these data are modeled by the line y = -5.9x + 850, which statement best describes a valid
prediction the owner could make?
A. For each temperature increase of 10oF, the shop can
expect to sell about 60 fluid ounces more hot coffee.

B. For each temperature increase of 10oF, the shop can

expect to sell about 6 fluid ounces more hot coffee.

C. On a day with a high temperature of 0oF, the shop

can expect to sell about 145 fluid ounces of hot
coffee.
D. On a day with a high temperature of 0oF, the shop
can expect to sell about 850 fluid ounces of hot
coffee.
26) A set of data is represented on the scatter plot below.

Which equation best models the set of data?

3 3
𝑦 = − 𝑥+6 𝑦 = −6𝑥 +
4 4

3 3
𝑦 = 𝑥−6 𝑦 = 6𝑥 −
4 4

27) The graph below shows the balance remaining on Jason’s loan after he makes each payment.

Based on the graph, what will be the balance remainng on

on Jason’s loan after he makes the 12th payment?

A. $750
B. $150
C. $450
D. $300
28) The scatterplot shows the average number of hours each of 13 people spends at work every week
and the average number of hours each of them spends on recreational activities every week.

Based on the scatterplot, what is the best prediction of the

average number of hours a person spends at work every
week if that person spends an average of 10 hours on
recreational activities every week?

A 33 h
B 85 h
C 50 h
D 65 h

29) The manager of a restaurant recorded how many people were in different groups of customers
and how much those groups spent on food and beverages. The scatterplot below shows the data she
recorded.

Based on this scatterplot, about how much money would a group

of 10 people be expected to spend on food and beverages at this
restaurant?

A $135
B $115
C $105
D $150

30) The scatterplot shows the number of hours that 12 people spent learning to type on a keyboard
and each person’s average typing speed.

Based on the scatterplot, what is the best prediction of a person’s

average typing speed in words per minute (wpm) if the person has
spent 70 hours learning to type?

F 100 wpm
G 55 wpm
H 85 wpm
J 70 wpm
31) Ben collected data from a group of 12 people. He measured each person’s resting heart rate and
recorded the average number of hours each person exercised per week. He created a scatterplot to
show the data he collected.

Based on the scatterplot, what is the best prediction of the

resting heart rate, in beats per minute, of a person who
exercises an average of 8 hours each week?

F 30 beats per minute

G 50 beats per minute
H 55 beats per minute
J 60 beats per minute

32) Phil collected data from several of his friends about the number of hours they spent sleeping and
the number of hours they spent playing video games on Saturday. He recorded the data in the
scatterplot.

Based on the scatterplot, what is the best prediction of the

number of hours one of Phil’s friends spends sleeping when the
friend spends 1 hour playing video games?

F 9 hours
G 8 hours
H 10 hours
J 11 hours
33) The daily attendance at a bowling alley was recorded for 15 days. The scatterplot shows the
number of lanes rented each day and the number of people who bowled that day.

Which statement is best supported by the scatterplot?

F There is a non-linear association between the number of lanes rented and the number of people who
bowl.

G There is a negative linear association between the number of lanes rented and the number of people
who bowl.

H There is no apparent association between the number of lanes rented and the number of people who
bowl.

J There is a positive linear association between the number of lanes rented and the number of people
who bowl.

34) Which scatterplot suggests a linear relationship between x and y?

35) Which scatterplot does NOT suggest a linear relationship between x and y?