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Exam
Name___________________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
Solve the problem.
1) The five sales people at Southwest Appliances earned commissions last year of , 1) _______
, , , and . Find the average commission.
A) $27,400 B) $30,140 C) $28,770 D) $26,030

2) The Wellspring Company's fleet of trucks get 17, 13, 18, 10, 18, 13, and 21 miles per gallon. 2) _______
What is the average number of miles expected per gallon for the fleet? Round to the nearest
whole number.
A) 14 mpg B) 18 mpg C) 16 mpg D) 17 mpg

3) The batting percentages of some of the players on the company softball team are 3) _______
and What is the average batting percentage of these players? Round
to the nearest thousandth.
A) .311 B) .242 C) .279 D) .266

4) Jeremy's car got 248 miles (highway) on 8 gallons of gasoline. What was the average number of 4) _______
miles expected per gallon?
A) 32 mpg B) 31 mpg C) 30 mpg D) 33 mpg

5) Anthony wanted to buy a particular kind of cheese. He checked in five different stores and 5) _______
found the following prices per pound: $6.30, $5.60, $6.60, $5.80, $5.60. What was the average
price per pound?
A) $5.80 B) $6.30 C) $5.98 D) $6.08

6) The swim coach keeps a log for the number of miles travelled round trip to swim meets: 24, 25, 6) _______
36, 59, 64, 70, 88. Find the median number of miles travelled.
A) 59 miles B) 52 miles C) 64 miles D) 36 miles

7) You decide to keep track of the number of text messages you send each day. You record the 7) _______
following data: 9, 9, 23, 20, 27, 47, 40, 30. Find the median number of text messages you sent.
A) 25 text messages B) 27 text messages
C) 23 text messages D) 25.5 text messages

8) The Math Club kept track of the number of customers visiting the concession stand during the 8) _______
first quarter of each home basketball game: 47, 23, 4, 4, 26, 14, 28, 31, 33, 32. Find the median
number of customers.
A) 27 customers B) 28 customers C) 26 customers D) 24 customers

9) A local farmer takes soil samples each year in each field he works. The number of soil samples 9) _______
taken per field in a certain year is: 5, 9, 29, 3, 2, 8, 37, 1, 4, 16. Find the mode of the data if it
exists.
A) 10.8 samples B) 9 samples C) no mode D) 8 samples

10) Six students keep track of their weekly gasoline bills. The gas bills from the students during a 10) ______
certain week are: $80, $48, $32, $48, $29, $80. Find the mode of the data if it exists
A) no mode B) $80 C) $80, $48 D) $48
Find the average.
11) 57, 67, 43, 63, 40 11) ______
A) 54 B) None C) 57 D) 45

12) 27, 34, 16, 30, 13, 34, 14 12) ______

A) 21 B) 34 C) 27 D) 24

13) 138, 198, 252, 144, 204, 246 13) ______

A) 197 B) 394 C) 312 D) 173

14) 7.2, 7.8, 5.2, 7.8, 5 14) ______

A) 5.5 B) 7.2 C) 6.6 D) 7.8

15) 2.1, 8.1, 6.7, 2.1, 4.2 15) ______

A) 5.800 B) 23.20 C) 4.64 D) 4.2

16) $29.80, $18.00, $26.65, $24.00, $19.05 16) ______

A) $19.58 B) $24.00 C) $29.38 D) $23.50

17) $63.68, $95.14, $81.15, 17) ______

A) $78.00 B) $81.15 C) $65.00 D) $63.68

Find the median for the set of numbers.

18) 6, 10, 16, 24, 36, 43, 50 18) ______
A) 24 B) 16 C) 26 D) 36

19) 10, 22, 30, 52, 66, 68, 86 19) ______

A) 52 B) 30 C) 66 D) 48

20) 69, 26, 218, 121, 285, 240, 237 20) ______
A) 218 B) 237 C) 171 D) 121

21) 15, 123, 237, 276, 311, 476 21) ______

A) 276 B) 256.5 C) 237 D) 205.5

22) 9, 2, 25, 16, 26, 42, 37, 34 22) ______

A) 26 B) 25 C) 25.5 D) 23.5

23) 2.5, 3.5, 7.7, 3.7 23) ______

A) 5.10 B) 3.5 C) 3.6 D) 3.7

24) $30.85, $46.59, $34.56, $40.64, $36.06, $39.49 24) ______

A) $36.06 B) $37.78 C) $39.49 D) $38.03

Find any modes that exist.

25) 5, 9, 54, 3, 2, 8, 35, 1, 4, 16 25) ______
A) 13.1 B) 8 C) No mode D) 9

26) 20, 33, 46, 33, 49, 33, 49 26) ______

A) 46 B) 37.6 C) 49 D) 33
 27) $85, $75, $32, $75, $29, $85 27) ______
A) $85 B) $75 C) $85, $75 D) No mode

28) 124, 141, 156, 124, 188, 199, 162 28) ______
A) 90 B) 124 C) 156 D) 141

29) 77, 25, 77, 13, 25, 29, 56, 77 29) ______
A) 77 B) 47.4 C) 42.5 D) 25

30) 7.15, 7.41, 7.56, 7.15, 7.88, 7.99, 7.62 30) ______
A) 7.41 B) 7.15 C) 7.56 D) 7.54

Given the grades of a student for one semester, find the grade point average. Assume that the grade point values are
4.0 for an A, 3.0 for a B, and so on. Round to the nearest tenth.
31) 31) ______

A) 2.5 B) 12.7 C) 3.5 D) 3.8

32) 32) ______

A) 11.0 B) 4.1 C) 3.8 D) 4.4

33) 33) ______

A) 3.5 B) 3.7 C) 8.3 D) 2.3

34) 34) ______

A) 3.8 B) 3.6 C) 11.3 D) 3.0

 35) 35) ______

A) 2.4 B) 3.5 C) 1.4 D) 9.0

36) 36) ______

A) 2.1 B) 3.1 C) 4.1 D) 9.8

Solve the problem.

37) To get a C in history, Nandan must average 71 on four tests. Scores on the first three tests were 37) ______
66, 78, and 63. What is the lowest score that Nandan can get on the last test and still receive a C?
A) 69 B) 70 C) 6 D) 77

38) To get a B in biology, Katie must average 83 on five lab reports. Scores on the first four lab 38) ______
reports were 91, 78, 75, and 81. What is the lowest score that Katie can get on the last lab report
and still receive a B?
A) 81 B) 90 C) 85 D) 82

39) To get an A in biology, Fred must average 90 on six quizzes. Scores on the first five quizzes 39) ______
were 94, 85, 87, 95, and 97. What is the lowest score that Fred can get on the last quiz and still
receive an A?
A) 96 B) 90 C) 92 D) 82

40) Bengisu was pregnant 270 days and 263 days for her first two pregnancies. In order for 40) ______
Bengisu's average pregnancy to equal a national average of 265 days, how long must her third
pregnancy last?
A) 266 days B) 267 days C) 241 days D) 262 days

41) Samuel consumed 2168 calories of food on Monday, 2370 calories on Tuesday, and 1874 calories 41) ______
on Wednesday. In order for Samuel's average calorie intake to equal a daily average of 2100
calories, how many calories of food must he consume on Thursday?
A) 1988 calories B) 2112 calories C) 2137 calories D) 2128 calories

42) Jackie's sisters weigh 110 lb, 147 lb, 127 lb, and 120 lb. The average female in her city weighs 42) ______
130.7 lb. How much does Jackie weigh if she and her sisters have an average weight of 130.7 lb?
A) 120 lb B) 126.9 lb C) 149.5 lb D) 126 lb

43) An experiment is done to compare the germination success rates of two types of seeds. Plots ger ated
containing equal numbers of each kind of seed were planted and the number of seeds that min within
a set time 7 7 2 43) ______
limit are
shown in
the tables
below.
Which
type of
seed is
better?

Seed X

Se
ed Y
8
2

7
2
8

7
2
7

7
 A) Seed Y B) Seed X

44) An experiment is done to determine which of two cereals tastes better. Shoppers test each kind 44) ______
of cereal and give it a rating from 1 to 10. The results are in the two tables below. Which type of
cereal is better?

Cereal X Cereal Y
9 2 7 9 7
3
7 9 7 3 2
9
3 9 3 2 7
2
A) Cereal X B) Cereal Y

45) An experiment is done to compare the strength of two types of fishing lines. Several lengths of 45) ______
each type were tested and the results are in the two tables below. Which type of fishing line is
better?

Line X Line Y
Strength, in pounds Strength, in pounds
104 102 105 104 105 106
104 102 106 113 104 113
102 113 102 104 104 106
A) Line Y B) Line X

46) An experiment is done to compare the average fuel economy of two models of cars. Several cars 46) ______
of each model were tested under similar conditions. The results are in the two tables below.
Which car model is better?

Car X Car Y
Fuel Economy, in mpg Fuel Economy, in mpg
22 20 26 25 22 18
20 22
20 20 26 26 26 25
20 25
22 25 18 22 20 18
20 25
A) Car X B) Car Y

47) An experiment is done to determine which of two cleaners cleans better. Twelve lab technicians 47) ______
test each kind of cleaner and give it a rating from 1 to 10. The results are in the two tables
below. Which type of cleaner is better?

Cleaner X Cleaner Y
10 6 8 6 6 8
8 2
6 2 10 6 2 6
6 2
6 6 8 2 6 2
10 6
A) Cleaner X B) Cleaner Y
 48) An experiment is done to compare printer cartridge quality. Two kinds of printer cartridges 48) ______
were tested to see how many pages of text they could produce before needing to be replaced.
Which type of printer cartridge is better?

Cartridge X Cartridge Y
Output, in Pages Output, in Pages
1120 1060 1095 1228 1336 1120 1106 1228
1095 1270 1228 1120 1095 1228 1095 1306
1106 1060 1306 1095 1095 1270 1120 1336
A) Cartridge X B) Cartridge Y

49) Patty experiments to see which of two breeds of sheep produces thicker wool fleeces. She raises 49) ______
both under similar conditions and measures the fleece thickness, in centimeters, as follows.
Which type of sheep produces better wool fleece?

Sheep Breed X Sheep Breed Y

Fleece Thickness, in cm Fleece Thickness, in cm
3.8 2.2 5.7 2.2 2.2
4.7 3.6 2.7
3.6 4.7 4.5 4.5 2.7
4.7 5.6 4.5
3.6 2.7 2.2 3.6 3.6
5.7 3.8 2.2
3.8 4.5 2.2 3.8 2.2
4.5 3.8 4.7
A) Breed X B) Breed Y

50) Juan experiments to see which of two drugs helps keep lab mice from rejecting transplanted 50) ______
organs longer. He administers the drug to mice raised in similar conditions and measures the
time, in weeks, as follows. Which drug is better?

Drug X Drug Y
No. Weeks Before Rejection No. Weeks Before Rejection
7.89 5.66 4.13 4.47 8.76 4.13 4.13 5.66
8.76 7.32 8.93 8.76 4.13 7.32 4.47 7.89
5.66 4.13 6.75 5.66 4.47 5.66 8.93 6.75
A) Drug Y B) Drug X

The following table contains information about moons orbiting a planet named Geo I. Use the table to solve the
problem.
51) 51) ______

Find the average distance from Geo I to its moon Luna 1.

A) 4000 km B) 419 km C) 80,000.00 km D) 5200 km
52) 52) ______

What is the time of revolution around Geo 1 of the moon Luna 4?

A) 3.08 years B) 24.35 years C) 62.70 years D) 723 years

53) 53) ______

Which moon has a diameter of 315 kilometers?

A) Luna 2 B) Luna 3 C) Luna 4 D) Luna 1

54) 54) ______

Which moons have average distance from Geo I less than ten thousand kilometers?
A) Luna 1 only B) Luna 3, Luna 4, and Luna 5
C) Luna 1 and Luna 2 D) None

55) 55) ______

How much further from Geo I is Luna 4 than Luna 2?

A) 115,200 km B) 111,300 km C) 3900 km D) 112,200 km

56)
 56) ____
__

About
how
many
Luna 3
diameters
would it
take to get
one Luna
2
diameter?
A) 1859 B) 3 C) 7 D) 0.14

57) 57) ______

What is the median of the average distance from Geo 1 of the moons?
A) 115,200 km B) 80,000 km C) 311 km D) 92,300 km

58) 58) ______

What is the average time of revolution of the moons?

A) 3.08 years B) 33.24 years C) 954.80 years D) 5.44 years

59) 59) ______

What is the average of the diameters of the moons?

 A) 303 km B) 721 km C) 512 km D) 949 km

60) 60) ______

What is the mode of the diameters of the moons?

A) 725 km B) 312 km
C) No mode exists D) 952.6 km

Use the pictograph to answer the question.

61) For selected countries, this pictograph shows approximately how many kilograms of seafood 61) ______
are consumed by each person (per capita) annually.

Which country consumes the most seafood?

A) Country E B) Country C C) Country A D) Country B

62) For selected countries, this pictograph shows approximately how many kilograms of seafood ann
are consumed by each person (per capita) uall
y.
 62) ____
__

What is
the
approxim
ate
seafood
consumpti
on in
Country
E?
A) 6034 kilograms B) 5818.5 kilograms
C) 5387.5 kilograms D) 5172 kilograms

63) For selected countries, this pictograph shows approximately how many kilograms of seafood 63) ______
are consumed by each person (per capita)

annually.
Approximately how many more kilograms of seafood is eaten per person in Country A than in
Country B?
A) 2713.75 kilograms B) 2505 kilograms
C) 2087.5 kilograms D) 2922.5 kilograms

64) For selected countries, this pictograph shows approximately how many kilograms of seafood are consu
med by 64) ____
each __
person
(per
capita)
annually.

People in
Country
D eat
approxim
ately what
percent
more
seafood
than
people in
Country
C?
A) 25% B) 50% C) 125% D) 75%

65) This pictograph shows projected sales of compact disks (CDs) for a popular rock band for seven 65) ______
consecutive years.

⊙ = 1000 CDs

In which year will the greatest number of CDs be sold?

A) Not enough information is given. B) 2012
C) 2009 D) 2007

66) This pictograph shows projected sales of compact disks (CDs) for a popular rock band for seven cons ecutive
years. 66) ____
__

⊙
= 10,000
CDs

How
many
sales do 8
CD
symbols
represent?
A) 10,000 B) 80,000
C) 8 D) Not enough information is given.

67) This pictograph shows projected sales of compact disks (CDs) for a popular rock band for seven 67) ______
consecutive years.

⊙ = 10,000 CDs

Approximately how many CDs will be sold in 2013?

A) 6 CDs B) 6000 CDs C) 60,000 CDs D) 90,000 CDs

68) This pictograph shows projected sales of compact disks (CDs) for a popular rock band for seven 68) ______
consecutive years.

⊙ = 10,000 CDs

Approximately how many fewer CDs will be sold in 2009 than in 2011?
A) 50,000 CDs B) 4 CDs C) 60,000 CDs D) 40,000 CDs

69) This pictograph shows projected sales of compact disks (CDs) for a popular rock band for seven
consecutive years.
 69) ____
__

⊙
= 10,000
CDs

Between
which two
consecutiv
e years is
the
greatest
decline in
sales
indicated?
A) Between 2008 and 2009 B) Between 2011 and 2012
C) Between 2009 and 2010 D) Between 2012 and 2013

The bar graph below shows the number of students by major in the College of Arts and Sciences. Answer the
question.

70) How many students are majoring in English? 70) ______

A) 500 B) 450 C) 350 D) 400

71) About how many students are in the College of Arts and Sciences? 71) ______
A) 1225 B) 1100 C) 1050 D) 1325

72) Which major has the largest number of students? 72) ______
A) English B) Math C) History D) Science

73) Which major has about 150 students? 73) ______

A) English B) History C) Math D) Science

74) How many more students are majoring in math than in science? 74) ______
 A) 10 B) 150 C) 100 D) 50

75) What is the average number of students taking History, English, and Math? Round your 75) ______
answer to the nearest whole student if necessary.
A) 225 students B) 367 students C) 300 students D) 1000 students

76) What is the median number of students taking English, Science, and Math? 76) ______
A) 400 students B) 150 students C) 300 students D) 200 students

77) The science department spends about $400 on equipment for each student majoring in science. 77) ______
How much should the science department budget for equipment?
A) $40,000 B) $60,000 C) $80,000 D) $6000

78) The English department assigns a counselor to each student majoring in English. Each 78) ______
counselor is assigned 20 students. How many counselors are needed?
A) 22 B) 20 C) 27 D) 24

79) The science department is planning to buy some new equipment. They want to make sure that 79) ______
there is one of the new machines for every 5 students majoring in science. If each machine costs
$550, how much should they budget for the new equipment?
A) $19,250 B) $13,750 C) $22,000 D) $16,500

Refer to the double-bar graph below which shows the number of male and female athletes at a university over a four-year
period. Solve the problem.

80) Which year had the greatest number of male athletes? What was the total number of male 80) ______
athletes that year?
A) 2005; 325 athletes B) 2005; 475 athletes
C) 2005; 500 athletes D) 2004; 375 athletes

81) Find the increase in the number of female athletes from 2002 to 2003. 81) ______
A) 75 B) 100 C) 50 D) 200

82) Find the increase in the number of male athletes from 2004 to 2005. 82) ______
A) 475 B) 100 C) 50 D) 75

83) What was the percent of decrease in the number of female athletes from 2004 to 2005? 83) ______
A) 13.3% B) 18.75% C) 50% D) 25%

84) What was the percent of increase in the number of male athletes from 2002 to 2003? 84) ______
A) 25% B) 100% C) 50% D) 75%
 85) Which year had the same number of male and female athletes? 85) ______
A) 2003 B) 2005 C) 2004 D) 2002

86) In which year did the greatest difference between the number of male athlete and female 86) ______
athletes occur? Find the difference.
A) 2005; 200 athletes B) 2005; 150 athletes
C) 2005; 100 athletes D) 2003; 100 athletes

87) How many students were involved in athletics in 2004? 87) ______
A) 750 B) 650 C) 800 D) 700

88) Find the increase in the number of female athletes from 2002 to 2005. 88) ______
A) 125 B) 175 C) 225 D) 150

89) Find the increase in the number of male athletes from 2003 to 2005. 89) ______
A) 275 B) 125 C) 175 D) 150

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.
Construct a bar graph to represent the given data.
90) The following table shows the average amount spent per week on groceries by four 90) ____________
different families with three members.

91) The following table shows the number of female infants born at Hospital X on New 91) ____________
Year's Day (Jan. 1).

92) The following table shows the number of male infants born at Hospital X on New 92) ____________
Year's Day (Jan. 1).

93) The following table shows the number of inches of rainfall measured at City X during the following days.
 93) ____
____
____

94) The following table shows the average number of grams of fat in various kinds of 94) ____________
entrees served at Karma Kitchen.

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
Use the graph to answer the question.

95) Which month in 2008 had the lowest sales? 95) ______
A) Month 3 B) Month 2 C) Month 8 D) Month 6

96) Which month in 2009 had the highest sales? 96) ______
A) Month 6 B) Month 5 C) Month 3 D) Month 12

97) What was the increase in sales between month 5 and month 6 of 2009? 97) ______
A) $4000 B) $800 C) $8000 D) $4

98) What were the total sales for the first 6 months of 2008? 98) ______
A) $46,000 B) $366,000 C) $290,000 D) $240,000

99) What were the total sales for the first 6 months of 2009? 99) ______
 A) $286,000 B) $64,000 C) $366,000 D) $302,000

100) What were the total sales for 2008? 100) _____
A) $764,000 B) $582,000 C) $50,000 D) $48,000

101) What was the total increase in sales for the first 6 months from 2008 to 2009? 101) _____
A) $76,000 B) $12,000 C) $652,000 D) $18,000

102) What was the total increase in sales from 2008 to 2009? 102) _____
A) $182,000 B) $12,000 C) $22,000 D) $1,342,000

103) What was the difference between the highest and lowest monthly sales in 2008? 103) _____
A) $8000 B) $6000 C) $2000 D) $4000

104) What was the percent of increase in sales between month 2 and month 12 of 2009? Round your 104) _____
answer to the nearest tenth.
A) 22.2% B) 25.0% C) 14.3% D) 28.6%

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.
Make a line graph of the data in the table.
105) The following table shows the average tuition for one semester at City X College over 105) ___________
various years. Use time on the horizontal scale for your line graph.

106) The following table shows the number of computer sales made at Computer Buy over 106) ___________
five months. Use time on the horizontal scale for your line graph.

107) The following table shows the median teacher's salary in District X over several years. 107) ___________
Use time on the horizontal scale for your line graph.

108) The following table gives the average cost of producing a music video over the given
years. Use time on the horizontal scale for your line graph.
 108) _____
_____
_

109) The following table gives the total amount of precipitation during the given months. 109) ___________
Use time on the horizontal scale for your line graph.

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
Use the circle graph to solve the problem.
110) A survey of the 5584 vehicles on the campus of State University yielded the following circle 110) _____
graph.

What percent of the vehicles are hatchbacks?

A) 6% B) 28% C) 36% D) 201%

111) A survey of the 5910 vehicles on the campus of State University yielded the following circle
graph.
 111) _____

Together,
what
percent of
the
vehicles
are either
vans or
convertibl
es?
A) 14% B) 23% C) 5% D) 126%

112) The circle graph shows the percent of the total population of 52,400 of Springfield living in the 112) _____
given types of housing.

Find the number of people who live in condos. Round your result to the nearest whole number.
A) 5764 people B) 44,016 people C) 16 people D) 8384 people

113) There are 20,000 students attending the local university. The circle graph shows the percentage
of those students who attend different sporting events.
 113) _____

What
percentag
e of
students
do not
attend
Soccer or
Volleyball
matches?
A) 58% B) 42% C) 19% D) 23%

114) There are 13,000 students attending the local university. The circle graph shows the percentage 114) _____
of those students who attend different sporting events.

How many students attend Basketball and Baseball games?

A) 1820 students B) 6760 students
C) 4940 students D) 676,000 students
115) The circle graph below gives the inventory of the men's department of a store. 115) _____

What is the total inventory?

A) $65,714 B) $91,872 C) $96,976 D) $94,424

116) The circle graph below gives the inventory of the men's department of a store. 116) _____

In which item of apparel does the store have the smallest investment?
A) Underwear B) Suits C) Shirts D) Socks

117) The circle graph below gives the number of students in the residence halls at the state 117) _____
university.

Which residence hall has the lowest number of students?

A) Adams B) Evans C) Fisher D) Brown

118) The circle graph below gives the number of residents in the residence halls at the state
university.
 118) _____

Write the
ratio as a
fraction in
lowest
terms of
the
number of
residents
at Brown
to the
number of
students
at Carver.
A) B) C) D)

Use the information to complete a circle graph. Note that the circle is divided into 100 equal sections.
119) Intended major of high school students: 119) _____

A) B)

C)
 D)

120) Main form of exercise for employees of one company: 120) _____

A) B)

C) D)

121) Main lunch entrees chosen by employees of one company:

121) _____
A) B)

C) D)

122) Main fast food restaurants chosen by students of one school: 122) _____

A) B)

C)
 D)

123) Favorite subjects studied by students of one school: 123) _____

A) B)

C) D)

Provide an appropriate response.

124) The local high school band wants to sell cookies to raise money. They surveyed 68 area stores to 124) _____
determine which type of cookie they should sell to make the most money. In 16 stores chocolate
fudge sandwich cookies were the biggest seller. In 8 stores the favorite was sugar wafers. In 7
stores the most popular was peanut butter cookies. In 22 stores the best seller was chocolate
chip, and in 15 stores the favorite was oatmeal raisin. Which measure of central tendency
should the high school band use to make the choice?
 A) Median B) Weighted mean
C) Mode D) Mean

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.
125) The monthly salaries at one company are $1900, $1900, $2050, $2200, $2400, $2400, 125) ___________
$2500, $2550, $2660, $2700, $2900, $3100, $3300, $3300, $3350, $3500, $3900, $4100, $8000.
If you didn't want to place too much emphasis on the one extremely high salary,
should you use the average or the median to describe the data? Explain your answer.

126) Why do you think that the mode is not used as often as the average and median to 126) ___________
describe data sets?

127) A data set consists of the month of birth for 500 different people. Is it possible to 127) ___________
calculate the average for this data set? Is it possible to find the median or the mode?
Explain your answer.

128) A couple is trying to decide in which neighborhood they should buy a house that is 128) ___________
within their budget. Which information do you think would be more useful to them,
the average selling price or the median selling price of houses in each neighborhood?
Explain your answer.

129) A real estate agent earns a commission each time she sells a house. The commission is a 129) ___________
certain percentage of the selling price. If she wants to estimate the commission she will
make, which information do you think would be more useful to her, the average selling
price or the median selling price of houses in her area? Explain your answer.

130) A high school student is considering a number of different careers. Which information 130) ___________
do you think would be more useful to him, the average salary or the median salary for
people in each career? Explain your answer.

131) Six different candidates are running for state governor. By conducting a poll, you 131) ___________
estimate the percentage of people who plan to vote for each candidate. It looks like a
close race between two candidates. Suppose you wish to display the data in a graph.
Your graph should clearly show which candidate is in the lead. Which graph would be
more useful, a bar graph or a circle graph? Explain your answer.

132) Six different candidates are running for president of the board of a nonprofit 132) ___________
organization. By conducting a poll, you estimate the percentage of people who plan to
vote for each candidate. One candidate, Maria Gonzales, has a substantial lead. To win,
a candidate must have a simple majority (more than 50% of the vote). Suppose you
wish to display the data in a graph. From your graph, it should be easy to tell whether
Maria Gonzales has more than 50% of the vote. Which graph would be more useful, a
bar graph or a circle graph? Explain your answer.
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125) Answers will vary. Possible answer: The median should be used as the data set contains one extreme value. This
extreme value would affect the average but not the median. For this data set, the median is more representative
than the average.
126) Answers will vary. Possible answer: There may be more than one mode or there may not be a mode. The mode is
not necessarily representative of the "center" of the data.
127) Answers will vary. Possible answer: Only the mode can be obtained for this data set. The average and median
cannot be calculated because the data are not numerical values.
128) Answers will vary. Possible answer: The median selling price would be more useful as it would be more
representative of the prices of most of the houses in the neighborhood. The average selling price may put too
much emphasis on a few very expensive houses and may not be representative of "most houses" in the
neighborhood.
129) Answers will vary. Possible answer: The average selling price would be more useful. In this situation we do not
want to deemphasize the extreme values. The very expensive homes will contribute heavily to her commission just
as they will contribute heavily to the average selling price. The median selling price would not give enough
weight to these extreme values.
130) Answers will vary. Possible answer: The median salary would be more useful. In this situation we want to
deemphasize the few exceptionally high salaries. The median salary will give a better indication of what "most"
people make. The average salary will give too much weight to the few exceptionally high salaries.
131) Answers will vary. Possible answer: A bar graph would be more useful. Bar graphs are useful for comparisons
among different categories. One would see at a glance which candidate was in the lead.
132) Answers will vary. Possible answer: A circle graph would be more useful. Circle graphs are useful for showing
what proportion of a population falls in each category. One would see at a glance whether Maria Gonzales had
more than 50% of the vote. Bar graphs are useful for comparisons among different categories but not as useful for
showing what proportion falls in each category.

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