OPEN UP RESOURCES 6–8 MATH

Name Date

GRADE
: 7 UNIT 8

Check Your Readiness

VERSION A

Do not use a calculator.

Problem 1
Select all the numbers that represent point .

A. 0.25 B. 0.5 C. 0.75

D. E. F.

Problem 2
Students did push-ups for a fitness test. Their goal was 20 push-ups. For each student,
determine what percentage of the goal they achieved.

a. Elena did 16 push-ups.

b. Jada did 42 push-ups.

c. Lin did 13 push-ups.

d. Andre did 21 push-ups.

Problem 3
Andre surveyed a random sample of 20 students and found that 13 of them were in favor of
having school start one hour later.

Grade 7 Unit 8: Check Your Readiness – Version A 1 of 3

3rd Ed. CC BY-NC 4.0. Download for free at openup.org.
 OPEN UP RESOURCES 6–8 MATH

Name Date

a. The school has 250 students. Make an estimate for the number of students in the
school who are in favor of having school start one hour later.

b. Do you think it would be surprising if 150 students out of 250 were in favor? Explain
your reasoning.

c. Do you think it would be surprising if 100 students out of 250 were in favor? Explain
your reasoning.

Problem 4
Select all the measures of variability or spread.

A. mean
B. IQR (interquartile range)
C. MAD (mean absolute deviation)
D. median
E. range

Problem 5
Ten students each attempted 10 free throws. This list shows how many free throws each
student made.

a. What is the median number of free throws made?

b. What is the IQR (interquartile range)?

Grade 7 Unit 8: Check Your Readiness – Version A 2 of 3

3rd Ed. CC BY-NC 4.0. Download for free at openup.org.
 OPEN UP RESOURCES 6–8 MATH

Name Date

Problem 6
Two groups went bowling. Here are the scores from each group.

Group A: 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 130, 190

Group B: 50, 100, 107, 110, 120, 140, 150

a. Construct two box plots, one for the data in each group.

b. Which group shows greater variability? Explain how you know.

Problem 7
This dot plot shows the number of coins in 10 students’ pockets.

What is the mean and MAD (mean absolute deviation) of this data? Explain how you know.

Grade 7 Unit 8: Check Your Readiness – Version A 3 of 3

3rd Ed. CC BY-NC 4.0. Download for free at openup.org.