Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Luis
would like to have an average of 92% in his algebra class. Each test is worth 100 points. If
Luis’s first two test scores were 84 and 99, what does he need to score on the next test to meet
his goal? a. | 91
points | c. | 93
points | b. | 92 points | d. | 94 points | | | | |
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Sierra went fishing at Chickamauga Lake, and caught fish with lengths of 28, 33, 34,
and 47 centimeters. What was the mean length of the fish she caught? a. | 33
cm | c. | 35.5
cm | b. | 33.5
cm | d. | 37.5
cm | | | | |
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The
price of five different personal compact disc players is $45.75, $89.99, $62.49, $55.57, and $50.50.
What is the mean price of the compact disc players? a. | $76.24 | c. | $57.75 | b. | $60.86 | d. | $55.57 | | | | |
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The
heights of 4 of the 5 girls on the starting lineup of a Jackson high school’s girls’
basketball team are 5 feet 6 inches, 6 feet 2 inches, 5 feet 7 inches, and 5 feet 10 inches. How tall
must the fifth girl be for the average height to be 5 feet 10 inches? a. | 5 ft 10
in. | c. | 6 ft 0
in. | b. | 5 ft 11
in. | d. | 6 ft 1
in. | | | | |
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Use the information below to answer the following
questions.
The bar graph
shows how many 3-point field goals 50 students from a high school in Lawrenceburg made in a
basketball shooting contest. Each contestant had 7 tries.
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How
many students made more than four 3-point field goals? a. | 2
students | c. | 5
students | b. | 4 students | d. | 9 students | | | | |
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What
percent of the students made no 3-point field goals?
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Use the information below to answer the following
questions.
The graph shows
the numbers of different types of pairs of shoes sold by a store in one
week.
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Approximately how many pairs of shoes sold were athletic, casual, or
dress? a. | 1175
pairs | c. | 600
pairs | b. | 915 pairs | d. | 350 pairs | | | | |
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Which
statement is true? a. | Three types of shoes sold more than 400 pairs
each. | b. | Casual shoes accounted for more than one-fourth of
sales. | c. | The difference between sales of athletic shoes and sandals was
more than 100 pairs. | d. | More pairs of casual shoes were sold than dress shoes and
sandals combined. | | |
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Use the information below to answer the following
questions.
The circle graph
shows what percent of the Sturm family’s annual income was spent
in various categories.
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What
percent of family income was spent on items other than food and savings?
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If
the Sturm’s annual income is $72,000, about what amount did they spend on
recreation? a. | $1300 | c. | $9360 | b. | $5538 | d. | $22,320 | | | | |
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Which
graph corresponds to the table of values?
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Sydney drives a shuttle from a remote parking lot to the terminal at Memphis
International Airport. The ordered pairs (2.5, 30), (3.5, 42), and (5, 60) represent the number of
dollars y she had earned in tips after working for x hours. Assuming that Sydney
continues to collect tips at the same rate for the rest of the day, which graph represents the amount
in tips she will collect as a function of the number of hours she works?
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The
graph shows Shondra’s salary at her current job each year after
her annual raise. If Shondra’s salary continues to increase at the same rate, after how many
years at her job will her salary reach $35,000?
a. | 4
yr | c. | 9
yr | b. | 7
yr | d. | 10
yr | | | | |
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The
graph shows the depth of water in Gabriel’s swimming pool as it is filled. If the water level
continues to increase at the same rate, after how long will the water depth in the pool reach 3
feet?
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Eric
is spending one day of his summer vacation fishing on Tellico Lake with a personal guide. The graph
shows the cost of fishing with the guide. If the cost continues to increase at the same rate, how
much will it cost Eric to fish with the guide for 9 hours?
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Joseph spent 28 minutes studying on Monday, 54 minutes on Tuesday, 60 minutes on
Wednesday, and 42 minutes on Thursday. What is the median number of minutes Joseph spent
studying? a. | 44
min | c. | 54
min | b. | 48
min | d. | 57
min | | | | |
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Olivia’s test scores for six history tests are 89, 94, 85, 94, 83, and 88. What
is the median of her scores?
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The
daily high temperatures for a 10-day period were 78°F, 82°F, 86°F, 80°F, 84°F, 80°F, 76°F, 79°F, 84°F, and 86°F. What was the median high temperature for the
period?
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Della
is recording the lengths of different mockingbird songs. Seven of the songs she recorded have lengths
of 1.9, 3.4, 2.8, 5.4, 4.1, 6.9, and 5.5 seconds. What song length for the eighth song would make the
median length equal to 4.1 seconds? a. | 2.8 sec | c. | 4.1 sec | b. | 3.75
sec | d. | 4.75
sec | | | | |
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The
lengths of several blind cave salamanders measured in a study were 7.4, 9.9, 11.3, 8.8, 16.7, 10.9,
13.1, and 9.9 centimeters. What was the median length of the salamanders? a. | 9.9
cm | c. | 10.9
cm | b. | 10.4
cm | d. | 11.25
cm | | | | |
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An
automobile race at the Bristol Motor Speedway has 18 entrants. In how many ways can first, second,
and third place be awarded? a. | 4896 ways | c. | 324 ways | b. | 816
ways | d. | 6
ways | | | | |
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How
many arrangements are there for 6 boys in a choir sextet to stand in a row for a
performance? a. | 6
arrangements | c. | 120
arrangements | b. | 30 arrangements | d. | 720 arrangements | | | | |
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Lamont plans to watch 3 of his 22 action movies this weekend. How many different
groups of 3 movies can Lamont choose? |