Mrs Math

Scatter plot, Correlation, and Line of Best Fit Exam Name:___________________________

High School Common Core: Interpret Linear Models Pd:____ Date:__________

1. A baseball coach graphs some data and finds the line of 2. Below is the table of data regarding the cherry blossom trees
best fit. The equation for the line of best fit is in Washington D.C. A) Make a scatter plot of the given data.
y = 0.32x – 20.51, where x is the number of times at bat and
y is the number of hits. Average 1.5 5.8 2.4 4.0 4.7 5.4 3.2 5.0
Temp (C)
How many hits should he expect from a player who is at bat
Date in 28 3 25 21 14 8 20 6
175 times?
April trees
bloom
A) 35 hits
B) 49 hits
C) 609 hits
D) 62 hits

3. Chang wants to know if he is improving his skill on the

cello. He created a scatter plot and drew a line of best fit.

B) Correlation:__________________

4. The graph below shows the relationship between the

distance in miles a delivery truck traveled and the number of
If he uses the point (2, 8) and (5, 1.5) from his line, which hours each delivery took.
equation would best represent the line of best fit?

A) y = -2.17x + 12.3
B) y = 2.17x + 3.77
C) y = -0.46x + 9
D) y = -2.17x – 9.35

5. Jared collected data on the ages and heights of a random

sample of elementary school students. If he plots the data
on a scatter plot, what relationship will he most likely see
between age and height? Which of the two given points would be the best to use to
calculate the line of best fit?
A) A negative correlation A) (500, 11) and (700, 11)
B) No correlation B) (300, 9) and (400, 7)
C) A positive correlation C) (400, 9) and (500, 11)
D) A constant correlation D) (300, 7) and (600, 10)
6. The graph shows the weights of dogs and the 7. A high school principal wants to predict the number of students who
time it took the same dogs to complete an agility will drop out of school so he can get funding for support services.
course in seconds. Year The number of
students who He determined the equation that
Which shows the line of best fit for the data? represents this data as y = -10x + 216,
drop out of high
school where x represents the years since
2004 217 2004, and y is the number of students
A) 2005 202 who drop out.
100
2006 199 Use this equation to help him predict
Seconds 80
2007 185 the number of students who will drop
60 2008 180 out in 2012?
2009 163
40
20
A) -20, 2996 students
0 20 40 60 80 100 B) 21 students
Weight (pounds) C) 136 students
D) 156 students

B) 8. Which graph represents a positive correlation?

100
Seconds 80
60 A) B)

40
20

0 20 40 60 80 100
Weight (pounds)
C) D)
C)
100
Seconds 80
60

40 9. The scatter plot below shows the average yearly consumption of

20 bottled water by people in the United States starting in 1990.

0 20 40 60 80 100
Weight (pounds)

D)
100
Seconds 80

60

40
20
Using the line of best fit, predict the average consumption of bottled
0 20 40 60 80 100 water in the year 2000?
Weight (pounds) A) 20 gallons B) 18 gallons C) 20 gallons D) 19 gallons
10. The table below shows the sales for a flower company for the years 2007 through 2012. Answer the given questions about
this table on your answer sheet.

A) Graph the data on the scatter plot and draw a line of best fit for the data.
FLOWER SALES
Sales
Year (in
thousands)
2007 $305
2008 $330
2009 $345
2010 $370
2011 $395
2012 $420

B) Write an equation for the line of best fit for this data. C) According to your equation, in what year will the
Let x represent the years since 2007 and y represent the sales reach about $500 (in thousands)? Use
sales, in thousands of dollars. mathematics to explain how you determined your
answer.

11. Mr. Van made a graph to represent the time his students spent 12. Which relationship is shown by this scatter
studying for their test and their actual test score. plot?
Which is the correct equation for the line of
best fit?
Number of
new gym
A) y = 1.4x + 55
memberships
B) y = 1.4x – 84
sold
C) y = 0.72x + 60
D) y = 0.72 + 56
Cost of a gym
membership
A) As the cost goes down, the number sold goes
down.
B) As the cost goes up, the number sold goes
down.
C) As the cost does down, the number sold
remains the same.
D) There is no relationship between cost and the
number sold.
13. Which scatter plot best represents
the data given in the table?
A) B)

Flame Fire Speed

Length (mph)
10 2
40 10
15 5
5 3
55 9
30 8 C) D)
25 6

14. Given in the table and scatter plot are the samplings of average annual temperatures collected at different elevations in
the United States. Pick two points from the line of best fit and determine the equation for the line of best fit.
Average
Elevation
Annual
(meters)
Temp (C)
1,000 15
490 20
2,200 8
650 17
1,750 8
1,500 12.5
800 18
1,400 15
2,000 10
1,200 12

15. Which graph represents the correlation of its given situation correctly?
A) B) C) D)

Amount of Number Number of Amount

dog food of people of
purchased tourists going clothing
flying to swimming sold
Hawaii

Number of customers at
Size of the dog Cost of plane ticket Temperature clothing store
16. The following data table and scatter plot represent the number of negative customer reviews for a given model of cell
phone and the total number of that same cell phone model that were sold. Answer the following TRUE or FALSE questions.
Number of Number of
A) Points (37, 890) and (98, 505) are
consumer cell phones
on the line of best fit:______
negative sold (in
reviews thousands)
B) This scatter plot represents a
125 163 negative correlation:_______
98 505
50 701 C) It’s reasonable to predict that if
106 355 there are 75 negative reviews the
21 925 number of cell phones sold of that
69 592 same model will be close to
80 700 600,000._____
37 890

17. Below is the number of clothes donated to New York 18. A keyboarding instructor at a community college collected
City homeless shelters in the given years. data comparing a student’s age and their typing speed. The
equation for the line of best fit is given as y = -1.4x + 117.8,
where x is the “age in years” and y is the “typing speed.

If you are 25 years of age, what is your typing speed?

A) 153 words per minute

B) 83 words per minute
C) 63 words per minute
D) 102 words per minute.

A) Determine the equation for the line of best fit using the 19 At the Happy Paper company the more boxes of paper you
given two points on the line of best fit, where x is the order the cheaper the price you have to pay for each box of
number years since 1992 and y is the number of clothes paper. Below are the prices charged per box of paper to
donated in thousands. different companies ordering various quantities of paper.

B) Using the equation for the line of best fit predict the year
in which only 38,000 items of clothing will be donated to the
homeless shelters in New York City.

Using the line of best fit, if your company wants to only pay
$5.05 for each box of paper, how many boxes of paper should
be ordered from Happy Paper company?
20. The table below shows the cost of flying from San Francisco to various other cities in the United States. There is a
relationship between the distance you are flying and the cost of your plan ticket. The data from the table is represented on the
scatter plot.
A) Draw a line of best fit and pick two good
Distance(miles) 600 374 1,240 725 150 1,100 950 1,500 500
points from the table that are on your line:
Cost of the
143 125 200 180 110 224 180 250 164
plane ticket ($)

B) Determine the equation for the line of best fit.

300

Cost of 250
plane
ticket 200
($)
150

100

0 250 500 750 1000 1250

Distance (miles)

21. The table below shows how much water Nuria drinks and the average 22. Determine the correlation for each
temperature for that day. A) Make for the given data table. statement.

Temp Water A) The number of people at your

(F) consumed party and the number of sodas you
in a day have in the refrigerator.
(oz)
99 48
85 27
B) The amount your drive to school
97 48
and the amount you have to pay for
80 16 gas.
92 32
88 34
94 40
C) The size your dog and the number
83 20
of times you take it to the vet.
B) What is the correlation? __________________

23. The table below represents the number of powerboats registered in the given year.

Powerboat The equation for the line of best for this data is given as y = 27x + 751, where x is the years since
Year Registrations 1996, and y is the total powerboat registrations.
(thousands)
1996 751 Using the given equation for the line of best fit, which is a good prediction for number of
powerboat registrations in 2015?
1997 797
1998 806
1999 805
2000 841
2001 903
2002 923