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In a study of cell phone use, 799 randomly selected US teens were asked how often they talked on a cell phone and about their texting behavior.
The data are summarized in the table above. Based on the data from the study, an estimate of the percent of US teens who are heavy texters is
30% and the associated margin of error is 3%. Which of the following is a correct statement based on the given margin of error?
Answer
A. Approximately 3% of the teens in the study who are classified as heavy texters are not really heavy texters.
B. It is not possible that the percent of all US teens who are heavy texters is less than 27%.
D. It is doubtful that the percent of all US teens who are heavy texters is 35%.
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Jennifer bought a box of Crunchy Grain cereal. The nutrition facts on the box state that a serving size of the cereal is cup and provides 210
calories, 50 of which are calories from fat. In addition, each serving of the cereal provides 180 milligrams of potassium, which is 5% of the daily
allowance for adults. If p percent of an adult’s daily allowance of potassium is provided by x servings of Crunchy Grain cereal per day, which of
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B.
C.
D.
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The box plots summarize the masses, in kilograms, of two groups of gazelles. Based on the box plots, which of the following statements must
be true?
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A. The mean mass of group 1 is greater than the mean mass of group 2.
B. The mean mass of group 1 is less than the mean mass of group 2.
C. The median mass of group 1 is greater than the median mass of group 2.
D. The median mass of group 1 is less than the median mass of group 2.
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A school district is forming a committee to discuss plans for the construction of a new high school. Of those invited to join the committee, 15%
are parents of students, 45% are teachers from the current high school, 25% are school and district administrators, and the remaining 6
individuals are students. How many more teachers were invited to join the committee than school and district administrators?
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A sample of 40 fourth-grade students was selected at random from a certain school. The 40 students completed a survey about the morning
announcements, and 32 thought the announcements were helpful. Which of the following is the largest population to which the results of the
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A. The 40 students who were surveyed
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Subscriptions
Year
sold
2012 5,600
2013 5,880
The manager of an online news service received the report above on the number of subscriptions sold by the service. The manager estimated
that the percent increase from 2012 to 2013 would be double the percent increase from 2013 to 2014. How many subscriptions did the manager
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A. 6,020
B. 6,027
C. 6,440
D. 6,468
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The line graph shows the total amount of snow, in inches, recorded each year in Washington, DC, from 2003 to 2015. If is the percent
decrease in the annual snowfall from 2003 to 2007, what is the value of p ?
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Blood type
Rhesus factor A B AB O
33 9 3 37
7 2 1 x
Human blood can be classified into four common blood types —A, B, AB, and O. It is also characterized by the presence or absence of
the rhesus factor. The table above shows the distribution of blood type and rhesus factor for a group of people. If one of these people who is
rhesus negative is chosen at random, the probability that the person has blood type B is . What is the value of x ?
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Data set A consists of positive integers less than . The list shown gives of the integers from data set A.
, , , , , , , ,
The mean of these integers is . If the mean of data set A is an integer that is greater than , what is the value of the largest integer from
data set A?
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Data set A Data set B
Value
frequency frequency
Data set A and data set B each consist of values. The table shows the frequencies of the values for each data set. Which of the following
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A. The mean of data set A is greater than the mean of data set B.
B. The mean of data set A is less than the mean of data set B.
D. There is not enough information to compare the means of the data sets.
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A data set of 27 different numbers has a mean of 33 and a median of 33. A new data set is created by adding 7 to each number in the original
data set that is greater than the median and subtracting 7 from each number in the original data set that is less than the median. Which of the
following measures does NOT have the same value in both the original and new data sets?
Answer
A. Median
B. Mean
D. Standard deviation
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The scatterplot above shows the federal-mandated minimum wage every 10 years between 1940 and 2010. A line of best fit is shown, and its
equation is . What does the line of best fit predict about the increase in the minimum wage over the 70-year period?
Answer
A. Each year between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.096 dollars.
B. Each year between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.49 dollars.
C. Every 10 years between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.096 dollars.
D. Every 10 years between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.488 dollars.
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Jeremy deposited x dollars in his investment account on January 1, 2001. The amount of money in the account doubled each year until
Jeremy had 480 dollars in his investment account on January 1, 2005. What is the value of x ?
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Value Frequency
1 a
2 2a
3 3a
4 2a
5 a
The frequency distribution above summarizes a set of data, where a is a positive integer. How much greater is the mean of the set of data than
the median?
Answer
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
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The mean score of 8 players in a basketball game was 14.5 points. If the highest individual score is removed, the mean score of the remaining 7
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A. 20
B. 24
C. 32
D. 36
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The scatterplot above shows a company’s ice cream sales d, in dollars, and the high temperature t, in degrees Celsius (°C), on 12 different days.
A line of best fit for the data is also shown. Which of the following could be an equation of the line of best fit?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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If and , what is the value of ?
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Sample Percent in favor Margin of error
A 52% 4.2%
B 48% 1.6%
The results of two random samples of votes for a proposition are shown above. The samples were selected from the same population, and the
margins of error were calculated using the same method. Which of the following is the most appropriate reason that the margin of error for
Answer
A. Sample A had a smaller number of votes that could not be recorded.
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The density of a certain type of wood is kilograms per cubic meter. A sample of this type of wood is in the shape of a cube and has a mass
of kilograms. To the nearest hundredth of a meter, what is the length of one edge of this sample?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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The number is less than the positive number . The number is greater than . The number is how many times ?
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A trivia tournament organizer wanted to study the relationship between the number of points a team scores in a trivia round and the number of
hours that a team practices each week. For the study, the organizer selected teams at random from all trivia teams in a certain tournament.
The table displays the information for the teams in the sample that practiced for at least hours per week.
3 to 5 hours
More than 5
hours
Total
Which of the following is the largest population to which the results of the study can be generalized?
Answer
A. All trivia teams in the tournament that scored or more points in the round
C. The trivia teams in the sample that practiced for at least hours per week
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On May 10, 2015, there were 83 million Internet subscribers in Nigeria. The major Internet providers were MTN, Globacom, Airtel, Etisalat, and
Visafone. By September 30, 2015, the number of Internet subscribers in Nigeria had increased to 97 million. If an Internet subscriber in Nigeria on
September 30, 2015, is selected at random, the probability that the person selected was an MTN subscriber is 0.43. There were p million MTN
subscribers in Nigeria on September 30, 2015. To the nearest integer, what is the value of p ?
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The mean amount of time that the 20 employees of a construction company have worked for the company is 6.7 years. After one of the
employees leaves the company, the mean amount of time that the remaining employees have worked for the company is reduced to 6.25 years.
How many years did the employee who left the company work for the company?
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A. 0.45
B. 2.30
C. 9.00
D. 15.25
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The scatterplot shows the relationship between the length of time , in hours, a certain bird spent in flight and the number of days after January
, .
What is the average rate of change, in hours per day, of the length of time the bird spent in flight on January to the length of time the bird
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A psychologist designed and conducted a study to determine whether playing a certain educational game increases middle school students’
accuracy in adding fractions. For the study, the psychologist chose a random sample of 35 students from all of the students at one of the middle
schools in a large city. The psychologist found that students who played the game showed significant improvement in accuracy when adding
fractions. What is the largest group to which the results of the study can be generalized?
Answer
A. The 35 students in the sample
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The table summarizes the distribution of age and assigned group for participants in a study.
– – Total
years years years
Group A
Group B
Group C
Total
One of these participants will be selected at random. What is the probability of selecting a participant from group A, given that the participant is
at least years of age? (Express your answer as a decimal or fraction, not as a percent.)
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To study the moisture content in a group of trees, samples from the trunk of each tree were taken from trees and cut in the shape of a cube.
The length of the edge of one of these cubes is centimeters. If this cube has a mass of grams, what is the density of this cube, in
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Each dot in the scatterplot above represents the temperature and the number of people who visited a beach in Lagos, Nigeria, on one of eleven
different days. The line of best fit for the data is also shown. The line of best fit for the data has a slope of approximately 57. According to this
estimate, how many additional people per day are predicted to visit the beach for each 5°C increase in average temperature?
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Near the end of a US cable news show, the host invited viewers to respond to a poll on the show’s website that asked, “Do you support the new
federal policy discussed during the show?” At the end of the show, the host reported that 28% responded “Yes,” and 70% responded “No.” Which
of the following best explains why the results are unlikely to represent the sentiments of the population of the United States?
Answer
A. The percentages do not add up to 100%, so any possible conclusions from the poll are invalid.
B. Those who responded to the poll were not a random sample of the population of the United States.
C. There were not 50% “Yes” responses and 50% “No” responses.
D. The show did not allow viewers enough time to respond to the poll.
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The table below shows the distribution of US states according to whether they have a state-level sales tax and a state-level income tax.
To the nearest tenth of a percent, what percent of states with a state-level sales tax do not have a state-level income tax?
Answer
A. 6.0%
B. 12.0%
C. 13.3%
D. 14.0%
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Site A Site B Total
Tulip
Daffodil
Total
The table shows the distribution of two types of flowers at two different sites. If a flower represented in the table is selected at random, what is
the probability of selecting a flower from site A, given that the flower is a tulip? (Express your answer as a decimal or fraction, not as a percent.)
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Data set A consists of the heights of objects and has a mean of meters. Data set B consists of the heights of objects and has a mean
of meters. Data set C consists of the heights of the objects from data sets A and B. What is the mean, in meters, of data set C?
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A reseller buys certain books for a purchase price of dollars each and then marks them each for sale at a consumer price that is of
the purchase price. After months, any remaining books not yet sold are marked at a discounted price that is off the consumer price. What
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The number is greater than the number . The number is less than . What is the value of ?
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To determine the mean number of children per household in a community, Tabitha surveyed 20 families at a playground. For the 20 families
surveyed, the mean number of children per household was 2.4. Which of the following statements must be true?
Answer
A. The mean number of children per household in the community is 2.4.
B. A determination about the mean number of children per household in the community should not be made because the sample size is too
small.
C. The sampling method is flawed and may produce a biased estimate of the mean number of children per household in the community.
D. The sampling method is not flawed and is likely to produce an unbiased estimate of the mean number of children per household in the
community.
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The scatterplot below shows the amount of electric energy generated, in millions of megawatt-hours, by nuclear sources over a 10‑year period.
Of the following equations, which best models the data in the scatterplot?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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A survey was given to residents of all 50 states asking if they had earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. The results from 7 of the states are given
in the table above. The median percent of residents who earned a bachelor’s degree or higher for all 50 states was 26.95%. What is the difference
between the median percent of residents who earned a bachelor’s degree or higher for these 7 states and the median for all 50 states?
Answer
A. 0.05%
B. 0.95%
C. 1.22%
D. 7.45%
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The number is greater than the number . The number is less than . What is the value of ?
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In State X, Mr. Camp’s eighth-grade class consisting of 26 students was surveyed and 34.6 percent of the students reported that they had at least
two siblings. The average eighth‑grade class size in the state is 26. If the students in Mr. Camp’s class are representative of students in the
state’s eighth-grade classes and there are 1,800 eighth-grade classes in the state, which of the following best estimates the number of
eighth‑grade students in the state who have fewer than two siblings?
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A. 16,200
B. 23,400
C. 30,600
D. 46,800
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The table summarizes the distribution of age and assigned group for participants in a study.
– – Total
years years years
Group A
Group B
Group C
Total
One of these participants will be selected at random. What is the probability of selecting a participant from group A, given that the participant is
Answer
A.
B.
C.
D.
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The scatterplot above shows the size x and the sale price y of 25 houses for sale in Town H. Which of the following could be an equation for a
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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Masses (kilograms)
Andrew and Maria each collected six rocks, and the masses of the rocks are shown in the table above. The mean of the masses of the rocks
Maria collected is 0.1 kilogram greater than the mean of the masses of the rocks Andrew collected. What is the value of x ?
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Amount invested Balance increase
Two investments were made as shown in the table above. The interest in Account A is compounded once per year. Which of the following is true
Answer
A. Account A always earns more money per year than Account B.
C. Account A earns more money per year than Account B at first but eventually earns less money per year.
D. Account A earns less money per year than Account B at first but eventually earns more money per year.
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According to a set of standards, a certain type of substance can contain a maximum of phosphorus by mass. If a sample of this
substance has a mass of grams, what is the maximum mass, in grams, of phosphorus the sample can contain to meet these standards?
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of the items in a box are green. Of those, are also rectangular. Of the green rectangular items, are also metal. Which of the
following is closest to the percentage of the items in the box that are not rectangular green metal items?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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For a baobab tree habitat in South Africa, a scientist randomly selected baobab trees that were years old and randomly assigned them to
two groups. Each group was subjected to a different watering pattern for consecutive years to observe whether the watering pattern affects
the trees’ growth rate. Based on the design of the study, what is the largest group to which these results can be applied?
Answer
A. All the baobab trees that were selected in this habitat
B. All the baobab trees that were years old in this habitat
C. All the baobab trees that were years old in South Africa
D. All the baobab trees that were years old in this habitat
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Anita created a batch of green paint by mixing 2 ounces of blue paint with 3 ounces of yellow paint. She must mix a second batch using the
same ratio of blue and yellow paint as the first batch. If she uses 5 ounces of blue paint for the second batch, how much yellow paint should
Anita use?
Answer
A. Exactly 5 ounces
B. 3 ounces more than the amount of yellow paint used in the first batch
C. 1.5 times the amount of yellow paint used in the first batch
D. 1.5 times the amount of blue paint used in the second batch
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For a certain computer game, individuals receive an integer score that ranges from 2 through 10. The table below shows the frequency
distribution of the scores of the 9 players in group A and the 11 players in group B.
Score
Frequencies
Score
Group A Group B
2 1 0
3 1 0
4 2 0
5 1 4
6 3 2
7 0 0
8 0 2
9 1 1
10 0 2
Total 9 11
The median of the scores for group B is how much greater than the median of the scores for group A?
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The scatterplot above shows the numbers of grams of both total protein and total fat for eight sandwiches on a restaurant menu. The line of best
fit for the data is also shown. According to the line of best fit, which of the following is closest to the predicted increase in total fat, in grams, for
Answer
A. 2.5
B. 2.0
C. 1.5
D. 1.0
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The density of a certain solid substance is kilograms per cubic meter. A sample of this substance is in the shape of a cube, where each edge
has a length of meters. To the nearest whole number, what is the mass, in kilograms, of this sample?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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A certain park has an area of square yards. What is the area, in square miles, of this park?
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B.
C.
D.