Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Antonio is collecting data on his classmates’ favorite and least favorite sport.
Which of the following is the best survey for Antonio to use to collect his data?
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The
following double-bar graph shows the number of students, in each grade, who had perfect attendance at
East Elementary School.
STUDENTS WITH
PERFECT ATTENDANCE
How many 2nd
grade boys had perfect attendance? a. | 15 boys | b. | 20 boys | c. | 25 boys | d. | 30 boys | | | | | | | | |
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The
following bar graph shows the number of students in the library club, the band, the 4-H club, and the
soccer team at West Elementary School.
STUDENTS AT
WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How many more students are in the soccer team than in the 4-H
club? a. | 5
students | b. | 10
students | c. | 15
students | d. | 20
students | | | | | | | | |
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4.
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The
table shows the number of ripe fruit picked from a pear tree over a 5-day
period.
Day | Number of
Pears | Monday | 8 | Tuesday | 9 | Wednesday | 12 | Thursday | 15 | Friday | 16 | | |
Which of the following graphs shows the data from the
table?
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5.
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How
many degrees hotter was it on Wednesday than Thursday?
a. | 30
degrees | b. | 25
degrees | c. | 20
degrees | d. | 15
degrees | | | | | | | | |
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The
stem-and-leaf plot shows the weights, in pounds, of 25 dogs at a dog show.
Stem | Leaf | 1 | 2 4 6 7 | 2 | 0 2 5 7 9 | 3 | 0 1 3 5 7 9 | 4 | 1 2 5 8 | 5 | 0 2 3 4 6 8 | | |
What is the range of the data? a. | 33
pounds | b. | 40
pounds | c. | 46
pounds | d. | 70
pounds | | | | | | | | |
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The
stem-and-leaf plot shows the weights, in pounds, of 25 dogs at a dog show.
Stem | Leaf | 1 | 1 3 6 9 | 2 | 1 2 4 6 9 | 3 | 0 2 3 5 6 8 | 4 | 1 2 4 8 | 5 | 1 2 3 4 6 8 | | |
Which of these is NOT the weight of a dog at the
show? a. | 16
pounds | b. | 17
pounds | c. | 26
pounds | d. | 44
pounds | | | | | | | | |
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Mae
is selling fruit baskets for her mother’s business. The table below shows the number of fruit
baskets Mae sold last week.
FRUIT BASKET SALES | Day | Number of Baskets | Monday | 13 | Tuesday | 18 | Wednesday | 8 | Thursday | 10 | Friday | 17 | | |
Which of the following shows this information correctly
graphed? a. | FRUIT BASKET SALES
| c. | FRUIT BASKET
SALES
| b. | FRUIT BASKET
SALES
| d. | FRUIT BASKET
SALES
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The
table below shows the number of each kind of flower a florist sold.
FLOWER
SALES | Type | Number
Sold | Rose | 14 | Tulip | 19 | Daisy | 13 | Carnation | 16 | | |
The florist made this bar graph to display the information in the
table.
Which of the amounts from the table is graphed
incorrectly? a. | Carnation | c. | Rose | b. | Daisy | d. | Tulip | | | | |
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The
chart below shows the number of A’s that Mrs. Kimura’s students received on each of their
six tests last year. What is the mean number of A’s received?
NUMBER OF
A’S RECEIVED | Test Number | Number of A’s | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | | |
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The
table below shows the number of car washes Emily and her friends gave four days last
week.
NUMBER OF CAR WASHES | Day | Number of Car Washes | Wednesday | 5 | Thursday | 6 | Friday | 16 | Saturday | 15 | | |
What is the median number of car washes per day Emily and her friends
gave last week? a. | 10 car
washes | b. | 10.5 car
washes | c. | 11 car
washes | d. | 11.5 car
washes | | | | | | | | |
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A
hundred students from the fifth grade voted on their favorite subject in school. Here are the
results. The circle graph has not yet been labeled.
FAVORITE
SUBJECT | Subject | Number of Students | Math | 40 | Science | 20 | History | 10 | English | 30 | | |
Which part of the circle graph represents History? a. | Part
B | b. | Part
D | c. | Part
C | d. | Part
A | | | | | | | | |
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Data
from an experiment was put into a circle graph and a bar graph. Which set of bars could show the same
data as the circle graph?
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A
band director surveyed her students to ask them their favorite instrument. The table shows the
results of the survey.
FAVORITE INSTRUMENTS | Instrument | Drums | Flute | Piano | Trumpet | Violin | Number of Students | 5 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 9 | | | | | | |
Which is the most appropriate graph of the information in the table to
show what fraction of the students choose each instrument? a. | FAVORITE
INSTRUMENT
| c. | | b. | | d. | | | | | |
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Maria
has 5 blue buttons, 10 purple buttons, 4 yellow buttons, and 7 orange buttons in a bag. If she takes
one button out of the bag without looking, which color is MOST LIKELY to be
chosen?
a. | purple | b. | yellow | c. | orange | d. | blue | | | | | | | | |
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The
spinner is divided into four equal parts. Suppose the spinner is spun once. Which statement shown
below is true?
a. | Each outcome
shown on the spinner is equally likely. | b. | B is the least likely outcome. | c. | I is the most
likely outcome. | d. | G is the most likely outcome. | | |
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Samson will spin each spinner once. What is the total number of different outcomes of
a color and a number that can occur?
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Mrs.
Hori made a spinner with the first initials of the three different animals they will study in class
that week. What is the probability of the spinner landing on J?
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A bag
has buttons inside: 3 green, 8 yellow, 7 orange, and 12 red. You cannot see inside the bag when you
reach your hand in to get a button. What is the probability that Hector will reach into the bag and
pick a red button?
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Sam
took a survey and recorded the results in the line plot below. He asked the question, “How many
siblings do you have?” How many people responded to this survey?
a. | 5
people | c. | 15
people | b. | 6 people | d. | 18 people | | | | |
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The
following double bar graph shows the number of students in the fifth-grade musical
groups.
Which of the following statements is
true?
a. | More students
are in choir than in orchestra. | b. | More girls than boys are in choir. | c. | There are as
many boys as there are girls in jazz band. | d. | The Marching
Band has the most fifth grade students of the musical groups. | | |
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Longfellow Elementary School received a gift of money. Students in grades 1–5
voted on how to spend the money, for either playground equipment or field trips. The results are
given in the table. If you show this data on a double bar graph, which of the following will have the
longest bar?
Number of
Votes from Each Grade
Grade | Playground
Equipment |
Field Trips | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 22 | | | |
a. | Grade 3 votes | b. | Field Trips
votes | c. | Grade 5 votes for field trips | d. | Grade 1 votes
for playground equipment | | |
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The
following stem-and-leaf plot shows the ages of the teachers at Central Heights Elementary School.
Which age group has the most teachers?
Stem | Leaf | 2 | 4
9 | 3 | 0 3 3 7 | 4 | 1
4 5 | 5 | 2 5 8 | | |
KEY: 4 | 5 = 45
a. | Teachers in
their twenties | c. | Teachers in
their forties | b. | Teachers in their thirties | d. | Teachers in their fifties | | | | |
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Mr.
Hanson asked his students to bring their rock collections to school for science class. The following
stem-and-leaf plot shows the number of rocks in each collection. How many students brought their rock
collections to school?
Stem | Leaf | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 2 8 | 2 | 0
1 2 4 5 5 6
9 | 3 | 2 3 7 7
8 | 4 | | 5 | 0 4 6 | | |
KEY: 1 | 2 = 12
a. | 19
students | c. | 21
students | b. | 20 students | d. | 29 students | | | | |
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The
busiest days at the Walt Disney World Parks in Florida are given below.
Magic Kingdom
Park: Monday, Thursday, Saturday
Epcot: Tuesday,
Friday
Disney-MGM Studios: Sunday,
Wednesday
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park: Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday
This data is shown in two different line plots below.
If the Wagner family wants to avoid crowds as much as possible, which four vacation days should they
choose?
a. | Thursday,
Friday, Saturday, Sunday | b. | Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday | c. | Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday | d. | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | | |
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Rick
graphed a data set on the line plot below. Which of the following statements is
true?
Ages of Students in a College Chemistry
Class
| | | | x | | | | | | | | | | | x | | | | | | | | | | | x | | | | | | | | | | | x | x | | | | | | | | | | x | x | | | | | | | | | x | x | x | | | | | | | | x | x | x | x | | | | | | x | x | x | x | x | x | | x | | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | | x | | | | | | | | | | |
a. | Most of the
students in the class are 20. | b. | One student in the class is 26. | c. | Half of the
students in the class are 18–22, and half are 23–27. | d. | Half of the
students in the class are 21 or 22. | | |
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27.
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Bozeman’s daily high temperatures (°F) for one week were 82, 87, 88, 90, 84,
84, and 80. For this data, set, which of the following is 85? a. | mean | c. | mode | b. | median | d. | range | | | | |
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Which
data set has a mean of 6? a. | 1, 10, 6, 5, 9 | c. | 6, 6, 3, 10, 4 | b. | 2, 2, 8, 4,
9 | d. | 4, 7, 7, 7,
5 | | | | |
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Tucker organized the 100 books in his classroom into four types. For which type of
book are there about 10 books in the classroom?
a. | Picture
Books | c. | Reference
Books | b. | Nonfiction Books | d. | Chapter Books | | | | |
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Which
type of graph would work best for showing the rising cost of a postage stamp over the past fifty
years? a. | line
plot | c. | circle
graph | b. | stem-and-leaf plot | d. | line graph | | | | |
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The
following line graph shows the weight of a child from birth to age 4. In which year did the
child’s weight increase the most?
a. | Birth to 1
year | c. | 2 years to 3
years | b. | 1 year to 2 years | d. | 3 years to 4 years | | | | |
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32.
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Tanya
tossed a number cube. Which event is least likely? a. | tossing an odd
number | b. | tossing an even number | c. | tossing a
2 | d. | tossing a number
greater than 2 | | |
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33.
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Each
friend at Mac’s birthday party wrote his name on a piece of paper and placed the paper in a hat.
At the end of the party, Mac will draw one name without looking and give a prize to that friend. How
many different outcomes are there?
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34.
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The
following tree diagram shows the sample space for tossing a number cube and a coin. How many possible
outcomes are there?
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35.
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Spinner X and Spinner Y are spun. For which of the following are there 6 possible
outcomes?
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