Gr7 Statistics & Probability

According to a random telephone survey, 85% of all working adults in the U.S. are satisfied with their current job. If I asked 500 adults, how many do you predict would be satisfied with their current job?

• 85 adults
• 340 adults
• 500 adults
• 425 adults

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Gio surveys 40 Quick Trip employees. He reports that 5 out of 15 fast-food employees are satisfied with their hourly pay rate. What percentage of employees are happy with their pay rate?

• 40%
• 33%
• 12.5%
• 38%

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Manny wants to know how many students at CTMS enjoy solving math problems. What is the best sampling method?

• ask for 20 volunteers to discuss whether they enjoy solving math problems
• ask the last 20 people to arrive at CTMS 
• Randomly ask 2 students in the hallway
• Ask every 20th student that walks into school

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A recent survey of 800 seventh graders from across the state shows 4 out of 10 like to play paper football. How many students said they like to play paper football?

• 40 students
• 200 students 
• 320 students
• 8,000 students

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At a middle school, the 7th graders will conduct a survey for where to go on a field trip. Which method will result in the least biased decision?

• to randomly ask 8th grade students who went on a field trip last year
• to randomly choose some 7th grade students to select a location
• to ask all 7th grade teachers and administrators for a location
• to ask the student council to choose a location

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If a set of data has a symmetric distribution, the most appropriate measure of center and variation to use is...

• median & interquartile range

• mean & interquartile range

• median & mean absolute deviation

• mean & mean absolute deviation

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In a game, the probability of winning is 1 out of 5. How many times could Lisa expect to win if she plays the game 85 times?

• 17

• 34

• 68

• 80

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A coin was tossed 80 times, out of which it landed on heads 60 times. What is the relative frequency of the coin toss resulting in tails?

• 20%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

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Kris has a bag that contains only red marbles, green marbles, and purple marbles. Kris pulls a marble from the bag, records the color of the marble and puts it back in the bag. She performs 25 pulls and draws 8 red marbles, 12 green marbles, and 5 purple marbles. Based on the data, about how many times would Kris pull a red marble if she performed 1,000 pulls?

• 200

• 320

• 330

• 470

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How many total outfit options are represented?

• 12

• 22

• 6

• 3

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