2017. Category 4: Data Analysis and Financial Literacy

The students in a class were each asked to name their favorite meal of the day. The results are shown in this percentage bar graph.

Which table could be represented by the percentage bar graph?

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Mr. Lloyd wants to buy a new television, but he does not have enough money in his bank account to pay for one. Which of these is NOT an option for Mr. Lloyd?

• He can use his credit card to buy the television now.

• He can save money and pay cash for the television at a later date.

• He can use his debit card to buy the television now.

• He can save money and use his debit card to buy the television at a later date.

The box plots summarize the attendance for the spring musical and the fall musical. Each musical was performed for six evenings.

Which statement best describes the data represented in the box plots?

• The range in attendance for the fall musical is 85.

• The interquartile range for the spring musical is 45.

• For half the evenings at the fall musical, the attendance was less than 160 people.

• For half the evenings at the spring musical, the attendance was between 155 and 200 people.

Yvonne is researching the effect of education on annual income. A summary of her research is shown in the table.

Based on the data in the table, how much more does a person with an associate's degree earn than a person with only a high school diploma over 10 years?

• $6,916

• $74,724

• $747,240

• $69,160

The total number of items sold by each student who participated in a fund-raiser is shown in the stem and leaf plot.

Which statement is best supported by the data in the stem and leaf plot?

• The number of students who sold between 10 and 20 items is greater than the number of students who sold more than 40 items.

• The number of students who sold more than 30 items is greater than the number of students who sold fewer than 30 items.

• The most common number of items sold is 30.

• The most common number of items sold is 15.

The dot plot shows the number of touchdowns a football team scored in 10 games last season. Which statement best describes the data shown in the dot plot?

• The peak of the data is at 5.

• The data are clustered from 0 to 2.

• The data distribution has no gaps.

• The data distribution is symmetrical.