Normal Distribution

What shape is a normal distribution curve?

• Half curve
• Round curve
• Bell curve
• Square curve

Use the following information and the Empirical Rule to estimate the answer.

The ages of golfers are normally distributed, with a mean of 38 and a standard deviation of 4.

Find the percentage of golfers that are between 30 and 46 years old.

• 68%

• 94%

• 95%

• 99.7%

The mean GPA of students in a course at UCDavis is 3.2 with a standard deviation of 0.3. What percent of students in the course have a GPA between  2.9 and 3.8? 

• 81.5%
• 47.5%
• 68%
• 95%

Given a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 7, what percentage of scores are above 82?

• 34%

• 81.5%

• 16%

• 2.5%

If this is the graph of data normally distributed with a mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 5, what label (number) is written at the blue circle?

• 20

• 15

• 40

• 30

If this is the graph of data normally distributed with a mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 5, what label (number) is written at the blue circle?

• 40

• 35

• 45

• 50

If this is the graph of data normally distributed with a mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 5, what label (number) is written at the blue circle?

• 40

• 35

• 45

• 50

The normal curve is symmetrical about the mean.

• True
• False

This data is normally distributed. What percent of the data is in the shaded region?

• 68%

• 95%

• 99.8%

• 50%

This data is normally distributed. What percent of the data is in the shaded region?

• 68%

• 32%

• 16%

• 50%