Statistical Questions Rubin

Based on a recent survey of 500 students, the circle graph below shows how students communicate

with friends.

How many more students chose social media apps than phone calls to communicate with friends?

• 36 students

• 12 students

• 180 students

• 300 students

Students in a math class were asked which hand they preferred to use for writing. The bar graph

shows the results.

Of students that had a preference, what percent chose

the left hand?

• 75%

• 25%

• 24%

• 6%

Katie is reading a 200-page book that is divided into 5 chapters. The bar graph shows the number of pages in each chapter.

What percent of the pages is in even-numbered chapters?

• 50%

• 15%

• 35%

• 70%

The cafeteria manager took a poll of 150 students to find the most popular lunch. The circle graph below displays the data.

How many more students chose spaghetti than corn dogs as their favorite lunch?

• 24 students

• 87 students

• 58 students

• 16 students

Band members are selling magazines to raise $150 for a field trip. The bar graph below shows the amount six band members have collected so far. Paul, Jim, and Dan are boys and Jane, Mia, and Bryn are girls.

By what percent of the total money needed for a field trip have the girls raised so far?

• about 16%

• about 47%

• about 36%

• about 27%

Ms. Rubin took a poll of 80 students to find out how they got to school. The results are shown in the

circle graph below.

How many more students get to school on a bus than in a car?

• 24 students

• 10 students

• 8 students

• 32 students

Earth Fitness tracked the usage of cardio equipment to determine how many members used certain

pieces of equipment last weekend. The circle graph below shows the results.

How many of the 400 members that used cardio equipment did not use a stepper or a treadmill?

• 152 students

• 38 students

• 62 students

• 248 students

The circle graph below shows the number of boys

wearing each of the different bow tie colors.

Based on the graph, approximately what percent of the boys wearing tuxedos at the prom wore black bow ties?

• 33%

• 25%

• 200%

• 66%

Cypress Middle School held a fundraiser for a school dance. The results of the fundraiser are shown in the bar graph below.

About what percent of the money raised was collected by clubs?

• 6%

• 47%

• 75%

• 53%

Paul randomly surveyed people in the mall and asked them what genre of movie they prefer. The

results are shown in the survey below.

By what percent did action movies exceed drama movies as the genre of choice?

• 1.5%

• 3%

• 21%

• 19.5%