Classifying Interpreting Data

Elliot says almost everyone arrived at the party after 10:00 P.M., but Nancy thinks most people came earlier. When did a majority of the people arrive?

• 7:00-7:59 P.M.

• 8:00–8:59 P.M.

• 9:00–9:59 P.M.

• 10:00–10:59 P.M. 

There are 200 vegetable plants in a garden.  How many of the vegetable plants are green beans?

• 16

• 24

• 28

• 32

What is this graph showing you?

• The worlds population is staying the same.

• The worlds population is going down (decreasing).

• The worlds population was growing but now is decreasing.

• The worlds population has been growing and will continue to grow. 

600 people were surveyed. How many people rode the stationary bikes that day?

• 150 people

• 120 people

• 90 people

• None of these

Students were asked how much homework they did each week. Which statement based on the data is true?

• Exactly half the students spent more than 3 hours on homework.

• More students spent 7 hours on homework than 1 hour of homework.

• Most students spent 3 hours and 7 hours on homework.

• The range of the data is 9 hours.

The total number of phone calls made yesterday by each sales person at a company is shown in the stem and leaf plot. Which statement is best supported by the data in the steam and leaf plot?

• Most sales people made 47 calls.

• Exactly half the sales people made 50 or fewer phone calls.

• Most sales people made 45 calls.

• Exactly half the sales people made 50 or more phone calls.

The histogram shows the number of people in each age group that participated in a 5k run. Which age group had less people than all the other age groups?

• 0-9

• 20-29

• 40-49

• 50-59

The dot plot shows the amount of money each teacher spent on candy for prizes last week. Which statement is NOT supported by the data?

• Less than half the teachers spent less than $14 on candy.

• More than half the teachers spent $15 or more on candy.

• There were no teachers who spent $11 on candy.

• Exactly 4 teachers spent less than $15 on candy.

TVAH middle school had a canned food drive. The amount of cans collected by each class is shown below. 428, 492, 358, 426, 384, 488, 356, 402 What is the range of the data?

The histogram shows the number of people in each age range that are participating in the fishing tournament. Which statement based on the data is true?

• Less than 10 participants are 8 years old or younger.

• Exactly half of the participants are 9-12 years old.

• There are 40 participants in the fishing tournament.

• There are 3 times as many participants who are 13-16 years old than those who are 5-8 years old.