Normal Distributions and Inverse Normal Distributions

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

• 68%

• 81.5%

• 16%

• 34%

The average weight of a newborn is 7.5 pounds, with a standard deviation of 1.25 pounds. Birth weight follows the standard normal curve. What percent of newborns weigh 5 pounds or less at birth?

• 2.35%

• 0.15%

• 2.5%

• 50%

The shelf life of a particular dairy product is normally distributed with a mean of 12 days and a standard deviation of 3 days.

About what percent of the products last between 12 and 15 days?

• 68%

• 34%

• 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

The ages of the population of people living in Meru area in Ipoh are Normally distributed with mean 43 and standard deviation 14

The town has a population of 5,000.

How many would you expect to be aged between 22 and 57?

You can use this Standard Normal Distribution curve:

• 1750

• 3860

• 3870

• 4330

Company pack coffee in bags marked as 250 g

A large number of packs of coffee were weighed and the mean and standard deviation were calculated as 255 g and 2.5 g respectively.

Assuming this data is normally distributed, what percentage of packs are underweight?

• 2.5%

• 3.5%

• 4%

• 5%

Students pass a test if they score 50% or more. The marks of a large number of students were sampled and the mean and standard deviation were calculated as 42% and 8% respectively. Assuming this data is normally distributed, what percentage of students pass the test? in percentage...

• 5

• 16

• 24

• 32

68% of the marks in a test are between 51 and 64

Assuming this data is normally distributed, what are the mean and standard deviation?

• Mean = 57

  S.D. = 6.5

• Mean = 57

  S.D. = 7

• Mean = 57.5

  S.D. = 6.5

• Mean = 57.5

  S.D. = 13

In a survey of men in the United States (ages 20-29), the mean height was 69.6 inches with a standard deviation of 3.0 inches. Find the minimum height in the top 22%.

• 69.37 in 

• 67.58 in 

• 73.12 in