STAAR 7.6G Comparison of Data

A survey of 150 employees at a company asked which type of transportation the employees uses to get to work.

How many more people use a car than ride a bicycle to get to work?

• 15

• 28

• 42

• 57

The dot plot shows the number of points a player scored in each of 30 turns in a game. Which statements are best supported by the data in the dot plot? Select TWO correct answers.

• Exactly 9% of the turns were 2 points.

• Exactly half of the turns were 3 points or more.

• Exactly 50% of the turns were 2 or 3 points.

A salesperson made a bar graph of different brands of cars sold in a month. Based on the information in the graph, which car brands represented 60% of sales?

• Brand A and Brand B

• Brand A and Brand C

• Brand B and Brand C

• Brand C and Brand D

A garden contains 50 plants. The number of tomato plants is twice the number of bell pepper plants. The number of cucumber plants is the same as the number of watermelon plants. The remainder of the garden consists of squash plants. The circle graph shows the percentages of some of the types of plants in the garden. Which statements are true? Select THREE correct answers. *Correct Answer (Selected the first, second, and fourth statements.)

• The number of tomato plants is 16.

• The total number of cucumber and bell pepper plants is 18.

• Over 50% of the plants are tomatoes and bell peppers.

• Watermelon and cucumber plants combined are 40% of the plants.

• Cucumber plants are 26% of the plants.

A survey was conducted to determine the types of occupations of the 1200 residents of a town. The types of occupations are shown in the circle graph.

Based on the circle graph, how many more residents have an occupation in industry than have an occupation in government?

• 20

• 360

• 240

• 300

What percentage of the students surveyed selected “Bird” as their favorite type of animal?

• 20%

• 5%

• 6%

• 80%

A survey was conducted to determine the food choices of 80 students at a picnic. Based on the circle graph, how many more students chose pizza than students who chose salad?

• A. 8

• B. 16

• C. 32

• D. 24

Mrs. Gonzalez gathered information of the names of the first and last names of her students. The data are shown in the dot plot. What percentage of the students have 5 or more vowels in their first and last names?

• 21%

• 63%

• 37%

• 70%

A club sold standard and premium memberships. The graph shows the number of each type of membership sold over the last four weeks. Which statement is supported by the information in the graph?

• The number of premium memberships sold during Week 4 was 75% more than the number of premium memberships sold during Week 1.

• The total number of memberships sold during Week 1 was equal to the total number of memberships sold during Week 2.

• The number of premium memberships sold during Week 3 was 2 times the number of premium memberships sold during Week 2.

• The total number of memberships sold during Week 4 was 35 less than the total number of memberships sold during Week 3.

A farmer plants crops of 48 acres of land. The graph shows percentages for different types of crops. Based on the circle graph, how many acres of land are used for corn?

• 14.4

• 12.0

• 16.8

• 18.0