6.PS.1 Practice Questions

SImone is organizing a sports  night at her school. She will collect data to help select the sports that most students will like to play. Which question will best result in the data she needs to help make her decision?

• 1. Did you play a sport last weekend? 

• 1. Where is your favorite place to play sports? 

• 1. Do you like soccer? 

• What is your favorite kind of sport?

1. Xanthe uses a ruler to record data on the foot lengths of some of the students at her school.Which type of data collection method was used?

• Measurement

• Observation

• Survey

• Experiment

1. A community center wants to decide which new programs to introduce for local residents. Which method would best gather data to determine the programs people are most interested in?

• Observing local residents

• Measuring the income of local residents

• Conducting an experiment

• Conducting a survey

1. Mrs. Thompson surveyed 24 students. She asked each student to rate a television show. The results are shown in this circle graph. 

Which fraction of students best represents those who rate the show as “Above Average”

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1. Carlos wants to know the favorite snacks of students in his school. He randomly asks 30 students from different grades during lunchtime and creates a circle graph.  Is Carlos's data likely to be representative of the school's snack preferences?

• 1. Yes, because lunch time is the best time to ask about snacks. 

• Yes, because he asked a random and diverse group.

• 1. No,  because he only should have asked his friends. 

• 1. No, because 30 students are too few to represent the whole school. 

Aiden creates an online poll asking about favorite video games and shares it on his gaming forum. He then uses the responses to represent the favorite games of all kids his age.  Is Aiden’s data likely representative?

• 1. Yes, because all kids play video games. 

• No, because he used an online platform.

• No, because he only surveyed a specific group of gamers.

• 1. Yes, because online polls are always accurate. 

Neville made a chart to record his monthly expenses. Which circle graph represents the data in the chart?

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The circle graph displays the results of a survey asking students in an elementary school to identify their favorite ice cream flavor. Which question could have been used to create the circle graph? 

• Do elementary school students like vanilla?

• Does chocolate taste good?

• 1. Which ice cream flavor is preferred by elementary school students?

• 1. Which ice cream is enjoyed by most families on vacation?

1. The first 200 visitors to a state park were asked about their favorite park activity. The results are shown in this circle graph. 

2. Which of the following is closest to the number of these 200 visitors who said hiking was their favorite activity? 

   
   

• 25 visitors

• 40 visitors

• 50 visitors

• 75 visitors

Twelve students answered a question that has answer choices labeled as A, B, C, and D. This circle graph represents the answer choices selected by the 12 students.

Which of these represents the data shown in the circle graph?

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