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Probability & Statistics

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
_______ is a part of a group being surveyed.
a)
Sample
b)
Population
c)
Random Sample
d)
Quartile
2.

What is the mean of the following list of numbers?


9, 9, 14, 7, 12, 8, 11, 19, 15, 11

a)

9

b)

10

c)

11.5

d)

12.5

3.

What is the median of the following list of numbers?


9, 9, 14, 7, 12, 8, 11, 19, 15, 11

a)

9

b)

11

c)

10

d)

12

4.
A bag contains 5 quarters, 2 dimes, and 4 pennies. What is the probability of picking a quarter?
a)
5/11
b)
5/6
c)
1/3
d)
5
5.

The data set: 12, 9, 10, 8, 1, 10, 6

What is the mode?

a)

10

b)

8

c)

7

d)

5

6.

The bakery has three donuts on the shelf:

Glazed -- 75

Chocolate -- 10

Sprinkles -- 15

What is the probability someone randomly selects glazed? Make sure you simplify your fraction.

a)

75/100

b)

3/4

c)

75

d)

4/3

7.

You randomly choose one marble from the bag. What is the theoretical probability of choosing a blue marble?

a)

615 or 25\frac{6}{15}\ or\ \frac{2}{5}

b)

915 or 35\frac{9}{15}\ or\ \frac{3}{5}

c)

315 or 15\frac{3}{15}\ or\ \frac{1}{5}

8.

What is the theoretical probability of spinning a red or a yellow?

a)

25\frac{2}{5}

b)

15\frac{1}{5}

c)

35\frac{3}{5}

d)

05\frac{0}{5}

9.

What is the probability of selecting a "B" on the first spinner and a "Z" on the second spinner?

a)

14\frac{1}{4}

b)

27\frac{2}{7}

c)

112\frac{1}{12}

d)

13\frac{1}{3}

10.

Roberto wants to know the favorite sport of adults in his hometown. He surveys 50 adults at a baseball game. Is this random or biased sampling?

a)

Random

b)

Biased

11.

If you score 76, 85, 97, and 83 on your math tests, what would your median score be?

a)

84

b)

90

c)

85

d)

88

12.

Is the following statement biased or fair: “Would you prefer a vacation in pleasant, sunny Florida, or in the barren wasteland of the Arctic?

a)

Biased

b)

Fair

c)

Neither

13.

Is the following statement biased or fair: “Would you prefer going to the beach or going to the mountains?

a)

Biased

b)

Fair

c)

Neither

14.

If the probability of an event is 1, then it is _________.

a)

likely

b)

unlikely

c)

certain

d)

impossible

15.

Suppose you toss a coin several times and record the results. Out of 20 trials, you got tails 11 times. What is the experimental probability of getting tails?

(a)  

16.

This board game spinner is divided into sections of equal size. What is a reasonable estimate of the number of times the spinner will land on a section labeled 5 over the course of 150 spins?

a)

2

b)

20

c)

30

d)

50

17.

A coin is tossed and a fair die is rolled. Find P(heads, greater than 3).

a)

1/6

b)

1/4

c)

5/6

d)

4/5

18.

You roll a fair number cube. What is the probability of getting a 2 or a 5?

a)

1/6

b)

2/6

c)

3/6

d)

4/6

19.

Suppose you have a bag that contains 4 black, 3 green, 1 red, and 2 orange marbles. Find P (not orange). Express your answer as an exact decimal.

(a)  

20.

TRUE OR FALSE: A bag of marbles has 1 yellow, 2 blue, 3 red, and 4 green marbles. The probability of picking a yellow marble is 0.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Mrs. Barraza wants to know how many 7th grade students would like to start a math club. What sample would be the best choice for her survey?

a)

Asking the students in STEM class.

b)

Ask the 30 students with the highest grades.

c)

Ask random students from the whole school.

d)

Ask random students from the whole 7th grade.

22.

At a concert, they are giving away free hats. 9 are pink, 15 are blue, 20 are red. If my favorite color is pink, what is the likelihood I will get a pink one?

a)

Impossible

b)

Unlikely

c)

Equally likely

d)

Likely

23.

A spinner is spun 10 times and here are the results. Which spinner was most likely used?

a)
b)
c)
d)
24.
Emma is playing a spinning game using the spinner shown. She gets one spin and needs green to win. What's probability that she will NOT win?
a)
.25
b)
.75
c)
.70
d)
40
25.

This shows how many baseball cards a group of friends have in their collections. How many friends have baseball card collections with more than 70 cards?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

4