Stats Lecture 10 Problems

Lecture 10 Stats
1. If the average (arithmetic mean) of five consecutive negative integers is 2 1, what

is the difference between the greatest and least of the five integers?
(a) 4
(b) 4
(c) 4 + 4
(d) 4 4
(e) 4 2 4
2. If the average (arithmetic mean) of and is 5, and the average of and is 10,
then =
(a) Cannot be determined
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 15
(e) 20
3. Triangle has sides with length 5, 5 and 8.

Triangle has sides with length 8, 8 and 5.
Column
Column
The average (arithmetic

mean) measure of the
3 angles of triangle .
The average (arithmetic

mean) measure of the
3 angles of triangle .
(a) The quantity in Column is greater

(b) The quantity in Column is greater
(c) The two quantities are equal
(d) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given
4. If the average (arithmetic mean) of seven consecutive integers is + 2, then the
product of the greatest and least integer is
(a) 2 9
(b) 2 2 + 1
(c) 2 + 4 12
(d) 2 + 6 + 9
(e) 2 + 4 5
5. What is the average (arithmetic mean) of all multiples of 10 from 10 to 400 inclusive?
(a) 190
(b) 195
(c) 200
(d) 205
(e) 210
6. If is an integer, which of the following could be the median of the set {6, 5, , 6, 3, }?
Indicate all possible medians.
(a) 3
(b) 3.5
(c) 4
(d) 4.5
(e) 5
(f) 5.5
(g) 6
7. What is the average (arithmetic mean) of all multiples of 10 from 10 to 400 inclusive?
(a) 190
(b) 195
(c) 200
(d) 205
(e) 210
8.
Column
Column
Average (arithmetic
mean) of integers from 50 to 1 inclusive.
Average (arithmetic
mean) of integers from
-50 to 0 inclusive.

9. There are 10 employees in an office. The table shows how many employees have
0, 1, 2 or 3 pets. If the office manager were included in the table, the average (arithmetic
mean) number of pets per person would equal the median number of pets per person.
How many pets does the office manager have?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
(e) 7
10. If the average (arithmetic mean) of , , 20 is 11, then the average of 2 + 3, 2

4, and 8 is
(a) 11
(b) 12
(c) 13
(d) 14
(e) 15
11. If the average (arithmetic mean) of , and 15 is 9, and the average of , 2 and 2 is
7, then =
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 8
(e) 9
12.
Column
Column
The average (arithmetic mean) of 32,

34, 36
34


13. Set : {, , , , , , 3 + , }
If the median of set is 10 and 0 < < , what is the range of set ?
Ans :
14. In a certain class, students are 10 years old, and the remaining students are 11
years old. What is the average (arithmetic mean) age of all students in the class?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
+
21
10+11
21
110
110
10+11
+
15. + = 4
+ = 25
+ = 15
Column
Column
The average (arithmetic mean) of

, and

16. The average (arithmetic mean) of two numbers is 4. If one of the numbers is ,
then the value of the other number is
(a) 4
(b) 4 + 4
(c) 8 4
(d) 4 8
(e) 8
17. The average (arithmetic mean) of five numbers is 3 + 4. If one of the numbers is
7 4, what is the average of the other four numbers?
(a) 1.6 + 3.2
(b) 1.6 + 4.8
(c) 2 + 4
(d) 2 + 6
(e) 4 + 8
18. + 4 = + 5
Column
Column
Average (arithmetic
mean) of and
Average (arithmetic
mean) of and


19. Jack has 5 cats and 1 dog. If the dogs weight is 3 times the average (arithmetic
mean) weight of the cats, then the dogs weight is what fraction of the total weight of all
6 animals?
(a) 1/4
(b) 1/3
(c) 3/8
(d) 3/7
(e) 3/5
20. The average (arithmetic mean) of 4 different integers is 75. If the largest integer is
90, what is the least possible value of the smallest integer?
(a) 1
(b) 19
(c) 29
(d) 30
(e) 33
21.The average (arithmetic mean) weight of 8 children is 100 pounds.
No child weighs exactly 100 pounds.
Column
Column
Number of children who

weigh more than 100
pounds.
Number of children who

weigh less than 100
pounds.

22. If 4/ + 4/ = 4/ = , then the average (arithmetic mean) of and is

(a) 1/2
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 4
(e) 8
23. Positive integers , , , and are such that < < < < . If the average
(arithmetic mean) of the five numbers is 6 and = 3, then what is the greatest
possible range of the five numbers?
(a) 12
(b) 17
(c) 18
(d) 19
(e) 20
24. The sum of 5 consecutive even integers is 0.

Column
Column
The product of the 5 integers

25. The median of , , 8 and 11 is 19.

Column
Column
23

26. , , and are different positive numbers.
The average (arithmetic mean) of and is 30.
The average of , , and is 40.
Column
Column
The greatest possible value of
99

27. Sam earned a $2000 commission on a big sale, raising his average commission by
$100. If Sams new average commission is $900, how many sales did he make?
28. Set A consists of 30 numbers, the average of which is 60. Set B consists of 29
numbers, the average of which is 70.
Column A
Column B
The average of Set A and B
65
(A) The quantity in Column A is greater

(B) The quantity in Column B is greater
(C) The two quantities are equal

(D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given
29. In a group of children, the average (arithmetic mean) weight of the boys is 60
pounds, and the average weight of the girls is 48 pounds. If the average weight of all of
the children in the group is 50 pounds, what is the ratio of the number of boys to the
number of girls?
(a) 1/12
(b) 1/6
(c) 1/5
(d) 1/4
(e) 1/3
30. The average (arithmetic mean) of , and 15 is 9.

Column
Column
Average of and

31. Ten students wrote a test, and the distribution of scores is shown on the frequency
table. If the average (arithmetic mean) score is 62, what is the value of ?
(a) 62
(b) 65
(c) 71
(d) 76
(e) 83
32. In a group of 60 people, the average (arithmetic mean) age of the 40 females is 60,
and the average age of the 20 males is 70.
Column
Column
Average age of all 60 people
65

33. , , and are positive integers.

+ + = 90
Column
Column
Average (arithmetic mean) of

, , and
Median of
, , and

34. If the average (arithmetic mean) of and is , and the average of , , and is ,
what is the average of , , , , and ?
(a)
2+3
6
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
+2
3
+
2
2+3
5
+2
4
35.The average (arithmetic mean) of 3, 3, 5, 6 and is 2.

Column
Column

(d) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
36.If the average (arithmetic mean) of 3, 8, , , and is 14, then the average of
+ 2, 3, and + 8 is
(a) 11
(b) 13.2
(c) 17
(d) 19.4
(e) 22
37. The average (arithmetic mean) of four numbers is 4 + 16. When a fifth number is
added, the average becomes 5 + 20. The fifth number is
(a) 4
(b) + 4
(c) 4 + 4
(d) 4 + 16
(e) 9 + 36
38. + + = 21
Column
Column
Average of and

39. What is the average (arithmetic mean) of
8+ 2
and
8 2
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 8
(d) 10
(e) 12
40. If the average (arithmetic mean) of 24 consecutive odd integers is 48, what is the
median of the 24 numbers?
(a) 36
(b) 47
(c) 48
(d) 49
(e) 72
41. The average (arithmetic mean) of 7 different numbers is 5

Column
Column
Median of the 7 numbers

42. Set = {, , }, where < < . If the average (arithmetic mean) of and is
3 13, and the average of and is 3 + 11, what is the range of set ?Ans :
43. If a set of numbers is normally distributed with a mean of 82 and a standard

deviation of 6, approximately what percent of the numbers are greater than 76 and less
than 94?
Give your answer to the nearest whole percent.
44. In a population of chickens, the average (arithmetic mean) weight is 6.3 pounds, and
the standard deviation is 1.2 pounds. Which of the following weights (in pounds) are
within 1.5 units of standard deviation of the mean?
Indicate all weights.
(a) 4.4
(b) 4.6
(c) 5.1
(d) 5.2
(e) 6.9
(f) 7.6
(g) 7.7
(h) 8.2
45. Which of the following sets of numbers has the greatest standard deviation?
(a) 10, 11, 12
(b) 3, 4, 5
(c) 2, 0, 2
(d) 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
(e) 20, 22, 22.5
46. In a certain set of numbers, 12.5 is 1.5 units of standard deviation above the mean, and 8.9 is
0.5 units of standard deviation below the mean. What is the mean of the set?
Give your answer to the nearest 0.1
47. If the mean of set A is 6.8 and the standard deviation is 3.6 then how many elements
of set A are within 1 unit of standard deviation of the mean?A = {2, 9, 2, 6, 9, 10, 7, 4, 5, 14}
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
(e) 7
48. Set : {5,6,9}
Set : {0,1,4}
Column
Column
Standard deviation of
set
set

49. Set consists of 100 numbers. The average (arithmetic mean) of set is 10, and the
standard deviation is 4.6. Which of the following two numbers, when added to set , will
decrease the sets standard deviation by the greatest amount?
(a) 100 100
(b) 10 10
(c) 0 0
(d) 0 20
(e) 10 10
50. Set : {0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8}

Set : {2, 4, 6, 8}
Column
Column
set
set

51. Variable X is normally distributed with a mean of 6 and standard deviation of 2.

Approximately what percent of the values in X will be smaller than 4? Approximately
what percent of the values in X will be greater than 12? Approximately what percentile
corresponds to 2? What would happen for the cases above, if the data were not normally
distributed?
52. A bicycle trainer studied 50 bicyclists to examine how the finishing time for a certain
bicycle race was related to the amount of physical training in the three months before
the race. To measure the amount of training, the trainer developed a training index,
measured in units and based on the intensity of each bicyclists training. The data and
the trend of the data, represented by a line, are displayed in the scatterplot above.
(a) How many of the 50 bicyclists had both a training index less than 50 units and a
finishing time less than 4.5 hours?
(b) What percent of the 10 fastest bicyclists in the race had a training index less than 90
units?
53. Six hundred applicants for several post office jobs were rated on a scale from 1 to
50 points. The ratings had a mean of 32.5 points and a standard deviation of 7.1 points.
How many standard deviations above or below the mean is a rating of 48 points? A
rating of 30 points? A rating of 20 points? 2.2 , 0.4, 1.8
54. The daily temperatures, in degrees Fahrenheit, for 10 days in May were 61, 62, 65,
65, 65, 68, 74, 74, 75, and 77.
(a) Find the mean, median, mode, and range of the temperatures.
(b) If each day had been 7 degrees warmer, what would have been the mean, median,
mode, and range of those 10 temperatures?
55. The numbers of passengers on 9 airline flights were 22, 33, 21, 28, 22, 31, 44,50,
and 19. The standard deviation of these 9 numbers is approximatelyequal to 10.2.
(a) Find the mean, median, mode, range, and interquartile range of the 9 numbers.
(b) If each flight had had 3 times as many passengers, what would have beenthe mean,
median, mode, range, interquartile range, and standard deviation of the 9 numbers?
(c) If each flight had had 2 fewer passengers, what would have been the interquartile
range and standard deviation of the 9 numbers?
56. A group of 20 values has a mean of 85 and a median of 80. A different groupof 30
values has a mean of 75 and a median of 72.
(a) What is the mean of the 50 values?
(b) What is the median of the 50 values?
57. The figure above shows a normal distribution with mean m and standarddeviation d,
including approximate percents of the distributioncorresponding to the six regions
shown.
Suppose the heights of a population of 3,000 adult penguins are approximately normally
distributed with a mean of 65 centimeters and astandard deviation of 5 centimeters.
(a) Approximately how many of the adult penguins are between 65 centimeters and 75
centimeters tall?
(b) If an adult penguin is chosen at random from the population, approximately what is
the probability that the penguins height will beless than 60 centimeters? Give your
answer to the nearest 0.05.
58. Set S and Set T both contain x elements. The average of Set S is 40. If the average
of Set S and Set T combined is 50, which of the following must be true?
I. The average of Set T is 60.
II. The range of Set T is greater than that of Set S.
III. x is an even number
(A) I only
(B) I & II
(C) II only
(D) I & III
(E) All of the above
59. Stats-R-Us laboratories has conducted a survey to determine how many strawberries
are eaten by 100,000 people during a one year period. The data indicate that the
number of strawberries eaten is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 29
strawberries, and a standard deviation of 4 strawberries eaten by each person.
According to this data, approximately how many of the surveyed people ate more than
25 strawberries during the course of the year?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
16,000
48,000
50,000
68,000
84,000
60. Sasha took a nationwide standardized test that is graded on a scale from 20 to 60.
Sasha got one of the best scores recorded on that this test.
Column A: Sashas score
Column B: the percentile of Sashas score
(A) The quantity in Column A is greater.
(B) The quantity in Column B is greater.
(C) The two quantities are equal.
(D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
61. Alice took nationwide standardize test that is graded on a scale from 0 to 100. Alice the highest score
recorded on that this test.
Column A: Alices score
Column B: the percentile of Alices score

62. A large distribution of score is normally distributed

Column A: score thats one standard deviation above the mean
Column B: score that has the 80th percentile
63. Ann is 4 years older than Bob and 6 years older than Carla.
Column A: The median age of Ann, Bob and Carla
Column B: The average age of Ann, Bob and Carla
64. The median income of a group of College C graduates six months after graduation was $3,000 higher than
the median income of a group of College D graduates six months after graduation.
Quantity A: The 75th percentile of theincomes of the group ofCollege C graduates sixmonths after
graduation
Quantity B: The 75th percentile of the incomes of the group of College D graduates six months after
graduation
65. The graph above shows the frequency distribution of 50 integer values varying from 1 to 6.
Quantity A: The average (arithmetic mean) of the 50 values
Quantity B: The median of the 50 values
66. b3, b1, b+2, b+3, b+4
The median of the five terms listed above is 5, where b is a constant. What is the average (arithmetic mean)
of the five terms?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
e. 7
67. The range of the heights of the female students in a certain class is 13.2inches, and the range of the heights
of the male students in the class is 15.4inches.Which of the following statements individually provide(s)
sufficientadditional information to determine the range of the heights of all thestudents in the class?
Indicate all such statements.
a. The tallest male student in the class is 5.8 inches taller than the tallestfemale student in the class.
b. The median height of the male students in the class is 1.1 inchesgreater than the median height of
the female students in the class.
c. The average (arithmetic mean) height of the male students in the classis 4.6 inches greater than
the average height of the female students inthe class.
68. In the course of an experiment, 95 measurements were recorded, and all of the measurements were integers.
The 95 measurements were then grouped into 7 measurement intervals. The graph above shows the
frequency distribution of the 95 measurements by measurement interval.

Quantity A: The average (arithmetic mean) of the 95 measurements
Quantity B: The median of the 95 measurements
69.
Quantity A:The standard deviation of a, b, c, d, e
Quantity B: The standard deviation of a+1, b+2, c, d-2, e-1

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1. If the average (arithmetic mean) of five consecutive negative integers is 2 1, what

3. Triangle has sides with length 5, 5 and 8.

The average (arithmetic

The average (arithmetic

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

10. If the average (arithmetic mean) of , , 20 is 11, then the average of 2 + 3, 2

The average (arithmetic mean) of 32,

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

(c) The two quantities are equal

The average (arithmetic mean) of

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

(c) The two quantities are equal

Number of children who

Number of children who

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

(d) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given

22. If 4/ + 4/ = 4/ = , then the average (arithmetic mean) of and is

24. The sum of 5 consecutive even integers is 0.

The product of the 5 integers

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

25. The median of , , 8 and 11 is 19.

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

The greatest possible value of

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

The average of Set A and B

(A) The quantity in Column A is greater

(C) The two quantities are equal

30. The average (arithmetic mean) of , and 15 is 9.

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

Average age of all 60 people

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

33. , , and are positive integers.

Average (arithmetic mean) of

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

35.The average (arithmetic mean) of 3, 3, 5, 6 and is 2.

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

39. What is the average (arithmetic mean) of

41. The average (arithmetic mean) of 7 different numbers is 5

Median of the 7 numbers

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

43. If a set of numbers is normally distributed with a mean of 82 and a standard

Give your answer to the nearest 0.1

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

50. Set : {0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8}

(a) The quantity in Column is greater

51. Variable X is normally distributed with a mean of 6 and standard deviation of 2.

(E) All of the above

(C) The two quantities are equal.

62. A large distribution of score is normally distributed

frequency distribution of the 95 measurements by measurement interval.

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