Statistics:

1).Last year the range of the annual salaries of the 100 employees at Company X was
$30,000. If the annual salary of each of the 100 employees this year is 10 percent greater
than it was last year, what is the range of the annual salaries of the 100 employees this
year?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

$27,000
$30,000
$33,000
$36,000
$63,000

2). Mary purchased 3 theater tickets with an average (arithmetic mean) price of $8. If Mary
also purchases a fourth theater ticket with a price of $16, what is the average price of all 4
theater tickets?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

$4
$6
$8
$10
$12

3).The manager of a theater noted that for every 10 admissions tickets sold, the theater
sells 3 bags of popcorn at 2.25 $ each, 4 sodas at 1.50 $ each and 2 candy bars at 1.00$
each. To the nearest cent, what is the average (arithmetic mean) amount of these snacks
sales per ticket sold?
A. 1.48$
B. 1.58$
C. 1.60$
D. 1.64$
E. 1.70$
4). 40, 45, 45, 50, 50, 60, 70, 75, 95, 100
The scores on a certain history test are shown above. How many scores were greater than
the median score but less than the mean score?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

None
One
Two
Three
Four

5). A certain builder is selling five homes for the following prices: $157,000, $168,000,
$195,000, $235,000, and $256,000. If the price of the most expensive home is increased
$10,000, which of the following statements best describes the change in the mean and the
median of the home prices?

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

The mean and the median will remain unchanged.

The mean will remain unchanged but the median will increase.
The mean will increase but the median will remain unchanged.
The mean and the median will increase by the same amount.
The mean and the median will increase by different amounts.

6).

The table above shows the distribution of test scores for a group of management trainees.
Which score interval contains the median of the 73 scores?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

60-69
70-79
80-89
90-99
It cannot be determined from the information given.

7). If the average (arithmetic mean) of the 4 numbers n + 2, 2n - 3, 4n + 1, and 7n + 4 is 15,

what is the value of n ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

3.5
4
6.5
11
13

8). If a certain sample of data has a mean of 20.0 and a standard deviation of 3.0, which of
the following values is more than 2.5 standard deviations from the mean?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

12.0
13.5
17.0
23.5
26.5

9). Last year, a certain public transportation system sold an average (arithmetic mean) of
41,000 tickets per day on weekdays (Monday through Friday) and an average of 18,000
tickets per day on Saturday and Sunday. Which of the following is closest to the total
number of tickets sold last year?
A. 1 million
B. 1.25 million

C. 10 million
D. 12.5 million
E. 125 million
10). The residents of Town X participated in a survey to determine the number of hours per
week each resident spent watching television. The distribution of the results of the survey
had a mean of 21 hours and a standard deviation of 6 hours. The number of hours that Pat,
a resident of Town X, watched television last week was between 1 and 2 standard
deviations below the mean. Which of the following could be the number of hours that Pat
watched television last week?
A. 30
B. 20
C. 18
D. 12
E. 6

11).

What is the sum of the integers in the table above?

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

28
112
336
448
784

12). If 0 < x < 1, what is the median of the values x, x^(-1), x^2, x^(1/2) and x^3?
A. x
B. x^-1
C. x^2
D. x^1/2
E. x^3
13). For a certain exam,a score of 58 was 2 standard deviations below mean and a score of
98 was 3 standard deviations above mean.What was the mean score for the exam?

A. 74
B. 76
C. 78
D. 80
E. 82
14). 7.51 8.22 7.86 8.36
8.09 7.83 8.30 8.01
7.73 8.25 7.96 8.53
A vending machine is designed to dispense 8 ounces of coffee into a cup. After a test that
recorded the number of ounces of coffee in each of 1000 cups dispensed by the vending
machine, the 12 listed amounts, in ounces, were selected from the data above. If the 1000
recorded amounts have a mean of 8.1 ounces and a standard deviation of 0.3 ounces, how
many of the 12 listed amounts are within 1.5 standard deviation of the mean?
A. Four
B. Six
C. Nine
D. Ten
E. Eleven
14).

The table shows the number of red blood cells per cubic millimeter of blood for each of
five people. What is the median number of red blood cells per cubic millimeter of blood
for these people?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

4,600,000
5,000,000
5,020,000
5,150,000
5,300,000

15). If d is the standard deviation x, y, and z, what is the standard deviation of x + 5, y + 5, z

+5?
A. d
B. 3d
C. 15d
D. d + 5
E. d + 15

16).
A student worked 20 days. For each of the amount shown in the first row of the table,
second row gives the number of days the student earned that amount. Median amount of
money earned per day for 20 days is?
A. 96
B. 84
C. 80
D. 70
E. 48
17). The cost to park a car in a certain parking garage is $8.00 for up to 2 hours of parking
and $1.75 for each hour in excess of 2 hours. What is the average (arithmetic mean) cost
per hour to park a car in the parking garage for 9 hours?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

$1.09
$1.67
$2.25
$2.37
$2.50

18). A set of 15 different integers has median of 25 and a range of 25. What is greatest
possible integer that could be in this set?
A. 32
B. 37
C. 40
D. 43
E. 50
19). A lawyer charges her clients $200 for the first hour of her time and $150 for each
additional hour. If the lawyer charged her new client $1550 for a certain number of hours
of her time, how much was the average (arithmetic mean) charge per hour?
A. $155
B. $160
C. $164
D. $172
E. $185
20). Of the 13 employees in a certain department, 1 has an annual salary of $38,000, 2
have an annual salary of $45,000 each, 2 have an annual salary of $42,500 each, 3 have an
annual salary of $40,000 each, and 5 have an annual salary of $48,500 each. What is the
median annual salary for the 13 employees?
A. $38,000
B. $40,000

C. $42,500
D. $45,000
E. $48,500
21). List K consists of 12 consecutive integers. If -4 is the least integer in list K, what is the
range of positive integers in list K?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 11
E. 12
22). Three boxes of supplies have an average (arithmetic mean) weight of 7 kilograms and
a median weight of 9kg. What is the max possible weight, in kg, of the lightest box?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

23).

The table shows the number of shares of each of the 5 stocks owned by Mr Sami. If Mr.
Sami was to sell 20 shares of Stock X and buy 24 shares of stock Y, what would be the
increase in the range of the numbers of shares of the 5 stocks owned by Mr. Sami?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 9
D. 15
E. 20
24). A certain list of 100 data has an average (arithmetic mean) of 6 and a standard
deviation of d, where d is positive. Which of the following pairs of data, when added to the
list, must result in a list of 102 data with standard deviation less than d?
6

A. -6 and 0
B. 0 and 0
C. 0 and 6
D. 0 and 12
E. 6 and 6
25).An investor purchased 20 shares of certain stock at price of $45.75 per share. Later
this investor purchased 30 more shares at price of $46.25 per share. What was the average
price per share that this investor paid for the 50 shares?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

45.80
45.95
46.00
46.05
46.20

26).The arithmetic mean and standard deviation of a certain normal distribution are 13.5
and 1.5, respectively. What value is exactly 2 standard deviations less than the mean?
A. 10.5
B. 11
C. 11.5
D. 12
E. 12.5
27). A certain bakery has 6 employees. It pays annual salaries of $14,000 to each of 2
employees, $16,000 to 1 employee, and $17,000 to each of the remaining 3 employees.
The average (arithmetic mean) annual salary of these employees is closest to which of the
following?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

$15,200
$15,500
$15,800
$16,000
$16,400

28). Which of the following is equal to the average (arithmetic mean) of (x+2)^2 and (x2)^2?
A. x^2
B. x^2+2
C. x^2 +4
D. x^2+2x
E. x^2+4x
29). The 15 homes in a new development are each to be sold for one of three different
prices so that the developer receives an average (arithmetic mean) of $200,000 per home.
If 4 of the homes are to be sold for $170,000 each and 5 are to be sold for $200,000 each,

what will be the selling price of each of the remaining 6 homes?

A. $200,000
B. $210,000
C. $215,000
D. $220,000
E. $230,000
30).The maximum temperatures, in degrees Fahrenheit, recorded in a city on 5 consecutive
days were x + 3, 95, 87, x + 7, and x. If the average (arithmetic mean) of these
temperatures was 90 degrees Fahrenheit, what is the value of x ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

85
86
87
88
89

31). A certain store found that last year the average (arithmetic mean) monthly sales from
January through October was $120,000. In November and December, the monthly sales
were 3 and 5 times, respectively, the average for the other 10 months. What was the
store's average monthly sales last year?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

$180,000
$216,000
$252,000
$318,000
$360,000

32). The temperatures in degrees Celsius recorded at 6 in the morning in various parts of a
certain country were 10, 5, -2, -1, -5, and 15. What is the median of these temperatures?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

-2
-1
2
3
5

33).Of the 100 passengers who entered a railroad station, 10 passengers had 4 pieces of
luggage each, 20 had 5 pieces of luggage each, 50 had 2 pieces of luggage each, and the
rest had no luggage. What was the average (arithmetic mean) number of pieces of luggage
per passenger?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

1
1.4
2
2.4
3

34). 9.4, 9.9 , 9.9 , 9.9 , 10.0 , 10.2 , 10.2 , 10.5

The mean and the standard deviation of the 8 numbers shown above is 10 and 0.3
respectively. What percent of the 8 numbers are within 1 standard deviation of the mean?
A. 90%
B. 85%
C. 80%
D. 75%
E. 70%

35). In May, Xiang sold 15 used cars. For these 15 cars, the range of the selling price was
$15,000 and the lowest selling price was $4,500. In June, Xiang sold 10 used cars. For
these 10 cars, the range of the selling prices was $16,500 and the lowest selling price was
$6,100. What was the range of the selling prices of the 25 used cars sold by Xiang in May
and June?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

$15,600
$15,750
$16,820
$18,100
$19,200

36). A school purchased 2 computers whose prices were $1,000 and $2,000, respectively.
The school is to purchase 2 more computers from a list of computers whose prices range
from $1,000 to $2,000, inclusive. The greatest possible average (arithmetic mean) price of
the 4 computers is how much greater than the least possible average price of the 4
computers?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

$250
$500
$750
$1,000
$1,250

37). charitable organization has a goal of raising $300,000 in 100 days. If it raised
$200,000 in the first 60 days, what is the average (arithmetic mean) number of dollars per
day that it must raise for the last 40 days in order to achieve its goal?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

$2,500
$3,000
$5,000
$6,000
$7,500

38). Of the 50 employees of a certain company, 30 earn an average (arithmetic mean)

salary of $30,000, 15 earn an average salary of $40,000, and 5 earn an average salary of
$60,000. What is the average salary earned by the employees of this company?

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

$30,000
$36,000
$40,000
$45,000
$50,000

39). 70 75 80 85 90 105 105 130 130 130

The list shown consist of the times, in seconds, that it took each of 10 school children to
run a distance of 400 meter. If the SD of ten running times is 22.4 seconds, rounded to
nearest tenth of second, how many of the 10 running times are more than one SD below
the mean of the 10 running times?
A. One
B. two
C. three
D. four
E. five
40). Five pieces of wood have an average (arithmetic mean) length of 124 centimeters and
a median length of 140 centimeters. What is the maximum possible length, in centimeters,
of the shortest piece of wood:
A. 90
B. 100
C. 110
D. 130
E. 140
41).The number of years of service of the 8 employees in a production department are 15,
10, 9, 17, 6, 4, 14, 16. What is the range in the number of years of service of the 8
employees?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

10
11
12
13
14

42). A certain company had an annual profit of $15 million in 1998 and an annual profit of
$20 million in 1999. In 2000 the company had an annual loss of $5 million. What was the
company's average (arithmetic mean) annual profit for the 3 years?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

$5 million
$10 million
$13 million
$20 million
$25 million

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43). Helen, Jim, and Ivan each purchased some books at a bookstore. Helen purchased 4
books and Jim purchased 1 book. If the 3 people purchased an average (arithmetic mean)
of 2 books per person, how many books did Ivan purchase?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

1
2
3
4
5

44). Denise made 9 sales calls on Monday, 6 sales calls on Tuesday, 7 sales calls on
Wednesday, 9 sales calls on Thursday, and 11 sales calls on Friday. What was the average
(arithmetic mean) number of sales calls that Denise made for these 5 days?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

8.4
8.6
8.8
9.0
9.2

45). In a class of 30 students, 2 students did not borrow any books from the library, 12
students each borrowed 1 book, 10 students each borrowed 2 books, and the rest of the
students each borrowed at least 3 books. If the average (arithmetic mean) number of
books borrowed per student was 2, what is the maximum number of books that any single
student could have borrowed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

3
5
8
13
15

46). One morning Emily recorded the time that it took to read each of her e-mail messages.
The times, in seconds, were 32, 18, 20, 29, and 21. How many seconds greater was the
average(arithmetic mean) time than the median time?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

1
1.5
2.2
2.5
3
Probability and Counting Principle

1).A flower arrangement consists of 30 roses, each of which is either white or red. If a rose
is to be selected at random from the flower arrangement, the probability that the rose
selected will be white is twice the probability that it will be red. How many white roses are
in the flower arrangement?
A. 5

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B.
C.
D.
E.

10
15
20
25

2). In a certain board game, a stack of 48 cards, 8 of which represent shares of stock, are
shuffled and then placed face down. If the first 2 cards selected do not represent shares of
stock, what is the probability that the third card selected will represent a share of stock?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

1/8
1/6
1/5
3/23
4/23

3). There are 10 children in a company's day-care center, and a pair of children is to be
selected to play a game. At most, how many different pairs are possible?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

100
90
50
45
25

4). A certain stock exchange designates each stock with a one-, two-, or three-letter code,
where each letter is selected from the 26 letters of the alphabet. If the letters may be
repeated and if the same letters used in a different order constitute a different code, how
many different stocks is it possible to uniquely designate with these codes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

2,951
8,125
15,600
16,302
18,278

4). All of the stocks on the over-the-counter market are designated by either a 4-letter or a
5-letter code that is created by using the 26 letters of the alphabet. Which of the following
gives the maximum number of different stocks that can be designated with these codes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

2(26^5)
26(26^4)
27(26^4)
26(26^5)
27(26^5)

5). A committee of three people is to be chosen from four married couples. What is the
number of different committees that can be chosen if two people who are married to each
other cannot both serve on the committee?

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A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

16
24
26
30
32

6). A certain company employs 6 senior officers and 4 junior officers. If a committee is to
be created that is made up of 3 senior officers and 1 junior officer, how many different
committees are possible?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

8
24
58
80
210

7).In the graduating class of a certain college, 48 percent of the students are male and 52
percent are female. In this class 40 percent of the male and 20 percent of the female
students are 25 years old or older. If one student in the class is randomly selected,
approximately what is the probability that he or she will be less than 25 years old?
A. 0.9
B. 0.7
C. 0.45
D. 0.3
E. 0.25
8). A certain company has 18 equally qualified applicants for 4 open positions. How many
different groups of 4 applicants can be chosen by the company to fill the positions if the
order of selection does not matter?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

18
72
180
1,260
3,060

9). A certain law firm consists of 4 senior partners and 6 junior partners. How many
different groups of 3 partners can be formed in which at least one member of the group is
a senior partner? (Two groups are considered different if at least one group member is
different.)
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

48
100
120
288
600

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10). At a dinner party, 5 people are to be seated around a circular table. 2 seating
arrangements are considered different only when the positions of the people are different
relative to each other. what is the total number of different possible seating arrangements
for the group?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 24
D. 32
E. 120
11). If a quality control check is made inspecting a sample of 2 light bulbs from a box of 12
lighbulbs, how many different samples can be chosen?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

6
24
36
66
72

12). A company plans to assign identification numbers to its employees. Each number is to
consist of four different digits from 0 to 9, inclusive, except that the first digit cannot be 0.
How many different identification numbers are possible?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

3,024
4,536
5,040
9,000
10,000

13). A certain office supply store stocks 2 sizes of self-stick notepads, each in 4 colors:
Blue, Green, Yellow Or Pink. The store packs the notepads in packages that contain either 3
notepads of the same size and the same color or 3 notepads of the same size and of 3
different colors. If the order in which the colors are packed is not considered, how many
different packages of the types described above are possible?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 16
D. 24
E. 32
14). Jill, who lives in City C, plans to visit 3 different cities, M, L, and S. She plans to visit
each city exactly once and return to City C after the 3 visits. She can visit the cities in any
order. In how many different orders can she visit the 3 cities?
A. 3
B. 6

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C. 8
D. 9
E. 12
15). Of the 12 temporary employees in a certain company, 4 will be hired as permanent
employees. If 5 of the 12 temporary employees are women, how many of the possible
groups of 4 employees consist of 3 women and one man?
A. 22
B. 35
C. 56
D. 70
E. 105
16). A 4-person task force is to be formed from the 4 men and 3 women who work in
Company G's human resources department. If there are to be 2 men and 2 women on this
task force, how many different task forces can be formed?
A. 14
B. 18
C. 35
D. 56
E. 144
17). In a survey of students, each student selected from a list of 12 songs the 2 songs that
the student liked best. If each song was selected 4 times, how many students were
surveyed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

96
48
32
24
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18). To furnish a room in model home, an interior decorator is to select 2 chairs and 2
tables from a collection of chairs and tables in a warehouse that are all different from each
other. If there are 5 chairs in the warehouse and if 150 different combinations are
possible, how many tables are in the warehouse?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 15
E. 30
19). Committee X has 4 members, committee Y has 5 members, and these committees
have no members in common. If a task force is to be formed consisting of one member of X
and one member of Y, how many different task forces are possible?

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A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

6
9
10
20
36

20). A basket contains 5 apples, of which 1 is spoiled and the rest are good. If Henry is to
select 2 apples from the basket simultaneously and at random, what is the possibility that
the 2 apples selected will include the spoiled apple?
A. 1/5
B. 3/10
C. 2/5
D. 1/2
E. 3/5
21). A fast food company plans to build 4 new restaurants. If there are 12 sites that satisfy
the company's criteria for location of new restaurants, in how many different ways can the
company select the 4 sites needed for the new restaurants if the ordeer of selection does
not matter?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

48
288
495
990
11880

22). What is the number of different committees of 4 people that can be selected from a
group of 10 people ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

20
40
80
120
210

23). If a coin has an equal probability of landing heads up or tails up each time it is flipped,
what is the probability that the coin will land heads up exactly twice in 3 consecutive
flips?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

0.125
0.25
0.375
0.50
0.666

24). From a group of 21 astronauts that includes 12 people with previous experience in
space flight, a 3-person crew is to be selected so that exactly one person in the crew has

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previous experience in space flight. How many different crews of this type are possible?
A. 432
B. 94
C. 864
D. 1330
E. 7980
25).For one toss of a certain coin, the probability that the outcome is heads is 0.6. If this
coin is tossed 5 times, which of the following is the probability that the outcome will be
heads at least 4 times?
A. (0.6)^5
B. 2(0.6)^4
C. 3(0.6)^4
D. 4(0.6)^4(0.4) + (0.6)^5
E. 5(0.6)^4(0.4) + (0.6)^5
26).On his drive to work, Leo listens to one of three radio stations A, B or C. He first turns to
A. If A is playing a song he likes, he listens to it; if not, he turns it to B. If B is playing a song
he likes, he listens to it; if not, he turns it to C. If C is playing a song he likes, he listens to it;
if not, he turns off the radio. For each station, the probability is 0.30 that at any given
moment the station is playing a song Leo likes. On his drive to work, what is the probability
that Leo will hear a song he likes?
A. 0.027
B. 0.090
C. 0.417
D. 0.657
E. 0.900

27).The lunch menu at a certain restaurant contains 4 different entrees and 5 different
side dishes. If a meal consists of 1 entree and 2 different side dishes, how many different
meal combinations could be chosen from this menu?
A: 10
B: 20
C: 40
D: 80
E: 100
28).In a certain group of 10 members, 4 members teach only French and the rest teach
only Spanish or German. If the group is to choose a 3-member committee, which must have
at least 1 member who teaches French, how many different committees can be chosen?
A. 40
B. 50
C. 64

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D. 80
E. 100
29). A certain restaurant offers 6 kinds of cheese and 2 kinds of fruit for its dessert platter.
If each dessert platter contains an equal number of kinds of cheese and kinds of fruit, how
many different dessert platters could the restaurant offer?
A. 8
B. 12
C. 15
D. 21
E. 27
30).An automobile manufacturer offers a station wagon with either a 6-cylinder engine or
a 4-cylinder engine and with either a manual transmission or an automatic transmission. A
trailer hitch is also offered, but only on a station wagon with a 6-cylinder engine. How
many combinations of the five options listed does the manufacturer offer for its station
wagon?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

3
4
5
6
8

31). Two members of a club are to be selected to represent the club at a national meeting.
if there are 190 different possible selections of the 2 members, how many members does
the club have?
A. 20
B. 27
C. 40
D. 57
E. 95
32). If the probability that event S will not occur is 1-y, then the probability that event S
will occur is
A. y^2-1
B. y^2
C. y/2
D. y-1
E. y

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