Displaying Data

Which questions are statistical questions? Select all the questions that are statistical questions.

• How many deer are in Petra’s yard?

• How old are the children that live on Cavern Street?

• Who is the tallest baseball player at Ivy Middle School?

• Do you like asparagus?

• What amount of food do kangaroos eat each day?

Ms. Carson assigns her students a book to read. She records data about some books in the table.

What attribute is being measured in the data?

• the length of the book, in chapters

• the length of the book, in pages

• the number of books available

• the title of the book

Coach Price records the number of

pushups her athletes do during a

fitness test. How many athletes took the fitness

test?

• 18

• 20

• 46

• 50

Coach Price records the number of

pushups her athletes do during a

fitness test. Which statement about the data is

true?

• There are 3 athletes who did

  between 40 and 69 pushups.

• Three times as many athletes did

  between 30 and 39 pushups as did

  between 0 and 9 pushups.

• The same number of athletes did between 10 and 19 pushups and between 30 and 39 pushups

• Three fewer athletes did between 0 and 19 pushups than the number of athletes who did between 20 and 29 pushups.

Carin records the number of ribbons she wins at gymnastics meets during the year.

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Edgar records the high temperature in

his town for 8 days.

What is the most common temperature?

_____ °C

• 2

• 5

• 6

• 8

Edgar records the high temperature in

his town for 8 days.

What percent of the days have a

temperature less than 7°C?

%

• 75%

• 25%

• 50%

• 100%

The restaurant manager makes a list of

how many minutes customers wait for

their orders to arrive to their tables.

15, 18, 14, 22, 30, 14, 20, 17, 18, 25,

21, 32

Complete the frequency table for the

data the manager collects.

• 3

  2

  1

  5

  2

• 4

  2

  3

  1

  1

• 2

  4

  3

  1

  2

• 2

  5

  3

  2

  1

The restaurant manager makes a list of

how many minutes customers wait for

their orders to arrive to their tables.

15, 18, 14, 22, 30, 14, 20, 17, 18, 25,

21, 32

Complete the frequency table for the

data the manager collects.

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Who is the best?

• Mrs. McNichols

• Mrs. Moore

• Mrs. Hammerschmidt

• Mrs. Neis

• Ms. Jackson