Qualitative and Quantitative Predictions and Comparisons from Simple Experiments

Felicia bought 12 packets of tomato seeds. Each packet contained 24 seeds. She planted 1 packet of the seeds, and 15 seeds sprouted.

Which statement about the seeds in the remaining packets is best supported by this information?

• No more than 100 seeds will sprout.

• Between 150 and 200 seeds will sprout.

• At least 200 but no more than 264 seeds will sprout.

• All 264 seeds will sprout.

The table shows the number of bottles of different kinds of juice sold at a cafeteria on Monday.

If the cafeteria has 200 customers on Tuesday, which prediction for Tuesday is NOT supported by the data in the table?

• The number of bottles of cranberry juice sold will be 15 more than the number of bottles of pineapple juice sold.

• The number of bottles of apple juice sold will be 6 times the number of bottles of cranberry juice sold.

• There will be a total of 125 bottle of orange and cranberry juice sold.

• The difference between the number of bottles of apple juice sold and the number of bottles of pineapple juice sold will be 35.

The manager of a movie theater randomly surveyed 100 people who entered the movie theater on Friday. The manager asked about the type of movie each person preferred. The results of the survey are shown in the table.

Based on the results in the table, which statement about a person who will go to this theater next Friday is true?

• The person is six times as likely to prefer comedy as horror.

• The person is twice as likely to prefer drama as horror.

• The person is less likely to prefer horror or drama than action.

• The person is more likely to prefer horror or comedy than action or drama.

The 100 students in a school band will attend an awards dinner. A random survey of 25 of these students was conducted to determine how many of each meal should be prepared for the dinner. The results are shown.

12 students want a beef meal.

8 students want a chicken meal.

5 students want a pasta meal.

Based on the survey results, which of these is the best prediction of the meals want by the 100 students?

• There are 8 students who want a beef meal.

• There are 13 students who want either a chicken meal or a pasta meal.

• There are 16 more students who want a beef meal than want a chicken meal.

• There are 12 more students who want a pasta meal than want a chicken meal.

Felicia has a bucket of golf balls. The table shows the number of golf balls of each color in the bucket.

Felicia selects a golf ball at random. Based on the information in the table, which statement is true?

• The golf ball is more likely to be green than all the other colors combined.

• The golf ball is equally likely to be pink, white, orange, or green.

• The golf ball is 2 times as likely to be orange as it is to be pink.

• The golf ball is 7 times as likely to be green as it is to be white.

Felicia surveyed customers in a restaurant to find out their favorite meal. The results of the survey are shown in the table.

One person in the restaurant will be picked at random. Based on the given information, which statement is true?

• This person's favorite meal is twice as likely to be hamburger as it is to be spaghetti.

• This person's favorite meal is four times as likely to be chili as it is to be vegetarian.

• This person's favorite meal is more likely to be chili than hamburger.

• This person's favorite meal is equally likely to be either vegetarian or spaghetti.