Statistics and Conversions

Use the image to find the average amount of hamburger meat purchased per month during the first four months of this year.

• 320 oz

• 1280 oz

• 5120 oz

• 10304 oz

According to the US Department of Agriculture, the average dairy farm has 115 milk producing cows. The average dairy cow produces 26 quarts of milk per day. Using these statistics, how many gallons of milk would one expect to be produced in a week on the average dairy farm?

• 747.5 gal

• 5232.5 gal

• 10465 gal

• 20930 gal

648 g = ____ mg

• 6,480

• 64,800

• 648,000

• 64.8

The average of a data set, found by adding all of the numbers together and then dividing by the number of items in the data set.

• median

• mode

• range

• mean

The value that appears most often in a data set.

• median

• mode

• range

• mean

The middle number of a data set when the numbers are in numerical order.

• median

• mode

• range

• mean

Distance between the first and third quartiles in the data set.

• minimum value

• range

• maximum value

• interquartile range

A question that can be answered by collecting data where there will be variability in the data set.

• statistical question

• maximum value

• true/fasle question

• yes/no question

A special type of bar graph that groups data values into intervals and displays the frequency of each interval

• bar graph

• dot plot

• line graph

• histogram

Involves collecting, describing, analyzing and making conclusions from data gathered after asking a question that anticipates variability

• statistics

• categorical data

• skewed data

• numerical data