Summarize Categorical Data

How many people have two or less books in their desk?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

Which statement is NOT supported by the data in the table?

• More than 5% of the children chose “other” as the favorite type of cereal.

• Oatmeal is the favorite type of cereal for 15% of the children.

• Cold cereal is associated with the mode for the favorite type of cereal.

• Grits is the favorite type of cereal for 20% of the children.

On Saturday Karl gave his guinea pig 80 grams of food. The table shows the amount of each type of food he gave to the guinea pig. Which percentage bar graph best represents the data?

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Shermer bought a bag of marbles. He took the marbles out of the bag one at a time. He recorded the color of each marble in this tally chart. In which table do the percentages represent the relative frequency of these marble colors?

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Which statement about the employees is supported by the data in the bar graph?

• More than half the employees are in Category I.

• The number of employees in Category II is half the number of employees in Category III.

• The number of employees in Category II and Category III is greater than the number of employees in Category I.

The students in a class were each asked to name their favorite meal of the day. The results are shown in this percentage bar graph. Which data set could be represented by the percentage bar graph?

• Breakfast: 3

  Lunch: 4

  Supper: 10

• Breakfast: 4

  Lunch: 4

  Supper: 12

• Breakfast: 9

  Lunch: 3

  Supper: 18

• Breakfast: 0

  Lunch: 3

  Supper: 4

What is the relative frequency of students speaking Spanish?

• 16%

• 12%

• 24%

• 48%

Which percent bar graph best represents the data from your table?

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• c

• d

• Not enough information

Which type of trading card represents the mode for the data shown?

• Football

• Hockey

• Soccer

• Baseball

The teachers at Marty’s school are in a pasta-cooking contest. The bar graph shows the amounts of sauce they use in their recipes. What is the difference between the greatest and least amounts of sauce?

• 8

• 6

• 3

• 5