Population Inferences

• 15

• 27

• 45

• 75

100 second graders were asked to do a book report about one of these four zoo animals.  The number of students who chose each animal is shown in the table.  If 250 second graders had to choose of of the four animals, predict how many would choose to write about a giraffe.

• 60 students

• 50 students

• 40 students

• 30 students

• 2

• 4

• 8

• 16

• 15,760

• 17,560

• 16,760

• 16,660

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

A travel club has 3,000 members. A random sample of 50 of the club members found that 12 people like mountain vacations best. Which statement is NOT supported by the sample data?

• Twenty-four percent of those sampled say they like mountain vacations best.

• An estimated 720 club members would likely say they enjoy mountain vacations best.

• Almost one-quarter of club members would likely say they enjoy mountain vacations best.

• More than 2,500 club members would likely say they prefer other vacations over mountain vacations.

What inference can you draw from this survey?

• I can infer that most students in this school like pizza.

• I can infer that very few students like hamburgers.

• I can infer that their favorite is corn dogs.

• I can infer that most students in this school like hamburgers.

• 100

• 150

• 200

• 250

What is the sample?

• All students at Commodore

• All students in section 702

• The 10 students Mr. Cardarella picks

• All students in 7th grade

• 14 7th graders

• 28 7th graders

• 35 7th graders

• 42 7th graders

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

River Bluff High School has a student population of 3020. In a sample of 250 students, 170 of them were female athletes. Approximately how many students in the entire population should be female athletes?

• 170

• 205

• 2,054

• 2,770