During her lunch hour, Shawna asked 40 students how many after-school clubs they joined. The list below shows the number of clubs that the students joined.2, 2, 3, 0, 3, 2, 4, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 4, 1, 0, 2, 1, 3, 2, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 0, 3, 0, 1, 4, 1, 1, 0, 2, 3, 2, 0, 3, 2, 0, 1If this sample is representative of the student population of 360 students, about how many students in the school joined three clubs?
The city of Hamden received money for improvements of the town’s park. The park committee polled a random sample of 75 residents from the town. Of the 75 residents, 27 would like to see more trees planted in the park. From this information, what can be inferred?
Students at Hampton Middle School sold T-shirts as a school fundraiser. Sylvie asked 12 random seventh-grade students how many T-shirts they sold for the fundraiser. The number of T-shirts each student sold is listed below.3, 4, 8, 5, 2, 5, 0, 5, 3, 4, 3, 7What is the mean of the data set rounded to the nearest tenth?
Carmen used a random number generator to simulate a survey of how many children live in the households in her town. There are 1,346 unique addresses in her town with numbers ranging from zero to five children. The results of 50 randomly generated households are shown below.Children in 50 HouseholdsNumber of ChildrenNumber of Households051112133104952Using a proportion, what can you infer about the number of households in her town that have more than three children?
The football and soccer teams at Juan’s middle school are selling movie tickets. He wants to determine the average number of tickets sold at the school. First, he surveyed eight random players on the football team. Then, he surveyed every third athlete on the football and soccer team. Which sampling technique should produce a more representative sample?
The Hamden board of education wants to know how the community feels about building a new media center for the middle school. They called every tenth person on the registration list of 7,300 voters until they had called a total of 40 voters. Which of the following are true of the sample of 40 voters? Check all that apply.
The manager of a popular restaurant wants to know what types of vegetarian dishes people prefer to eat. Which sample would provide the most accurate data?
Hamden city’s police department needs to choose whether to build a new addition to the police station or to buy new squad cars. Which sampling option might they choose to survey the community?
When Andrei surveyed 36 random seventh-grade students in the lunchroom, he found that 7 out of 9 would like to try or have already tried snorkeling. Using proportional reasoning, about how many of the 810 seventh-grade students in his school would like to snorkel?
The drama club members at Millie’s middle school are selling tickets to the school play. Millie wants to determine the average number of tickets sold per member. First, she surveyed the club members in her homeroom, and then she surveyed every third member of the club in her physical education class from an alphabetical list of all members. Which sampling technique should produce a more representative sample?
When Andrei surveyed 36 random seventh-grade students in the lunchroom, he found that 7 out of 9 would like to try or have already tried snorkeling. Using proportional reasoning, about how many of the 810 seventh-grade students in his school would like to snorkel?
Students at Hampton Middle School sold T-shirts as a school fundraiser. Sylvie asked 12 random seventh-grade students how many T-shirts they sold for the fundraiser. The number of T-shirts each student sold is listed below.3, 4, 8, 5, 2, 5, 0, 5, 3, 4, 3, 7What is the mean of the data set rounded to the nearest tenth?
Hamden city’s police department needs to choose whether to build a new addition to the police station or to buy new squad cars. Which sampling option might they choose to survey the community?
Principal Phillipi used a random sample of 20 student records to determine how far, in miles, students live from the school. The results are shown below.3, 4, 5, 3, 4,5, 6, 5, 4, 3,2, 3, 4, 5, 6,4, 8, 4, 3, 2 What is the mean distance that his students live from the school, rounded to the nearest tenth?
The football and soccer teams at Juan’s middle school are selling movie tickets. He wants to determine the average number of tickets sold at the school. First, he surveyed eight random players on the football team. Then, he surveyed every third athlete on the football and soccer team. Which sampling technique should produce a more representative sample?
The manager of a popular restaurant wants to know what types of vegetarian dishes people prefer to eat. Which sample would provide the most accurate data?
At Brighton Middle School, Mr. Yule asked 50 randomly selected students from each grade level about their favorite subject, and 12 chose science. He used this data to draw the inference that about 25% of middle school students will indicate science is their favorite subject. If there are 200 students all together, did he make a reasonable inference?
When Jim surveyed 5 sixth-grade students at the community skating rink, he found that only 1 out of the 5 had completed the science project. He knows there are about 160 sixth-grade students in his community, so he infers that around 32 students have finished their science project. Is this a good inference?
In a school with 2,000 students, a random sample of 120 students were asked which fruit is their favorite. Their responses are shown in the table below.Survey ResponsesFavorite FruitNumber of StudentsBanana23Apple18Orange34Peach27Pear18Using proportional reasoning, about how many students out of the 2,000 would you expect to select an orange as their favorite fruit?
While at summer camp, Mike asked a random camper from each of the 12 cabins how many siblings he or she had. The results below display the responses.3, 2, 0, 1, 0, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 2, 1If there are 48 campers altogether, use Mike’s data to infer the mean of the population. What is the mean number of siblings for the population rounded to the nearest unit?
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