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Talks on Does not talk

Texting cell phone on cell phone
behavior daily daily Total

Light 110 146 256

Medium 139 164 303

Heavy 166 74 240

Total 415 384 799

In a study of cell phone use, 799 randomly selected US teens were

asked how often they talked on a cell phone and about their texting
behavior. The data are summarized in the table above. Based on the
data from the study, an estimate of the percent of US teens who are
heavy texters is 30% and the associated margin of error is 3%. Which
of the following is a correct statement based on the given margin of
error?

Approximately 3% of the teens in the study who are classified as heavy texters are not really heavy
A. texters.

B. It is not possible that the percent of all US teens who are heavy texters is less than 27%.

C. The percent of all US teens who are heavy texters is 33%.

D. It is doubtful that the percent of all US teens who are heavy texters is 35%.

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Number of Contestants by Score and Day

5 out 4 out 3 out 2 out 1 out 0 out
Total
of 5 of 5 of 5 of 5 of 5 of 5

Day
2 3 4 6 2 3 20
1

Day
2 3 5 5 4 1 20
2

Day
3 3 4 5 3 2 20
3

Total 7 9 13 16 9 6 60
The same 20 contestants, on each of 3 days, answered 5 questions in order to win a prize. Each
contestant received 1 point for each correct answer. The number of contestants receiving a given score
on each day is shown in the table above.
No contestant received the same score on two different days. If a
contestant is selected at random, what is the probability that the
selected contestant received a score of 5 on Day 2 or Day 3, given that
the contestant received a score of 5 on one of the three days?

5/7

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Jennifer bought a box of Crunchy Grain cereal. The nutrition facts on

the box state that a serving size of the cereal is cup and provides
210 calories, 50 of which are calories from fat. In addition, each
serving of the cereal provides 180 milligrams of potassium, which is
5% of the daily allowance for adults. If p percent of an adult’s daily
allowance of potassium is provided by x servings of Crunchy Grain
cereal per day, which of the following expresses p in terms of x ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Views on Nuclear
Energy Use
Response Frequency

Strongly
56
favor

Somewhat
214
favor

Somewhat
104
oppose

Strongly
37
oppose

A researcher interviewed 411 randomly selected US residents and asked about their views on the use of
nuclear energy. The table above summarizes the responses of the interviewees. If the population of the
United States was 300 million when the survey was given, based on the sample data for the 411 US
residents, what is the best estimate, in millions, of the difference between the number of US residents
who somewhat favor or strongly favor the use of nuclear energy and the number of those who somewhat
oppose or strongly oppose it? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
94 million

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A psychologist designed and conducted a study to determine whether

playing a certain educational game increases middle school students’
accuracy in adding fractions. For the study, the psychologist chose a
random sample of 35 students from all of the students at one of the
middle schools in a large city. The psychologist found that students
who played the game showed significant improvement in accuracy
when adding fractions. What is the largest group to which the results
of the study can be generalized?

A. The 35 students in the sample

B. All students at the school

C. All middle school students in the city

D. All students in the city

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The scatterplot shows the relationship between the length of time , in hours, a certain bird spent in flight
and the number of days after January , .

What is the average rate of change, in hours per day, of the length of time the bird spent in flight on
January to the length of time the bird spent in flight on January ?

9/2

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The mean amount of time that the 20 employees of a construction

company have worked for the company is 6.7 years. After one of the
employees leaves the company, the mean amount of time that the
remaining employees have worked for the company is reduced to
6.25 years. How many years did the employee who left the company
work for the company?

A. 0.45

B. 2.30

C. 9.00

D. 15.25

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On May 10, 2015, there were 83 million Internet subscribers in Nigeria.

The major Internet providers were MTN, Globacom, Airtel, Etisalat, and
Visafone. By September 30, 2015, the number of Internet subscribers
in Nigeria had increased to 97 million. If an Internet subscriber in
Nigeria on September 30, 2015, is selected at random, the probability
that the person selected was an MTN subscriber is 0.43. There were p
million MTN subscribers in Nigeria on September 30, 2015. To the
nearest integer, what is the value of p ?

42

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A trivia tournament organizer wanted to study the relationship between the number of points a team
scores in a trivia round and the number of hours that a team practices each week. For the study, the
organizer selected teams at random from all trivia teams in a certain tournament. The table displays
the information for the teams in the sample that practiced for at least hours per week.

Number of points per round

Hours practiced
6 to 13 points 14 or more points Total

3 to 5 hours

More than 5 hours

Total
Which of the following is the largest population to which the results of the study can be generalized?

A. All trivia teams in the tournament that scored or more points in the round

B. The trivia teams in the sample

C. The trivia teams in the sample that practiced for at least hours per week

D. All trivia teams in the tournament

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The density of a certain type of wood is kilograms per cubic meter. A sample of this type of wood is
in the shape of a cube and has a mass of kilograms. To the nearest hundredth of a meter, what is the
length of one edge of this sample?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Sample Percent in favor Margin of error

A 52% 4.2%

B 48% 1.6%

The results of two random samples of votes for a proposition

are shown above. The samples were selected from the same
population, and the margins of error were calculated using the same
method. Which of the following is the most appropriate reason that
the margin of error for sample A is greater than the margin of error for
sample B?

A. Sample A had a smaller number of votes that could not be recorded.

B. Sample A had a higher percent of favorable responses.

C. Sample A had a larger sample size.

D. Sample A had a smaller sample size.

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Phone Email

Dinner
55% 80%
dance

Football
20% 10%
game

Picnic 20% 5%

Pool
5% 5%
party

Total 100% 100%

An alumni association survey asked each high school graduate to select the one activity he
or she preferred for the association’s next event. Some of the people responded by phone,
and the others responded by email. The table above shows the distribution of preferred
activity, in percent, for each response type used. For the survey, the number of email
responses was twice the number of phone responses. If a person who preferred a picnic is
selected at random, what is the probability that the person responded by email?

1/3

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A data set of 27 different numbers has a mean of 33 and a median of

33. A new data set is created by adding 7 to each number in the
original data set that is greater than the median and subtracting 7
from each number in the original data set that is less than the median.
Which of the following measures does NOT have the same value in
both the original and new data sets?

A. Median

B. Mean

C. Sum of the numbers

D. Standard deviation

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Species of Growth
tree factor

Red maple 4.5

River birch 3.5

Cottonwood 2.0

Black
4.5
walnut

White birch 5.0

American
4.0
elm

Pin oak 3.0

Shagbark
7.5
hickory

One method of calculating the approximate age, in years, of a tree of a

particular species is to multiply the diameter of the tree, in inches, by a
constant called the growth factor for that species. The table above
gives the growth factors for eight species of trees. If a white birch tree
and a pin oak tree each now have a diameter of 1 foot, which of the
following will be closest to the difference, in inches, of their diameters
10 years from now? (1 foot = 12 inches)

A. 1.0

B. 1.2

C. 1.3

D. 1.4

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The scatterplot above shows the federal-mandated minimum wage

every 10 years between 1940 and 2010. A line of best fit is shown, and
its equation is . What does the line of best fit predict
about the increase in the minimum wage over the 70-year period?

A. Each year between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.096 dollars.

B. Each year between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.49 dollars.

C. Every 10 years between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.096 dollars.

D. Every 10 years between 1940 and 2010, the average increase in minimum wage was 0.488 dollars.

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Jeremy deposited x dollars in his investment account on January 1,

2001. The amount of money in the account doubled each year until
Jeremy had 480 dollars in his investment account on January 1, 2005.
What is the value of x ?

30

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Value Frequency

1 a

2 2a

3 3a

4 2a

5 a

The frequency distribution above summarizes a set of data, where a is

a positive integer. How much greater is the mean of the set of data
than the median?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

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Two different teams consisting of 10 members each ran in a race. Each member’s completion time of
the race was recorded. The mean of the completion times for each team was calculated and is shown
below.
Team A: 3.41 minutes
Team B: 3.79 minutes

Which of the following MUST be true?

Every member of team A completed the race in less time than any member of team B.
The median time it took the members of team B to complete the race is greater than the median
time it took the members of team A to complete the race.
There is at least one member of team B who took more time to complete the race than some
member of team A.

A. III only

B. I and III only

C. II and III only

D. I, II, and III

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The mean score of 8 players in a basketball game was 14.5 points. If

the highest individual score is removed, the mean score of the
remaining 7 players becomes 12 points. What was the highest score?

A. 20

B. 24

C. 32

D. 36

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The scatterplot above shows a company’s ice cream sales d, in

dollars, and the high temperature t, in degrees Celsius (°C), on 12
different days. A line of best fit for the data is also shown. Which of
the following could be an equation of the line of best fit?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Power capacity
State
Low Medium High Total

Texas 4 2 3 9

California 1 0 1 2

Oregon 1 0 1 2

Indiana 0 2 0 2

Colorado 1 1 0 2

Iowa 2 0 0 2

Oklahoma 1 0 0 1

Total 10 5 5 20

The table shows the distribution, by location and power capacity

(maximum rate of power generation) of the twenty largest wind
projects in the United States in 2013. The total power capacity of the
nine wind projects located in Texas was 4,952 megawatts (MW), and
the total power capacity of the twenty wind projects was 11,037 MW
in 2013. The amount of energy produced in one hour at a rate of one
megawatt is one megawatt-hour. If each of the nine Texas wind
projects in 2013 had operated continuously for 24 hours at the
maximum rate of power generation, approximately how many
megawatt-hours of energy would the nine projects have produced?

A. 200

B. 5,000

C. 11,000

D. 120,000

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If and , what is the value of ?

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A school district is forming a committee to discuss plans for the

construction of a new high school. Of those invited to join the
committee, 15% are parents of students, 45% are teachers from the
current high school, 25% are school and district administrators, and
the remaining 6 individuals are students. How many more teachers
were invited to join the committee than school and district
administrators?

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A sample of 40 fourth-grade students was selected at random from a

certain school. The 40 students completed a survey about the
morning announcements, and 32 thought the announcements were
helpful. Which of the following is the largest population to which the
results of the survey can be applied?

A. The 40 students who were surveyed

B. All fourth-grade students at the school

C. All students at the school

D. All fourth-grade students in the county in which the school is located

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Subscriptions
Year
sold

2012 5,600

2013 5,880

The manager of an online news service received the report above on

the number of subscriptions sold by the service. The manager
estimated that the percent increase from 2012 to 2013 would be
double the percent increase from 2013 to 2014. How many
subscriptions did the manager expect would be sold in 2014?

A. 6,020

B. 6,027

C. 6,440

D. 6,468

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The line graph shows the total amount of snow, in inches, recorded
each year in Washington, DC, from 2003 to 2015. If is the percent
decrease in the annual snowfall from 2003 to 2007, what is the value
of p ?

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Blood type

Rhesus factor A B AB O

33 9 3 37

7 2 1 x

Human blood can be classified into four common blood types—A, B,

AB, and O. It is also characterized by the presence or absence
of the rhesus factor. The table above shows the distribution of blood
type and rhesus factor for a group of people. If one of these people
who is rhesus negative is chosen at random, the probability that

the person has blood type B is . What is the value of x ?

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The table summarizes the distribution of age and assigned group for participants in a study.

– years – years years Total

Group A

Group B

Group C

Total
One of these participants will be selected at random. What is the probability of selecting a participant
from group A, given that the participant is at least years of age? (Express your answer as a decimal or
fraction, not as a percent.)

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Each dot in the scatterplot above represents the temperature and the
number of people who visited a beach in Lagos, Nigeria, on one of
eleven different days. The line of best fit for the data is also shown.
The line of best fit for the data has a slope of approximately 57.
According to this estimate, how many additional people per day are
predicted to visit the beach for each 5°C increase in average
temperature?

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According to the 2010 Census, the adult population aged 18 years or greater of the United States in 2010
was 234,564,071. In 2010, a survey was conducted among a randomly chosen sample of adults aged 18
years or greater in the United States about their preference to live in a warm climate or a cool climate. The
table below displays a summary of the survey results.
Climate Preferences
No
Warm Cool Total
preference

18–35
295 168 45 508
years old

36–50
246 123 41 410
years old

51–65
238 117 48 403
years old

Greater
than 65 137 78 64 279
years old

Total 916 486 198 1,600

Which of the following is closest to the difference between the

percentage of adults aged 18–50 years who responded “warm” and
the percentage of adults aged 51 years or greater who responded
“warm”?

A. 4%

B. 5%

C. 10%

D. 18%

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Near the end of a US cable news show, the host invited viewers to
respond to a poll on the show’s website that asked, “Do you support
the new federal policy discussed during the show?” At the end of the
show, the host reported that 28% responded “Yes,” and 70% responded
“No.” Which of the following best explains why the results are unlikely
to represent the sentiments of the population of the United States?

A. The percentages do not add up to 100%, so any possible conclusions from the poll are invalid.

B. Those who responded to the poll were not a random sample of the population of the United States.

C. There were not 50% “Yes” responses and 50% “No” responses.

D. The show did not allow viewers enough time to respond to the poll.

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The table below shows the distribution of US states according to whether they have a state-level sales
tax and a state-level income tax.
2013 State-Level Taxes
State sales tax No state sales tax

State income tax 39 4

No state income tax 6 1

To the nearest tenth of a percent, what percent of states with a state-

level sales tax do not have a state-level income tax?

A. 6.0%

B. 12.0%

C. 13.3%

D. 14.0%

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Data set A consists of the heights of objects and has a mean of meters. Data set B consists of the
heights of objects and has a mean of meters. Data set C consists of the heights of the objects
from data sets A and B. What is the mean, in meters, of data set C?

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To determine the mean number of children per household in a

community, Tabitha surveyed 20 families at a playground. For the 20
families surveyed, the mean number of children per household was
2.4. Which of the following statements must be true?

A. The mean number of children per household in the community is 2.4.

A determination about the mean number of children per household in the community should not be
B. made because the sample size is too small.

The sampling method is flawed and may produce a biased estimate of the mean number of children
C. per household in the community.

The sampling method is not flawed and is likely to produce an unbiased estimate of the mean number
D. of children per household in the community.

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The scatterplot below shows the amount of electric energy generated, in millions of megawatt-hours,
by nuclear sources over a 10‑year period.

Of the following equations, which best models the data in the

scatterplot?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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A survey was given to residents of all 50 states asking if they had

earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. The results from 7 of the states
are given in the table above. The median percent of residents who
earned a bachelor’s degree or higher for all 50 states was 26.95%.
What is the difference between the median percent of residents who
earned a bachelor’s degree or higher for these 7 states and the
median for all 50 states?

A. 0.05%

B. 0.95%

C. 1.22%

D. 7.45%

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The number is greater than the number . The number is less than . What is the value
of ?

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Employees working for a customer service line at an electric company recorded all the calls last
Monday and noted whether the caller asked for repairs and whether the caller asked about a bill. The
results are summarized in the table below.

Asked for Did not ask

Total
repairs for repairs

Asked
48 623 671
about a bill

Did not ask

130 90 220
about a bill

Total 178 713 891

If a caller last Monday who asked about his or her bill is selected at
random, which of the following is closest to the probability that the
customer also asked for repairs?

A. 0.05

B. 0.07

C. 0.20

D. 0.27

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The scatterplot above shows the numbers of grams of both total protein and total fat for eight
sandwiches on a restaurant menu. The line of best fit for the data is also shown. According to the line of
best fit, which of the following is closest to the predicted increase in total fat, in grams, for every increase
of 1 gram in total protein?

A. 2.5

B. 2.0

C. 1.5

D. 1.0

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For a certain computer game, individuals receive an integer score that ranges from 2 through 10. The
table below shows the frequency distribution of the scores of the 9 players in group A and the 11 players
in group B.

Score
Frequencies
Score
Group Group
A B

2 1 0

3 1 0

4 2 0

5 1 4

6 3 2

7 0 0

8 0 2

9 1 1

10 0 2

Total 9 11

The median of the scores for group B is how much greater than the
median of the scores for group A?

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Anita created a batch of green paint by mixing 2 ounces of blue paint

with 3 ounces of yellow paint. She must mix a second batch using the
same ratio of blue and yellow paint as the first batch. If she uses
5 ounces of blue paint for the second batch, how much yellow paint
should Anita use?

A. Exactly 5 ounces

B. 3 ounces more than the amount of yellow paint used in the first batch

C. 1.5 times the amount of yellow paint used in the first batch

D. 1.5 times the amount of blue paint used in the second batch

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of the items in a box are green. Of those, are also rectangular. Of the green rectangular items,
are also metal. Which of the following is closest to the percentage of the items in the box that are
not rectangular green metal items?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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According to a set of standards, a certain type of substance can contain a maximum of

phosphorus by mass. If a sample of this substance has a mass of grams, what is the maximum
mass, in grams, of phosphorus the sample can contain to meet these standards?

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Amount invested Balance increase

Account A $500 6% annual interest

Account B $1,000 $25 per year

Two investments were made as shown in the table above. The interest
in Account A is compounded once per year. Which of the following is
true about the investments?

A. Account A always earns more money per year than Account B.

B. Account A always earns less money per year than Account B.

Account A earns more money per year than Account B at first but eventually earns less money per
C. year.

Account A earns less money per year than Account B at first but eventually earns more money per
D. year.

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Masses (kilograms)

Andrew 2.4 2.5 3.6 3.1 2.5 2.7

Maria x 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.3 2.8

Andrew and Maria each collected six rocks, and the masses of the
rocks are shown in the table above. The mean of the masses of the
rocks Maria collected is 0.1 kilogram greater than the mean of the
masses of the rocks Andrew collected. What is the value of x ?

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The scatterplot above shows the size x and the sale price y of 25
houses for sale in Town H. Which of the following could be an
equation for a line of best fit for the data?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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In State X, Mr. Camp’s eighth-grade class consisting of 26 students

was surveyed and 34.6 percent of the students reported that they had
at least two siblings. The average eighth‑grade class size in the state
is 26. If the students in Mr. Camp’s class are representative of
students in the state’s eighth-grade classes and there are 1,800 eighth-
grade classes in the state, which of the following best estimates the
number of eighth‑grade students in the state who have fewer than two
siblings?

A. 16,200

B. 23,400

C. 30,600

D. 46,800

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