Algebra 1: Worksheet 6.

3 and Unit 6 Practice Test __________

2016

The following chart gives information on 10 high school students. The data shows how many hours per
week each student watched and what their GPA is. Use the chart to answer questions 1-2 below.
Student Hours per week GPA
watching tv (x) (y)
1 41 2.5 1 Create a scatter plot using the data in the chart above, and
2 22 3.5 then estimate the line of best fit.
3 32 3.0
4 35 2.8
5 16 3.7
6 26 3.4
7 39 2.9 2 What is the y-intercept of your line of best fit?
8 24 3.6
9 11 3.8
10 5 3.9

Use the following table to create a scatterplot and answer the following questions.

Earnings per share, x 2.34 1.96 1.39 3.07 0.65 2.21 0.88 3.23 2.54 1.03
Dividends per share, 3.33 2.07 1.15 3.25 1.00 1.82 1.59 2.79 1.62 0.80
y

3) Estimate a line of best of fit.

4) Estimate the y-intercept of the line of best fit.

5) Using your line of best fit, estimate the value for x = 2.

6) Using your line of best fit, estimate the value for y = 3.

For #7 9, use the list below of ages of family members at a party.

3, 8, 9, 9, 11, 14, 27, 30, 41, 45, 53, 62, 70

7) Find the median age of the family members at the party.

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8) Find the mean age of the family members at the party.

9) Which measure of central tendency best describes the data?

10) Maresa went on 4 bike rides last week that lasted 65, 95, 85 and 90 minutes each. How long must her
next bike ride be for her to meet her goal of an average of 90 minutes per day?

For #11 14, describe the shape of each distribution as normal, uniform, bimodal, skewed left, or
skewed right.

11) 12)

13) 14)

For #15 21, use the box plots shown below, which display the number of movies seen in a theater in
one year by students in two classes.

Period 1

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Period 2
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15) Find the IQR (Interquartile range) for period 1.

16) What is the median number of movies seen for students in period 2?

17) What approximate percentage of students from period 2 saw between 7 and 16 movies?

18) What approximate percentage of students from period 1 saw less than 6 movies?

19) What is the range for period 2?

20) Use quartiles: Do any outliers exist for period 1? Explain.

21) Which value cannot be found on a box plot?

A) the quartiles B) range C) IQR D) mean

22 A supervisor at a factory is testing the companys packaging machines for accuracy. The machines
) are labeled X, Y, and Z. The company standard for packaging a product is that each bag should
contain 6 to 10 ounces . The supervisor randomly chose 10 bags from each machine and
recorded the results in the table below. Based on the dot plots below, which statement is correct?
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A Machine X is both the most consistent and the most accurate.

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B. Machine X and Y are equally consistent, but Machine Y is the most accurate.
C Machine Z is both the most consistent and the most accurate.
.
D Machine Z is the most consistent, but Machine Y is the most accurate.
.

23 A fast food chain took a random survey of some of their stores to find the average number of sodas
) they sell per day. The data collected is given below. Which measure of central tendency best
represents the data? Justify your answer.

{ 165,142, 153,160, 135,140, 155,30, 162, 157 }

A The mean would be best because there is an outlier.

.
B. The mean would be best because there is not an outlier.
C The median would be best because there is an outlier.
.
D The median would be best because there is not an outlier.
.

24)
The two-way frequency table shows all of the grades for males and females in a science class. If the
females were to have the same percent of Bs as the males, how many more females would need to get a B
in the class?

A.
2

A B C D F
B. Females 6 3 4 2 1
3
Males 3 6 1 0 2
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C.
4

D.
5

25)
In the box-and-whisker plots below, which class has the greater interquartile range of arm spans? What is
the interquartile range for that class?

A.
Class A; 12 inches
C.
Class A; 4 inches

B.
Class B; 5 inches
D.
Class B; 9 inches
26)
Describe the relationship between the two variables based on the scatterplot below.
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A.
As the winning times ( x) increase, the years ( y ) decrease.

B.
As the years ( x) increase, the winning times ( y ) increase.

C.
As the years ( x) decrease, the winning times ( y ) decrease.

D.
As the years ( x) increase, the winning times ( y ) decrease.
27)
Which of the following is a reasonable trend line (line of best fit) for the scatterplot below?

A.
1
y= x +8
3

B.
1
y= x3
2

C.
2
y= x +3
3
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D.
y=3 x +3

The Department of Transportation requires guardrails to be constructed at a height of 48 inches with a

tolerance of 3 inches. The boxplots below show the measurements for three different companies on their
last 100 projects. Using the formula |a48| 3 , where a is the actual measurement.

28)
Which company is most accurate in their guardrail construction?

A.
L&M Construction
C.
Traffic Guards, Inc.

B.
TJ Highway Co.
D.
L&M Construction and Traffic Guards, Inc.

29)
Which company is most consistent in their guardrail construction?

A.
L&M Construction
C.
Traffic Guards, Inc.

B.
TJ Highway Co.
D.
L&M Construction and Traffic Guards, Inc.
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30) What type of histogram is shown below?

A. skewed left
B. skewed right
C. symmetric
D. uniform