Algebra 1 : Statistics and Probability

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Algebra 1

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Example Questions

Example Question #201 : How To Find Mean

Given the following data, find the range, mode, and mean: 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Luckily, we are provided with a data set that is already in numerical order: 

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To find the range, we subtract the lowest value from the highest, 

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To find the mean, we add all of the data pieces and divide by the number of data pieces, 

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To find the mode, we search for numbers tha appear more than once. Since none of these data values appear more than once, we have no mode. 

Example Question #292 : Basic Arithmetic

Sally's algebra grade depends on three unit tests and a final exam. The grade for the final exam is weighted to equal the grade of two unit tests. What is the minimum grade that Sally must get on her final exam in order to have a class average of  or above for the course, if her unit test scores are , , and 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The course grade average is calculated by using Sally's three test scores and final exam. student must score at least an average of ; therefore we can write the following:

Given that the average is calculated using three test scores and a final weighted as two regular tests, we can write the following equation. 

Let's use these equations to construct an inequality where we will substitute in our known values and let a variable, , equal the final score needed to earn an a  or above.

Sally needs to at least score a  on the final to score  or above.

Example Question #1622 : Algebra 1

Alex set up a lemonade stand on Saturday morning, and tracked how much money he earned each hour for four hours. The mean amount of money that he earned per hour was . The first hour he earned , the second hour he earned , and the third hour he earned . How much money did he earn during the fourth hour?

Possible Answers:

$8.00

$9.25

$6.75

$7.50

$6.25

Correct answer:

$7.50

Explanation:

In order to find out how much money Alex earned during the fourth hour, we need to understand how to find the mean of a set of numbers (also known as the 'average'). To find the mean of any set of numbers, we first add together all of the numbers in the set to find a total sum, and then we divide this sum by the amount of numbers that are in the set:

 

Let's look at the information given to us in this problem. We know several things:

- The mean amount of money that Alex earned each hour was 

- Alex worked for a total of 

- The amount of money earned for three out of four of the hours (; ; )

 

We DON'T know how much money Alex earned during the 4th hour, but we can figure it out by plugging in what we know into the equation for finding the mean of a set, as follows:

 

 

For "Mean", we plug in the mean amount that Alex earned (which was ). For "sum of all numbers" we plug in the amount that Alex earned for every hour, and add them all together. Since we only know how much money Alex earned for three out of the four hours, we'll use  as a placeholder for the fourth hour. For "amount of numbers in set", we plug in , since that is the total number of hours that Alex worked.

Now, all we need to do is solve for . We'll do this by first adding together all of the numbers in the numerator of our fraction:

 

 

Next, we multiply both sides of our equation by , in order to get rid of our fraction:

 

 

Finally, subtract  from both side to get  by itself:

 

 

So,  is our answer. 

Example Question #1 : How To Find Median

What is the median of the following numbers:

0, 1, one-fourth, twenty five percent, , 16, 25

Possible Answers:

twenty five percent

Correct answer:

Explanation:

0, 1, one fourth, twenty five percent, , 16, 25

First we will list the numbers from least to greatest:

0, one fourth, twenty five percent, , 1, 16, 25

 The median is the middle number, or , which can also be expressed as

Example Question #1 : How To Find Median

 

 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Example Question #1 : How To Find Median

Consider the following set of numbers: 2,5,9,15,21,27,29,32,40.

Which of the following is the median for these numbers?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The median, by definition, is the middle number in a set of numbers which, in this case, is 21.  The mean is the average of the set of numbers, which is 20 for this set.

Example Question #1 : How To Find Median

What is the median of the following set, in terms of ?

Possible Answers:

It cannot be determined without knowing the value of .

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Regardless of the value of , these elements are in ascending order. There are five elements, so the third-highest element is the median, as there will be two elements greater than this one and two elements less than this one. This number is .

Example Question #2 : How To Find Median

There are 7 people waiting in line for tacos at the food court. 4 of them are your classmates, aged 14, 16, 17, and 16. If all 7 people were to line up by age, what is the youngest that the person in the middle could be?

Possible Answers:

Not enough information to answer the question

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The problem is asking for the median of the ages. The answer is easiest to see if you look at the extreme case of all the unkown people being younger than the known people. If the 3 unknown people were 10 years old, the line would be 10, 10, 10, 14, 16, 16, 17, making 14 the median. With 4 people older than 14, there is no way to have a median below 14.

Example Question #3 : How To Find Median

What is the median of all of the natural numbers from 1 to 99?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The median of 99 natural numbers is the number that falls in the  place when ordered. Among the first 99 natural numbers, this is 50.

Example Question #3 : Median

Determine the median, from the set of numbers: 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

First put your set in numerical order, from smallest to largest

Median refers to the number in the middle, so if you count in from both sides the middle number of the set is 

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