Basic Arithmetic : Basic Arithmetic

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Basic Arithmetic

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Range

Find the range of the set:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the range of a set subtract the smallest number in the set from the largest number in the set:

The largest number is in green: 

The smallest number is in blue: 

Therefore the range is,

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Example Question #11 : Data Properties

Find the range of the following set of data.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the range of a set subtract the smallest number in the set from the largest number in the set:

The largest number is in green: 

The smallest number is in blue: 

Therefore the range is their difference,

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Example Question #81 : Basic Statistics

Find the range of the set:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the range of a set subtract the smallest number in the set from the largest number in the set:

The largest number is in green: 

The smallest number is in blue: 

Therefore the range is their difference,

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Example Question #12 : Data Properties

What is the range of the following data set?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

What is the range of the following data set?

The range is found by taking the difference between the largest and smallest value in the data set.

Largest: 103

Smallest: 1

So our range is 

Example Question #81 : Basic Statistics

Find the range of the following dataset:  

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The range is the difference of the largest and the smallest number.

The largest number in this set is .  The smallest number in this set is .

Subtract these numbers.

Example Question #14 : Data Properties

Find the range of this data set:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Find the range of this data set:

To begin, let's put our numbers in increasing order:

Next, find the difference between our largest and smallest number. This is our range:

So our answer is 922

 

Example Question #51 : Basic Statistics

What is the range of the following equation?

  where  

Possible Answers:

Cannot be determined

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The range is the smallest value subtracted from the biggest value.

This means that for this specific example you need to plug in "3" into the equation and subtract your answer from what you get when you plug "10" into the equation as these are the two endpoints of your function.

Upon doing this you get:

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