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Mathletics Diagnostic Test

Year 7 - National Curriculum
813

Statistics and Probability

Suggested Time: 30 - 35 minutes
21 marks

Name:

Teacher:

Date:

All questions are worth one mark.

Sub-strand and content elaborations are based on Version 1.2 ACARA Australian National Mathematics Curriculum Year 7 | March 2011

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Section 1 - Chance
ACMSP167/168

a Which is the most likely to happen?

having exactly two rolling a six on a rolling >2 on a

A brothers B winning on Lotto C regular die D regular die

b Which is the least likely to happen?

New Year's day

rolling a six on a having a birthday in being on a
A regular die B the next six months C winning on Lotto D Thursday

c On average you could expect to roll a 5 on a die once in every ______ rolls.

A 36 B 2 C 6 D 3

d Which of the following has a probability of one?

A gaining at least B rolling a one C rolling a seven D rolling <7 on a

one "heads" on a regular on a regular regular die
from 30 coin die die

e What is the probability of drawing an Ace from a deck of cards?

1 1 1 1
A 13 B 52 C 4 D 11

f A probability of 28 could be described as

99

A highly likely B unlikely C highly unlikely D likely

g If Nancy draws any card higher than 7 from a regular deck of cards (2 through to Ace) she will
lose the game. What are the chances of her losing the game?

A 38.5% B 61.5% C 46.2% D 53.8%

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Section 2 - Data Representation and Interpretation

ACMSP169/170

The map below should be used as a reference for the following questions.

image courtesy of www.gapminder.org

a In what way is life expectancy related to GDP per person?

Answer:

b Average life expectancy doesn't mean that the majority of people will live to a
certain age. What does it actually mean, and why would some countries have
very young ages for life expectancy?

Answer:

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c Below is a stem and leaf plot showing the heights of children in a class in cms.

12 1
13 6
14 1 1 6 7
15 3 5 5 9
16 1 6 8
17 1
Write in ascending order the actual heights of the children in the class.

Answer:

d From the stem and leaf plot above, which heights are the most common?

Answer:

The graphs below show data relating to the survival rates of passengers on the Titanic.
Total passengers by class Number of surviving passengers
1st class 2nd class 3rd class 1st class 2nd class 3rd class

25% 31% 43%

54% 21%
26%

Percentage of surviving passengers e What do these graphs NOT tell you?

1st class 2nd class 3rd class

16%

49%
35%

f Which graph best shows which class had the highest survival rate? Justify
your answer.

Answer:

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Section 3 - Data Representation and Interpretation

ACMSP171/172

Use the table below to answer

the following questions. a What was the mean?

Number of times an A 6 C 6.375

athlete has
Frequency
represented
Australia B 6.9 D 6.5
0 0
1 0 b What was the mode?
2 1
3 0 A 6.375 C 6
4 2
5 3 B 6.9 D 6.5
6 9
7 3 c What was the median?
8 5
9 4 A 6 C 7
10 3
B 6.9 D 6.5

d What was the sample size?

A 10 C 32

B 8 D 30

e What was the range?

A 32 C 10

B 30 D 8

f Which of the following is the best measure of affordability for average house
prices?

A Mode B Mean C Dual Method D Median

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ACMSP171/172

Use the graph below to answer the following questions.

Median Mean
source: USA Federal Reserve figures

g In the above graph of family wealth in 2001 compared with 2004, the values are
very different according to the median $ amount and the mean $ amount.
Describe how it might be possible to get such different 'averages' from the same
data set.

Answer:

h As shown above, sometimes the differences between the median and the mean
values can be very great. If you needed to use an average value to describe the
real average wealth of families, would you chose median or mean values and
why?

Answer:

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