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Jan’s class surveyed parents to determine
which method the school should use to send home report cards.
Their survey provided 5 options:
send out report cards by mail, send them out by e-mail, telephone home, parents pick up the report
cards at the school, or students take the report cards home.
Jan created a pie graph from the
results of her class’s survey and arrived at a conclusion that she presented to the principal.
 a. | By showing the percentage breakdown
of parents’ choices in the pie graph. | b. | Mailing the report cards is the most preferred
method and e-mailing is the second most preferred method. | c. | By creating a pie
graph. | d. | Parents do not like receiving report cards. |
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What did Jan reasonably conclude?
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How did Jan justify her conclusion?
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How did Jan arrive at her conclusion?
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What conclusion would be unreasonable?
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Refer to Jan’s report card survey . What is the least preferred method for
parents to receive report cards?
a. | in person | c. | by telephone | b. | by e-mail | d. | students taking report cards
home |
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Refer to Jan’s report card survey. What other type of graph could show
this data effectively?
a. | line graph | b. | bar graph | c. | scatter plot | d. | pictograph |
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Keisha is trying to decide which sandwiches they
should sell in the school cafeteria. She uses a database to track the kinds of sandwiches that
students requested during the week.
Sandwich | Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Grade 8 | | Peanut
Butter | 13 | 8 | 5 | | Ham &
Cheese | 7 | 2 | 11 | | Tuna | 3 | 5 | 1 | | Tomato/Lettuce | 5 | 11 | 15 | | Cucumber | 10 | 8 | 5 | | | | |
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then constucted these pie graphs from the data.    What conclusion can Keisha make from these
graphs?
a. | tomato/lettuce sandwiches are the most popular for each grade | b. | tuna is the least
popular sandwich for each grade | c. | peanut butter is the least popular sandwich for
each grade | d. | cucumber is the most popular sandwich for each grade |
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a. | ham & cheese is the least popular sandwich | b. | tuna is the most
popular sandwich for grade 7 | c. | cucumber is the least popular sandwich for
grade 8 | d. | tomato/lettuce is the most popular sandwich |
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Keisha, from question 7, also displayed the data using this bar graph.
 Why would this type of graph be helpful? a. | it’s colourful | b. | it compares the grades | c. | it shows all of the
data in one graph | d. | it shows how many students were
surveyed |
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What conclusion can Keisha make from the graph in question 9?
a. | tuna is the least popular sandwich | b. | ham & cheese is the most popular
sandwich | c. | cucumber is the most popular sandwich | d. | tomato/lettuce is the least popular
sandwich |
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