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1. The following table gives the population of certain states according to the 2000 census.

State Population
Illinois 12,419,293
New Jersey 8,414,350
New York 18,976,457
Tennessee 5,689,283
Texas 20,851,820

Construct a bar graph from this information.

2. The graph and table below give the monthly principal and interest payments for a mortgage from 1999 to 2004. Use this information to predict the payment for 2005.

Year Payment
1999 $1,012
2000 $1,073
2001 $1,145
2002 $1,181
2003 $1,236
2004 $1,278

3. Find the five-number summary of the following set of numbers.
349, 235, 163, 384, 242, 549, 257, 213, 314

4. Find the five-number summary of the following set of numbers.
13, 7, 15, 13, 13, 12, 9, 11, 19, 9

Use the following to answer question 5:

5. Use the world population and land area table. Round the answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
What percent of the world population in the year 2000 was in South America?

6. Find the median of the following set of numbers.

23, 25, 26, 30, 37, 39

Use the following to answer question 7:

7. Use the world population and land area table.
What was the mean population of all inhabited areas except Asia in 2000?
A) 193,000,000
B) 450,200,000
C) 510,000,000
D) 133,600,000

8. The table below gives the median household income by race and Hispanic origin of householder according to the 2000 census.

Race and Hispanic Origin Income
White non-Hispanic $45,856
Black $30,439
Asian and Pacific Islander $55,521
Hispanic (of any race) $33,447

Create a bar graph from this information.

Use the following to answer question 9:

9. The pie chart shows the distribution of a person's total yearly income of $42,000. Find the amount budgeted for clothing.

10. Calculate the five number summary for the following numbers.
10, 4, 9, 13, 5, 11, 5, 3, 7, 5

11. Find the five-number summary of the following set of numbers.

12, 4, 11, 17, 6, 13, 6, 1, 9, 6
A) 1, 6, 9, 12, 17
B) 1, 6, 6, 12, 17
C) 4, 6, 6, 12, 17
D) 1, 6, 7.5, 12, 17

12. The table below gives the median earnings of men aged 25 and older who work full-time, year round, by educational attainment according to the 2000 census.

Education Earnings
HS diploma or GED $32,493
Associate's degree $41,067
Bachelor's degree $53,505
Master's degree $65,052
Doctoral degree $75,631

Create a bar graph from this information.

13. Calculate the 5 number summary for the set of numbers.

348, 234, 146, 384, 247, 487, 276, 221, 303

14. Which of the following numbers are integers?

15. Evaluate

16. Multiply (-8.3) (5) (-7).
A) 290.5
B) 2,905
C) -207.5
D) -406.7

17. Find the reciprocal of

18. Find the reciprocal of

A)
B)
C)
D)

19. Place the following set of numbers in ascending order.

2, 8, 0, 2,  3,  20, 11

20. Find the reciprocal of

21. Which of the following numbers are integers?

22. Multiply

A) 6
B) 6
C)
D)

23. Multiply 13 x 7.

24. Perform the indicated operations.

25. Determine the maximum and minimum values of the following set of numbers.

-14, 16, 13, 8, -23, 2, -9
A) Max: 13; min: -23
B) Max: 16; min: -23
C) Max: 16; min: -14
D) Max: 13; min: -14

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