SUMMATIVE TEST #1

Fourth Grading Grade 8 MATH Name: ________________________________ Section: _______________________________ I. Score: _______________________ Date: ________________________

Read each item very carefully then write the letter that corresponds to your answer on the space provided. ______ (SCORE) 6= ______ .15=______

KNOWLEDGE

___ 1. Which measure of central tendency is generally used in determining the size of the size of the most saleable shirt in a department store? a. Mean b. median c. mode d. range ___ 2. Which measure of central tendency has the greatest stability? a. Mean b. median c. mode d. range ___ 3. It is the most often repeated value or the value with the highest frequency in the data set. a. Mean b. median c. mode d. standard deviation ___ 4. The most reliable measure of variability is________ a. Range c. average deviation b. Variance d. standard deviation ___5. Which measure of central tendency is greatly affected by extremes scores? a. Mean b. median c. mode d. range ___ 6. What is the mode of 3,3,4,5,6,6 a. 3 b. 6 c. 3 and 6 d. 4 SKILLS/PROCESS _______ (SCORE) 10=_______ .25=_________

___1. For the set of data consisting of 80,80,81,82,82, which statement is true? a. Mean=mode b. median=mode c. mean=median d. mean<median ___ 2. What is the mean of 5,6,7,8,9? a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8 ___ 3. What is the median age of a group of students whose ages are 16,18,10,15 and 8 years? a. 2 b. 10 c. 15 d. 16 ___ 4. What is the variance of the scores 5,4,3,6 and 2? a. 2 b. 2.5 c. 3 d. 3.5 ___ 5. If the heights in centimetres of a group of students are 150,154,158,160 and 163, what is the mean height of these students? a. 155 b. 156 c. 157 d. 158 ___ 6. Find the range of the following set of scores: 15,13,10,18 and 20. a. 5 b. 8 c. 10 d. 12 ___ 7. If the range of a set of scores is 15 and the lowest score is 8, what is the highest score? a. 30 b. 32 c. 33 d. 35 ___ 8. Nicole has grades of 86, 85, and 89 in her first three grading periods in Math. What grade must she obtain in the fourth grading to get a final rating of 85? a. 80 b. 82 c. 83 d. 85 ___ 9. Mary is hosting a birthday party in her house. Six kids aged 12, five babies aged 2, attended the party. Which measure of central tendency is appropriate to use to find the average age? a. Mean b. median c. mode d. range ___ 10. Seven students got the following scores in Math: 24, 15, 18, 10, 25, 30 and 9. What is the median score? a. 10 b. 15 c. 18 d. 24

UNDERSTANDING

________ (SCORE) 12= ________ .3= __________

For items 1-8, refer to the data below. Choose the letter that corresponds to the best answer. CLASS FREQUENCY 46-50 1 41-45 2 36-40 3 31-35 10 26-30 6 21-25 9 16-20 5 11-15 6 6-10 4 1-5 2 ___ 1. What is the class size? a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6 ___ 2. What is the class mark of the class with the highest frequency? a. 33 b. 38 d. 43 d. 48 ___ 3. What is the a. 1158 b. 1159 c. 1160 d. 1161 ___ 4. What is the modal class? a. 11-15 b. 10.5-15.5 c. 31-35 d. 30.5-35.5 ___5. What is the value of the median? a. 24.10 b. 241.15 c. 24.29 d. 24.39 ___ 6. What is the range of the given set of data? a. 50 b. 50.5 c. 49.5 d. 99.5 ___ 7. What is the mean of the given data? a. 119.59 b. 119.49 c. 119.40 d. 119.50 ___ 8. What is the a. 10. 90 b. 10.91 c. 10.92 d. 10.93 ___ 9. Find the mean of the number of hamburgers sold in 7days: 25,28,23,28,25,27,24. a. 25.50 b. 25.65 c. 25.71 d. 25.72 ___ 10. What is the mode in item 9? a. 25 b. 28 c. 26 d. 25 and 28 ___ 11. Calculate the Standard Deviation of the population consisting of the integers 1,2,3,4,5 and 6. a. 1.50 b. 1.61 c. 1.71 d. 1.8 ___ 12. What is the variance in item 11? a. 2.25 b. 2.59 c. 2.92 d. 3.24 PRODUCT/PERFORMANCE ________ (SCORE) 12 = _______ .3 = ___________

A periodical in Math contained 40 questions. The distribution below summarizes the results of the test. Scores f X fX <cf lb 26-30 1 21-25 9 16-20 15 11-15 10 6-10 3 1-5 2 =___ =_____ Find the mean, median and mode of the above distribution. (4pts. Each)