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8th Grade Math Test Prep – Statistics and Probability

8th grade math · test prep · state test style

1. Multiple choice. Circle the correct answer.

1. A cyclist rides 36 miles in 1.5 hours. What is the average speed?

a) 18 mphb) 54 mphc) 30 mphd) 24 mph

2. The range of 12, 7, 20, 15 and 9 is

a) 12.6b) 20c) 13d) 8

3. The median of 3, 8, 5, 10, 6 is

a) 6b) 6.4c) 8d) 5

4. How many two-digit numbers can be written with the digits 1, 2 and 3 if digits may repeat?

a) 27b) 9c) 3d) 6

5. You flip a coin twice. What is the probability of getting two heads?

a) 1/2b) 2/3c) 1/3d) 1/4

6. The mean of 4, 7, 9, 12 and 13 is

a) 9.5b) 45c) 8d) 9
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2. Circle T if the sentence is true or F if it is false.

The probability of rolling an even number on a number cube is 1/2.TF
A probability can be 1.5.TF
Adding a number equal to the mean of a data set does not change the mean.TF
The probability of picking a vowel from the letters of the word APPLE is 2/5.TF
The mean of 2, 4 and 6 is 4.TF

3. Open response. Show your work and write the answer.

A train leaves at 8:40 a.m. and arrives at 11:10 a.m. The trip is 200 miles. What is the train’s average speed?

Answer:

A class has 12 girls and 18 boys. The girls’ mean height is 60 inches, and the boys’ mean height is 65 inches. Find the mean height of the whole class.

Answer:
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About this worksheet

A statistics test for 8th grade math test prep: mean, median and range, how an outlier changes them, probability of simple and compound events (number cubes, coins, marbles, raffles), counting outcomes, associations in scatter plots, and speed, distance and time. The questions take the forms of end-of-year state math tests: multiple choice, true or false, and open-response problems with room to show the work. Every print draws other multiple-choice and true-or-false questions in another order, and the answer key marks the right answers.

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