Basic Mathematics for College Students

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Chapter 7 Summary and Review 629


  1. GRADES Jose worked hard this semester, earning
    grades of 87, 92, 97, 100, 100, 98, 90, and 98. If he
    needs a 95 average to earn an A in the class, did he
    make it?

  2. GRADE SUMMARIES The students in a
    mathematics class had final averages of 43, 83, 40,
    100, 40, 36, 75, 39, and 100. When asked how well
    her students did, their teacher answered, “43 was
    typical.” What measure was the teacher using:
    mean, median, or mode?

  3. PRETZEL PACKAGING
    Samples of SnacPak pretzels
    were weighed to find out
    whether the package claim
    “Net weight 1.2 ounces” was
    accurate. The tally appears in
    the table. Find the mode of
    the weights.

  4. Find the mean weight of the samples in
    Exercise 33.

  5. BLOOD SAMPLES A medical laboratory technician
    examined a blood sample under a microscope and
    measured the sizes (in microns) of the white blood
    cells. The data are listed below. Find the mean,
    median, and mode.
    7.8 6.9 7.9 6.7 6.8 8.0 7.2 6.9 7.5


Weights of
SnacPak Pretzels
Ounces Number
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4

1
6
18
23
2
0


  1. SUMMER READING A paperback version of the
    classic Gone With the Windis 960 pages long. If a
    student wants to read the entire book during the
    month of June, how many pages must she average
    per day?

  2. WALK-A-THONS Use the data in the table
    to find the mean (average) donation to a charity
    walk-a-thon.

  3. GPAs Find the semester grade point average for a
    student that received the grades shown below.
    Round to the nearest hundredth. (Assume the
    following standard point values for the letter grades:
    A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1, and F = 0.)


REVIEW EXERCISES


Donation amount $5 $10 $20 $50 $100
Number received 20 65 25 5 10

Course Grade Credits
Chemistry A 5
Sociology C 3
Economics D 4
Archery A 1

When a collection of values has two modes, it is
called bimodal.


The collection of values
1233456678
has two modes: 3 and 6.
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