Andrea is making a sandbox for her children. She has made a wooden frame for her backyard that is 2 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. She can purchase sand for the sandbox for $20 per cubic meter. How much will it cost Andrea to purchase sand? (Hint: 1 foot = 0.3048 meters.)

(Round your answer to the nearest dollar.) ANSWER:___________

Amazon is having a sale where items are sold for 25% less than the original price.If Vanessa bought a new model train set for a sale price of $60, what was the original price of the model train set?(Round your answer to the nearest cent.) ANSWER:___________

Convert the following phrase to a mathematical sentence:"The product of the number of cows and the number of ducks is 40 percent of the number of horses." ANSWER:___________

A.cows + ducks = 0.40 * horses

B.cows * ducks = (1 + 0.40) * horses

C.cows * ducks = 0.40 * horses

D.cows - ducks = (1 - 0.40) * horses

E.cows - ducks + horses = 0.40

Payton took a friend for a birthday dinner. The total bill for dinner was $39.11 (including tax and a tip).If Payton paid a 23% tip, what was his bill before adding the tip? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) ANSWER:___________

Darius recently ran a marathon. It took him 5.2 hours to run the 26.2 miles required to do a marathon. Find his average speed in miles per hour. Then convert his speed to feet per second. (Hint:1 mile = 5,280 feet).(Round your answers to two decimal places)

ANSWER:___________ MILES PER HOUR

ANSWER:___________ FEET PER SECOND

Larry used the Quantitative Reasoning Process to build a budget while he is going to college. He worked hard over the summer andsaved $3,638.25 to live on during the next two semesters of school. Larry will receive a scholarship each semester for $913. If he plans to use up all of his savings while at school, how much money can Larry spend each month, on average, for things like groceries, entertainment, and miscellaneous items?

Assume two semesters equals 8 months total. Also assume Larry has no other expenses than what he has listed here.

Scholarship for each Semester: $913

Tuition & Books Cost per Semester: $2,100

Housing Cost for a two-semester Contract: $1,075

If he has money left, what is the average monthly amount Larry can afford to spend each month?

If he has overspent, what is the average monthly amount Larry would be in debt each month?

(Indicate this amount with a negative sign)

(Round your answer to the nearest cent) ANSWER:___________

Susan currently walks to school from her apartment, which is 1.2 miles away from her first class. She typically walks at a speed of 2 miles per hour. She is considering buying a used bicycle from Deseret Industries to ride to campus. Susan assumes that if she were riding a bike, she could go about 5 miles per hour.How many minutes could Susan save getting to class each morning if she were to ride the bike?(Round your answer to 2 decimal places)

ANSWER:___________minutes.

Cayli is a BYU-Idaho student who worked as a swim team coach when she is not in school. Most of the members of her team swim similar race times. However, a couple members of the team swim rather slower than the rest. Which number would be best for describing how fast the majority of Cayli's swimmers typically swim? ANSWER:___________

a)minimum

b)maximum

c)median

d)mean

e)mode

Caleb was suspicious that cars driving down his street were often driving faster than the speed limit. He called the police department and complained. In response the police department set up a radar speed sign (shown in the image below) and recorded the speeds of vehicles for a day.

Here is the report they obtained after observing speeds for a day.

Mean Speed28.1 mph

Minimum Speed20 mph

Maximum Speed42 mph

Median Speed25 mph

90th Percentile of Speed32.65 mph

Which of the following would be a correct statement to make about the information shown in the above report?

A.Cars all appear to have been driving very quickly that day as the slowest vehicle speed recorded was still higher than the speed limit.

B.The average speed of 28.1 was under the speed limit, so it seems that, at least on average, cars are going the correct speed.

C.The typical speed of vehicles that day was around 20 mph.

D.The fastest car observed was driving 28.1 mph.

E.One in every 10 of the vehicles observed (10%) was driving faster than 32.65 mph.

Mr. Poe is a 6th grade English teacher.After grading the first two exams, he computed the mean and standard deviation for each exam.

Exam 1 :77 Mean Exam Score /7.6 (Standard Deviation of Exam Scores)

Exam 2: 91 Mean Exam Score /4.3 (Standard Deviation of Exam Scores)

Which of the following best describes what the standard deviations tell Mr. Poe about the exams.

A.The scores on Exam 1 were higher than the scores on Exam 2.

B.The scores on Exam 1 were better at measuring learning than the scores on Exam 2.

C.The scores on Exam 1 were more spread out that the scores on Exam 2.

D.The scores on Exam 1 were more consistent than the scores on Exam 2.

E.The scores on Exam 1 were lower than the scores on Exam 2.

Newborn babies have lengths that are all very similar to one another.

Which of the following would be the best measure of the center of the set of data consisting of the lengths of a group of newborn babies?

a)Mean

b)Median

c)Mode

d)Minimum

e)Maximum

Marcus is using the Quantitative Reasoning Process to make a decision about his major at college. He is trying to decide between two majors. He finds the following data on the starting salary for graduates with each major:

Mean Starting SalaryStandard Deviation of Starting SalarySeventy-fifth percentile for Starting Salary

Major #1$45,000$2,000$48,000

Major #2$45,000$19,000$68,000

Which of the following interpretations of these statistics is correct?

A.The top 25% of starting salaries are higher for graduates in Major #2 than Major #1.

B.The mean starting salary is higher for graduates in Major #2 than Major #1.

C.Seventy-five percent of graduates with major #2 make over $68,000 per year.

D.The highest salary made by graduates with major #1 is $50,000 per year.

E.The starting salaries are less consistent for graduates in Major #1 than Major #2.

Choose the correct Word mean, percentile, mximum, mnimum, standard deviation, media and mode.

Used to measure the center of a set of values. Good for summarizing values that are generally pretty similar to each other. ANSWER:___________

Used to measure the center of a set of values. Good for summarizing values where most values are similar to one another, but some values are dramatically higher (or lower) than the rest. ANSWER:___________

Used to measure the center of a set of values. Good for summarizing data that only has a few distinct values that are possible. ANSWER:___________

Used to measure the smallest value that occurs. ANSWER:___________

Used to measure the largest value that occurs. ANSWER:___________

Used to measure how much the values vary from the mean. ANSWER:___________

Used to see how a certain value compares to all the other values in a set of data. ANSWER:___________

Determine whether the mean, median, or mode would be the best choice to describe the center of the following set of data. An elementary school has 92 first graders. Depending on when their birthday falls, the first graders might be six, seven, or eight on the last day of the school year. Would it be best to use the mean, median, or mode to describe the typical age of the first-graders? ANSWER:___________ (Select between mean, media and mode)

Determine whether the mean, median, or mode would be the best choice to describe the center of the following set of data.An elementary school has 92 first graders. Because the first graders are all about the same age, they have heights that are pretty similar to one another. Would it be best to use the mean, median, or mode to describe the height of the first-graders? ANSWER:___________ (Select between mean, media and mode

Determine whether the mean, median, or mode would be the best choice to describe the center of the following set of data. An elementary school has 92 first graders.They take a vocabulary test that estimates the number of vocabulary words they know. Most of the first-graders had a good start on language acquisition and knew between about 15,000 and 20,000 words. However, there were a few first-graders who were a little behind in language acquisition and only knew about 7,000 words. Would it be best to use the mean, median, or mode to describe the number of vocabulary words that are understood by the first-graders? ANSWER:___________ (Select between mean, media and mode