MAT-105-2785-Basic Mathematics-10/2016
Part 1
2. The following bar graph shows the annual number of hours of traffic delay per auto commuter for 8 U.S. cities. What is the average delay time? the median? the mode?
For each set of numbers, find the average, the median, and any modes that exist.
4. 72, 83, 85, 88, 92 6. 13, 32, 25, 27, 13
8. 13.4, 13.4, 12.6, 42.9 10. $29.95, $28.79, $30.62, $28.79, $29.95
Part 2
1. Find the apparent temperature for the given actual temperature and humidity combination of 80°, 60%
5. Which temperature–humidity combinations give an apparent temperature of 100°?
7. At a relative humidity of 50%, what actual temperatures give an apparent temperature above 100°?
10. At an actual temperature of 85°, what relative humidities give an apparent temperature above 100°?
Part 3
6. Which irises have a maximum height less than 16in.?
12. Which dessert has the lowest caloric content?
18. The graph provides data on the numbers of bachelor’s degrees conferred on men and on women in selected years. How many more bachelor’s degrees were conferred on women in 2010 than in 1970?
22. Which city has the highest cost of living index?
24. In which cities is the cost of living approximately the national average?
Part 4
The circle graph below shows the foreign countries sending the most students to the United States to attend colleges and
universities. Use this graph to answer the following questions .
1. What percent of foreign students are from South Korea?
2. Together, what percent of foreign students are from China and Taiwan?
4. In 2012, there were approximately 760,000 foreign students studying in the United States. How many were from Saudi
Arabia?
6. Which country accounted for 13% of the foreign students?