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Example Questions

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Intersection Of A Venn Diagram

Venn diagram

In the Venn Diagram shown above, let the set  be the set of all prime numbers less than . Let the set  be the set of all odd numbers less than . What is the set , given by ? Use set notation to enumerate.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the intersection of a set of numbers, we need to find all numbers that are in both sets (definition of intersection). We can see that all the primes less than  that are odd are also odd numbers less than , therefore they are in both sets and in the intersection. Thus the answer:

Example Question #3 : How To Find The Intersection Of A Venn Diagram

Venn diagram

In the Venn Diagram shown above, let , let  and let . If the Universe is all integers less than or equal to 10, what is ? Use set notation to enumerate your answer.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

 means the complement of  union  - this is everything in the universe that is not in  or . First we need to find :

 - we find this by knowing anything in either set is in the union. Next we need to find things in the universe that are NOT in :

Since the universe is integers less than or equal to 10, we see that the only ones that fit that description that are not in  are 

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Intersection Of A Venn Diagram

There are  75 juniors at a high school. 15 of the students are enrolled in Physics and 40 students are enrolled in Chemistry. 30 students are not enrolled in either Physics or Chemistry. How many students are enrolled in both Physics and Chemistry?

Possible Answers:

25

30

5

10

15

Correct answer:

10

Explanation:

First, subtract the students that are in neither class; 75 – 30 = 45 students.

Thus, 45 students are enrolled in Chemistry, Physics, or both.  Of these 45 students, we know 40 are in Chemistry, so that leaves 5 students who are enrolled in Physics only; with 15 total students in Physics, that means 10 must be in Chemistry as well. So 10 students are in both Physics and Chemistry.

Example Question #2721 : Act Math

Angela scores 17, 19, 13, 24, and 14 points in the first five games of a seven-game basketball season.  If the scoring leader in Angela’s league averages 18 points per game, how many points must Angela score in the final two games combined to end the season with the highest scoring average in the league AND have a higher scoring average than any other player?

Possible Answers:

39

37

32

34

40

Correct answer:

40

Explanation:

Since a given player’s scoring average can be determined by dividing the sum total of points scored by the number of games, we can determine the total points of the scoring leader by multiplying the average points per game by the total number of games. 18 x 7 = 126. Angela would have to score 1 more point than the current scoring leader.  Angela’s current total is 87 points; therefore, she must score 40 (87 + 40 = 127) over the course of the final two games to have the highest average points per game in the league.

Example Question #2 : How To Find Arithmetic Mean

What is the mean of the following set of numbers: 13, 15, 100,  54, 345, rounded to the nearest 1’s place?

 

Possible Answers:

100

135

105

106

Correct answer:

105

Explanation:

mean = sum of all values divided by the number of values.

 

 

 

 

Example Question #2722 : Act Math

The mean of five numbers is 40. The mean of the smallest two numbers is 25. What is the mean of the other three numbers?

 

Possible Answers:

55

60

40

50

45

Correct answer:

50

Explanation:

The equation for the mean of a group of numbers is to find the sum of all of the numbers and then divide by how many numbers are in the group. This means that if we know the mean and how many numbers are in the group, we can find the sum of those numbers.

(sum of all five numbers) / 5 = 40 --> sum of all five numbers = 200

(sum of two smallest numbers) / 2 = 25 --> sum of two smallest numbers = 50

Subtracting the sum of the two smallest numbers from the sum of all five gives us the sum of the remaining three. We can then divide by three to find the mean of those three remaining numbers.

200 – 50 = 150

150 / 3 = 50

 

 

 

Example Question #2723 : Act Math

LeBron James had played in 7 playoff games.  He scored 31, 30, 55, 14, 29, 20, and 12 points in those games.   What is his average for those 7 games? 

 

Possible Answers:

22 points

43 points

20.5 points

27.3 points

29 points

Correct answer:

27.3 points

Explanation:

To find the mean, you have to add all of the items and then divide by the number of items.   Finding the sum (31+30+55+14+29+20+12)= 191 and then dividing by 7 would give a result of 27.3.  [Side Note: The Median is 29 and the range is 43.]

 

 

Example Question #2724 : Act Math

Kobe Bryant has averaged about 29.5 points a game through the first 81 games of the NBA season.  His goal is to average at least 30 points per game for the season.  What is the least amount of points he needs to score in his last game of the season to achieve his goal?  (There are 82 games in a season.) 

 

Possible Answers:

51 points

41 points

61 points

31 points

71 points

Correct answer:

71 points

Explanation:

To find your answer, you would have to set it up like a weighted average because we don’t know what he scored for the 81 games, but we can approximate how many actual points he scored by multiplying 29.5 times 81.  Thus, we would get the equation  (29.5(81)+x)/82=30.  Multiply both sides by 82 to get 2389.5+x=2460.  Thus x=70.5 and we would round up to get 71 points. 

 

 

Example Question #2 : How To Find Arithmetic Mean

Peter received the following 4 grades on math tests: 86, 90, 88, and 96. What was Peter's average score for the 4 tests?

Possible Answers:

89

92

90

88

91

Correct answer:

90

Explanation:

In order to calculate the average, or arithmetic mean, of numbers in a set, we add up all of the numbers, then divide that total sum by the n (the count of numbers in the set).

Here we have 86, 90, 88, and 96. This gives us n = 4.

We add up 86 + 90 + 88 + 96 = 360. 360 / 4 = 90.

Example Question #3 : How To Find Arithmetic Mean

Ashley scored 80, 80, 83, 85, 90, and 77 on her tests this semester. If she wants an average of 85 on all her tests, which would she have to score on her final test?

Possible Answers:

85

None of the other answers.

97

95

100

Correct answer:

100

Explanation:

One can set up an equation for the average test score. 85=(80+80+83+85+90+77+x)/7.

Solving for x gives 100.

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