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Making Predictions from Circle Graphs 1
A survey was taken in Mrs. Adam's class. The students were asked what their favorite color was and the results are shown on the circle graph.
Which statement could be true looking at the graph? A Red is a very popular color in Mrs. Adam's class. B Yellow and green were the top two most favorite colors in Mrs. Adam's class. C Many students in Mrs. Adam's class like the color blue. D Yellow is the least liked color among students in Mrs. Adam's class.
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Students were asked which fruit they liked the most. The results are shown in the circle graph.
What conclusion could be made? A Students think that strawberry pie is the best school lunch dessert. B Bananas are more healthy than apples. C All the apples were rotten in the cafeteria's school lunch. D The cafeteria should serve bananas with student lunches.
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Sally made a circle graph of her monthly budget.
Which statement is true about Sally's monthly budget? F Sally does not have a lot of money to spend on entertainment. G Housing costs require most of Sally's budget. H Most of Sally's budget is spent on food. J Sally spends a large amount of her budget on the water bill.
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Manuel surveyed his class to determine each student’s favorite sport. According to the circle graph, what percent of Manuel’s classmates selected football or baseball as their favorite sport?
A B C D
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25% 45% 20% 55%
The library researched which type of books were preferred by the community and recorded their results in the circle graph.
According to the circle graph, — F less people prefer fantasy than science fiction G more than half of the community prefer romance books H less than one fourth of people prefer fantasy and science fiction combined J more people prefer mystery books than children and adventure combined
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This circle graph displays the number of hours Meredith spent on various activities in a day.
Based on the data in the circle graph, what percent of Meredith's day was spent on activities other than sleeping and eating?
A B C D
12% 38% 50% 25%
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Grand College surveyed their senior students on which method they used to find a job and the results were recorded in the circle graph.
Which is NOT a true statement? The number of students who attended job fairs is half the number of students who used the newspaper. The number of students who used the internet is equivalent to the number of students who used G the newspaper and other methods combined. The number of students who used the newspaper is more than half of the students who used H the internet. The number of students who used the internet is less than the number of students who used the J newspaper and attended job fairs combined. F
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A population of 2,000 adults were surveyed on their annual income and the results are shown in the circle graph.
How many adults have an annual income of $70,000 or more? A 23 B 650 C 450 D 33
9 A city-wide survey was taken on the annual income of adults and the results are shown in the circle graph.
According to the circle graph, — the number of adults earning $90,000 or more exceeds the number of adults earning less then F $29,000 G less than half of the adults make $50,000 or more the number of adults earning $50,000 or more exceeds the number of adults earning less then H $50,000 J more than half of the adults make less than $49,999
10 Students were surveyed on career paths they would like to pursue after graduation and the results are shown in the circle graph.
Which is a true statement? A Over half of the students are considering a career path in the medical field or law enforcement. B More students are considering a career path in law enforcement than in education. C Over half of the students are considering a career path in the medical field or entertainment. More students are considering a career path in the medical field or education than in D entertainment or other.
Math 6 HW 9.3a
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1 A population of 300 students were surveyed on which career path they would like to pursue after graduation and the results are shown in the circle graph.
How many more students would like to pursue a career in entertainment than in education?
F G H J
60 20 30 90
2 Kylah spent $15 each week for 10 weeks. This circle graph represents how Kylah spent her money on each of 5 types of items. Based on this graph, which appears closest to the total amount Kylah spent on books and music for the 10-week period?
A B C D
$35.00 $40.00 $50.00 $75.00
3 The first 200 visitors to a state park were asked about their favorite park activity. The results are shown in this circle graph.
Which of the following is closest to the number of these 200 visitors who said hiking was their favorite activity? F 75 visitors G 25 visitors H 50 visitors J 40 visitors
4 Students were asked where their favorite vacation place is located. The results are shown in the circle graph.
Which conclusion could be made? A A good prize for the talent show winner would be a vacation to a beach. B Many students like to go hiking and fishing. C Many students cannot afford to visit a big city. D Students like to go shopping at outdoor malls.
5 Sally made a circle graph of her monthly budget.
Which statement is NOT a good prediction of Sally's budget? F Sally is going to put in a lawn sprinkler since her water bill is her smallest expense. G Sally may have to use coupons to decrease her food bill. H Sally will have to move since her housing costs are such a large portion of her budget. J Sally could save a lot of money by not going to the movies as often.
6 Tyler made a circle graph from the survey he gave at school.
If Tyler is in charge of picking the movie for an upcoming fundraiser at school, which statement describes the best prediction? A Action movies are harder to find for a fundraiser event. B The school population would enjoy watching a horror movie. C Science fiction movies are more expensive to rent. D Tyler should get a foreign film for the school population to enjoy.
7 Students were asked which subject they liked the most in school. The results are shown in the circle graph.
Which conclusion can be made? F Most students prefer science class to english class. G Many students really like science. H Students look forward to going to math class. J Students enjoy the material learned in history class.
