Questions & Answers
Browse all 20 questions from the
Fun Facts About Statistics & Probability study set below.
Each question shows the correct answer — select a study format above to practice interactively.
1
What is the most frequent number in a set of data called?
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A
Mean
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B
Median
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C
Mode
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D
Range
2
If you flip a fair coin, what is the probability of getting heads?
3
What is the middle number in a set of data when it's arranged in order from least to greatest?
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A
Mode
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B
Mean
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C
Range
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D
Median
4
A standard six-sided die has how many possible outcomes when rolled once?
5
What is the difference between the highest and lowest numbers in a set of data called?
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A
Mode
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B
Mean
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C
Range
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D
Median
6
If there are 10 blue marbles and 5 red marbles in a bag, what is the probability of picking a red marble?
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A
1 in 10
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B
1 in 5
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C
1 in 3
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D
1 in 15
7
What is the average of a set of numbers called?
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A
Median
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B
Mode
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C
Range
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D
Mean
8
What does probability measure?
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A
How certain something is to happen
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B
How likely something is to happen
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C
How many times something happened
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D
The average of numbers
9
If a spinner has 4 equal sections coloured red, blue, green, and yellow, what is the probability of landing on blue?
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A
1 in 2
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B
1 in 4
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C
1 in 3
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D
2 in 4
10
What is the best way to represent data with categories, like the favourite colours of students?
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A
Line graph
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B
Bar chart
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C
Scatter plot
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D
Pie chart
11
If you roll a standard six-sided die, what is the probability of rolling a 4?
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A
1 in 4
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B
1 in 6
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C
1 in 2
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D
1 in 12
12
What is the sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the count of numbers?
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A
Median
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B
Mode
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C
Range
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D
Mean
13
What is a data set?
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A
A type of graph
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B
A collection of numbers or facts
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C
The probability of an event
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D
The most frequent number
14
If you draw one card from a standard deck of 52 playing cards, what is the probability of drawing an Ace?
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A
1 in 13
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B
1 in 52
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C
4 in 52
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D
1 in 4
15
What is the probability of an event that is impossible to happen?
16
Which of these is a way to organize data visually?
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A
Adding
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B
Subtracting
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C
Graphing
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D
Multiplying
17
What is the total number of outcomes for rolling two standard six-sided dice?
18
If you have a bag with 3 green balls and 7 blue balls, what is the probability of picking a green ball?
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A
3 in 7
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B
7 in 10
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C
3 in 10
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D
1 in 3
19
What is a chance of 100% likely to happen called?
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A
Impossible
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B
Unlikely
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C
Certain
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D
Even chance
20
What is the name for a visual representation of data where each data point is shown as a dot?
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A
Bar chart
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B
Line graph
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C
Pie chart
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D
Scatter plot
