Question

mr. austin recorded the number of books each student in his class read over winter break. he recorded the results below.

books read over winter break

frequency
0: x x x
1: x
2:
3: x x
4: x x x x x
5: x x x
6: x

x = 1 student

how many students did mr. austin survey from his class?

logan middle school is having a contest to design a new school flag. jason designs a flag in the shape of a trapezoid, as shown.

what is the area of jasons flag?
trapezoid with height = 6 inches, parallel bases of 9 inches and 11 inches

there are 15 players on a volleyball team. the coach is ordering a sweatshirt for each player that costs $25 plus an additional $2 for each letter of the teams name on the back of the sweatshirt. she uses the expression 15(25+2x) to calculate the total cost for all of the sweatshirts. what is another way to write that expression?

alberts mom has 2,523 reward points from shopping at an online store. she uses the points to buy gift cards for free cups of coffee. each gift card costs 75 points.

• what is the greatest number of gift cards alberts mom can buy?
• how many reward points will she have left?

if 16 turkeys feed 72 people, then how many turkeys are needed to feed 126 people? explain your thinking.

Explanation:

Identify the values from the dot plot

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Calculate the sum of the data points

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Calculate the mean average

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Answer:

The total sum of the books read is \(52\), and the mean average number of books read by the students in Mr. Austin's class is \(3.25\).