Statistics and Probability (SP)
1. Salary
The average salary of the nine
How much does Paola earn per year?
How much of an increase in total funds would it cost the
salaries so that the average of their salaries is $28,000?
Explain how you determined your answer.
2. Favorite-‐Flavor Ice Cream
The chart below shows the results of the favorite-‐flavor ice cream survey for the 100 students enrolled in the
four ninth-‐grade classes at Manville High School in Manville, NJ.
Teacher
Enrollment
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Peach
Mrs. Weber
20
10
3
2
5
Ms. Zullo
25
20
1
0
4
Mrs. Malinowski
30
15
6
3
6
Ms. Joy
25
5
5
5
10
Total Students
100
50
15
10
25
Use fractions, decimals or percents to show what part of the entire ninth-‐grade voted for each of the
four flavors.
Which one of the classes voted the same way for each of the flavors as did the entire ninth-‐grade?
Make a circle graph to show the results of the survey for the entire ninth-‐grade.
Explain how you know. Provide specific examples to show the flavors have the same ratios.