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Data Representation Test Questions
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| Below are sample questions from the
TIMSS achievement tests in Science administered to twenty-six countries.
TIMSS is a research project sponsored by the International Association for
the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). These questions may be
used in the classroom, as a tool for evaluation, or to provide examples
of test-question writing. The sample questions are grouped by grades
3 and 4 and by grades 7 and 8. |
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| Grades
3 and 4 |
1. Kyle and Bob are playing a game.
The object of the game is to get the highest total of points. This chart
shows how many points they each scored.
| Player |
Kyle |
Bob |
| Round 1 |
125 |
100 |
| Round 2 |
125 |
125 |
| Round 3 |
150 |
100 |
| Round 4 |
50 |
150 |
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| Who won, and by how many points? |
| A. Bob won by 25 points |
| B. Bob won by 100 points |
| C. Kyle won by 25 points |
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D. Kyle won by 175 points
Answer: A
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2. A team is selling raffle tickets. The table shows how many tickets they
have sold so far.
| Player's Name |
Number of tickets sold |
| Carlos |
4 |
| Maria |
7 |
| Bill |
3 |
| Ted |
7 |
| Fay |
6 |
| Abby |
9 |
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| They need to sell 60 tickets altogether.
How many more tickets must they sell? |
| Answer: ______________________________ |
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Answer: 24
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| Grades
7 and 8 |
| 1. In a bag of cards 1/6 are green,
1/12 are yellow, 1/2 are white and 1/4 are blue. If someone takes a card
from the bag without looking, which color will it most likely be? |
| A. White |
| B. Blue |
| C. Green |
| D. Yellow |
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| Answer: A |
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| 2. A drawer contains 28 pens; some
white, some blue, some red, and some gray. If the probability of selecting
a blue pen is 2/7, how many blue pens are in the drawer? |
| A. 4 |
| B. 6 |
| C. 8 |
| D. 10 |
| E. 20 |
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| Answer: C |
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| 3. This chart shows temperature readings
made at different times on four days. |
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6 a.m. |
9 a.m. |
Noon |
3 p.m. |
8 p.m. |
| Monday |
15 degrees |
17 degrees |
20 degrees |
21 degrees |
19 degrees |
| Tuesday |
15 degrees |
15 degrees |
15 degrees |
10 degrees |
9 degrees |
| Wednesday |
8 degrees |
10 degrees |
14 degrees |
13 degrees |
15 degrees |
| Thursday |
8 degrees |
11 degrees |
14 degrees |
17 degrees |
20 degrees |
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| When was the highest temperature
recorded? |
| A. Noon on Monday |
| B. 3 p.m. on Monday |
| C. Noon on Tuesday |
| D. 3 p.m. on Wednesday |
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| Answer: B |
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| 4. Each of the six faces of a certain
cube is painted either red or blue. When the cube is tossed, the probability
of the cube landing with a red face up is 2/3. How many faces are red? |
| A. One |
| B. Two |
| C. Three |
| D. Four |
| E. Five |
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| Answer: D |
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