SAT-Like Math Questions Reading Tables

SAT-Like Math Questions Topic: Reading Tables Calculator NOT Permitted Easy: Ed’s Discount Paints is having a sale on their three most popular colors and paint types. The table below shows the number of purchases made for each category: Matte Eggshell Satin Total Dove Gray Cyan Blue 25 34 10 69 96 57 22 175 Captivating Cream 31 20 5 56 Total 152 111 37 300 1.) How many purchases were there of the following? Satin Captivating Cream: _____5_______ Matte Cyan Blue: ______96_____ Dove Gray: ______69________ Eggshell: _____111________ 2.) Of the gallons sold that were cyan blue, what proportion were in a matte finish? A. 96 300 96 B. 152 C. 152 175 96 D. 175 3.) Of the gallons sold that were in an eggshell finish, what proportion were dove gray? 111 A. 300 69 B. 300 34 C. 69 34 D. 111 4.) Of the gallons sold that were captivating cream, what proportion were not in a satin finish? 51 A. 56 51 B. 300 5 C. 56 37 D. 56 Medium: Questions 5-7 are based on the following: In a group of 100 people, 58 are women and 42 are men. Furthermore, 10 are left handed and 90 are right handed. Left Handed Right Handed Women Men 58 42 10 90 100 5.) If there are 3 left handed women in the group, how many right handed men are there? A. 7 B. 35 C. 55 D. 97 6.) If 60% of the right handed people are women, what percent of the left handed people are men? A. 14% B. 40% C. 42% D. 60% 7.) If a person is selected randomly from this group, what is the probably that he will be a man? A. 0.10 B. 0.42 C. 0.58 D. 0.90 Hard: Questions 8 and 9 are based on the following: Barbara asked 500 high school freshmen some questions about their math classes. She took note that all respondents who took math took either algebra, geometry, or both. Her results are shown in the table below: Did you take a math class this year? If you took a math class, did you take algebra? If you took a math class, did you take geometry? YES 453 273 233 NO 47 180 220 8.) After looking at her results, Barbara wondered how many freshmen took both algebra and geometry. Is it possible for her to tell from the data that she collected? A. Yes, 40 freshmen took both algebra and geometry. B. Yes, 47 freshmen took both algebra and geometry. C. Yes, 53 freshmen took both algebra and geometry. D. There is not enough information to be sure. 9.) Out of all the freshman that Barbara talked to, how many took geometry but NOT algebra? A. 47 B. 53 C. 180 D. 220 Questions 10 and 11 are based on the following: Marcell is teaching a class of 50 students at an international university. He wonders what languages his students speak at home, so on the first day of class, he asks his students the following questions: Do you speak English at home? Do you speak Mandarin at home? Do you speak a language other than English or Mandarin at home? If you speak a language other than English or Mandarin at home, do you also speak either English or Mandarin at home? YES 18 35 7 5 NO 32 15 43 2 10.) After looking at his results, Marcell wondered how many students spoke both English and Mandarin in their homes. Can this be determined from his data? A. Yes, 3 students speak both English and Mandarin at home. B. Yes, 5 students speak both English and Mandarin at home. C. Yes, 7 students speak both English and Mandarin at home. D. There is not enough information to be sure. 11.) Suppose Marcell knows that there are exactly three students in his class who speak not only English and Mandarin, but also a third language in their homes. Furthermore, no student speaks more than one language in addition to English or Mandarin. Given this information, how many of Marcell’s students speak exactly two languages at home? A. 4 B. 6 C. 7 D. 10