Two-Way Frequency Tables

By Jeanmarie Mullen
Last updated over 3 years ago
18 Questions
1.

Several students at Brewster High School were debating whether males or females were more involved in after school activities. There are three organized activities in the after school program including intramural basketball, chess club, and jazz band. The group conducted a survey by randomly selecting 150 students. The results are displayed in the two-way frequency table.

What percent of students surveyed participate in Jazz Band?

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2.

Several students at Brewster High School were debating whether males or females were more involved in after school activities. There are three organized activities in the after school program including intramural basketball, chess club, and jazz band. The group conducted a survey by randomly selecting 150 students. The results are displayed in the two-way frequency table.

What percent of females play Intramural Basketball?

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3.

Several students at Brewster High School were debating whether males or females were more involved in after school activities. There are three organized activities in the after school program including intramural basketball, chess club, and jazz band. The group conducted a survey by randomly selecting 150 students. The results are displayed in the two-way frequency table.

What percent of the Chess Club are males?

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4.

Several students at Brewster High School were debating whether males or females were more involved in after school activities. There are three organized activities in the after school program including intramural basketball, chess club, and jazz band. The group conducted a survey by randomly selecting 150 students. The results are displayed in the two-way frequency table.

What percent of the males do not participate in an after-school activity?

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5.

Middle school students in the United States were invited to complete an online survey about superhero powers as portrayed by characters in movies, television, books and comics. The data summarizes the results of a survey question about a student's most favorite superhero power.

What is the most popular superpower?

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6.

Middle school students in the United States were invited to complete an online survey about superhero powers as portrayed by characters in movies, television, books and comics. The data summarizes the results of a survey question about a student's most favorite superhero power.

What is the least popular superpower?

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7.

Middle school students in the United States were invited to complete an online survey about superhero powers as portrayed by characters in movies, television, books and comics. The data summarizes the results of a survey question about a student's most favorite superhero power.

What percent of females would like the ability to fly? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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8.

Middle school students in the United States were invited to complete an online survey about superhero powers as portrayed by characters in movies, television, books and comics. The data summarizes the results of a survey question about a student's most favorite superhero power.

What percent of students that would like the power of telepathy are males? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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9.

A public opinion poll was taken to
explore the relationship between
age and support for a candidate
in an election. The results of the
poll are summarized in the table.

What percent of the 21-40 age
group was for the candidate?

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10.

Students were asked to name their
favorite sport from a list of
basketball, soccer, or tennis.
The results are shown in the table.

What percentage of the students
chose soccer as their favorite sport?

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11.

Jenna took a survey of her
senior class to see whether
they preferred pizza or
burgers. The results are
summarized in the table.

Of the people who preferred
burgers, approximately what
percentage were female?

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12.

An outdoor club conducted a
survey of its members. The
members were asked to state
their preference between
skiing and snowboarding.

Each member had to pick one.
Of the 60 males, 45 stated they
preferred to snowboard.
Twenty-two of the 60 females
preferred to ski. What is the
relative frequency that a male
prefers to ski?

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13.

A radio station did a survey to
determine what kind of music to
play by taking a sample of middle
school, high school, and college
students.

They were asked which of three
different types of music they
prefer on the radio: hip-hop,
alternative, or classic rock.
The results are summarized
in the table.

What percentage of college
students prefer classic rock?

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14.

A survey was given to 12th-grade
students of West High School to
determine the location for the
senior class trip. The results
are shown in the table.

To the nearest percent ,
what percent of the boys
chose Niagara Falls?

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15.

A middle school conducted a
survey of students to determine
if they spent more of their time
playing games or watching videos
on their tablets. The results are
shown in the table.

Of the students who spent more
time playing video games on their
tablets, approximately what percent
were boys?

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16.

A survey of 100 students was taken.
It was found that 60 students watched
sports, and 34 of these students did
not like pop music. Of the students
who did not watch sports, 70% liked
pop music.

Complete the two-way
frequency table.

How many students like pop music?

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17.

The school newspaper surveyed
the student body for an article
about club membership. The
table shows the number of
students in each grade level
who belong to one or more clubs.

If there are 180 students in ninth
grade, what percentage of ninth grade
students belong to more than one club?

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18.

A statistics class surveyed some
students during one lunch period
to obtain opinions about television
programming preferences. The results
of the survey are summarized in the table.

Based on the sample, predict how
many of the school's 351 males
would prefer comedy.

Justify your answer.

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