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Lesson 18: Average — Practice Questions

  1. 1. A line graph shows a car's speed on a trip. If the line segment between 3:00 PM and 3:15 PM is horizontal, what does this indicate about the car's speed?

    • A. The car's speed was increasing.
    • B. The car's speed was decreasing.
    • C. The car was stopped.
    • D. The car's speed was constant.
  2. 2. A line graph tracks the number of laps a student runs each day. On Monday, they ran 5 laps. On Wednesday, they ran 12 laps. What was the total increase in laps run between Monday and Wednesday? ___ laps

  3. 3. A line graph shows the number of apples picked each hour: Hour 1 (20), Hour 2 (35), Hour 3 (30), Hour 4 (50), Hour 5 (60). Between which two consecutive hours was the increase in apples picked the greatest?

    • A. Between Hour 1 and Hour 2
    • B. Between Hour 2 and Hour 3
    • C. Between Hour 3 and Hour 4
    • D. Between Hour 4 and Hour 5
  4. 4. A line graph tracks a phone's battery percentage. If the line segment from 8 PM to 9 PM slopes downward, what does this mean?

    • A. The phone was charging.
    • B. The battery percentage decreased.
    • C. The battery percentage did not change.
    • D. The phone was turned off.
  5. 5. The amount of money in a savings account was recorded each month: January ($50), February ($60), March ($95), April ($105). What was the greatest increase in savings in a single month? $___

  6. 6. A student read for four consecutive nights, reading 25, 30, 28, and 33 pages. What was the average number of pages the student read per night? The average is ___ pages.

  7. 7. Over three days, a food truck sold 80, 95, and 71 hot dogs. What was the average number of hot dogs sold per day?

    • A. 82
    • B. 246
    • C. 80
    • D. 95
  8. 8. To find the average of a group of numbers, you first calculate their sum. What is the correct second step?

    • A. Multiply the sum by 2.
    • B. Divide the sum by the count of the numbers.
    • C. Find the middle number in the set.
    • D. The sum is the final answer.
  9. 9. The average score on three science quizzes is 85. If the scores on the first two quizzes were 82 and 90, what was the score on the third quiz? The score was ___.

  10. 10. A family spent the following amounts on groceries over four weeks: 120, 150, 130, and 140 dollars. What was their average weekly grocery spending?

    • A. 135 dollars
    • B. 140 dollars
    • C. 540 dollars
    • D. 130 dollars