1.MD.C.5

Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories using pictographs, bar graphs, and tally charts. Ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.

Example Problems
John and Lauren are looking for a good neighborhood to raise their children. They want neighbors who have kids and who are fellow rollerbladers as well. The couple surveys a random sample of residents in a nice-looking neighborhood. Their results are shown below.

Lena rollerblades every morning. Omar does not have children. Zoe is an artist, but that's all we know.

Calculate the following
probability based on the frequency table below.

KidsNo kidsRow total
Rollerblader41950
Not a rollerblader3912
Column total441862


Probability that Lena has kids = ?

Write your answer as a percent.
John and Lauren are looking for a good neighborhood to raise their children. They want neighbors who have kids and who are fellow rollerbladers as well. The couple surveys a random sample of residents in a nice-looking neighborhood. Their results are shown below.

Matthew, Patrick, and Susan live in the neighborhood. Matthew rollerblades every Sunday. Patrick is a computer programmer, but that's all we know about him. Susan is a stay-at-home mom.

Calculate the following probabilities based on the frequency table below.

KidsNo kidsRow total
Rollerblader41950
Not a rollerblader3912
Column total441862


Probability that Matthew doesn't have kids = ?
Write your answer as a percent.
John and Lauren are looking for a good neighborhood to raise their children. They want neighbors who have kids and who are fellow rollerbladers as well. The couple surveys a random sample of residents in a nice-looking neighborhood. Their results are shown below.

Diego, Mei, and Aria live in the neighborhood. Diego is very tall. Mei has never rollerbladed. Aria is a parent of twins.

Calculate the following
probability based on the frequency table below.

KidsNo kidsRow total
Rollerblader41950
Not a rollerblader3912
Column total441862


Probability that Diego rollerblades = ?
Write your answer as a
percent rounded to the nearest hundredth.
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