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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - Statistics, Trade-Offs, and Society, Close.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bricks are in the wall?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 20,000.

2. Paulos jokes about how many hamburgers?
(a) 120.
(b) 300.
(c) 9.
(d) 800.

3. Statistics rely heavily on which of the following?
(a) Proper calculation.
(b) Partial information.
(c) Factors.
(d) Overhead.

4. People often confuse the two types of which of the following?
(a) Significance.
(b) Practicality.
(c) Estimation.
(d) Probability.

5. At what age did the second doctor think he would die?
(a) 51.
(b) 72.
(c) 47.
(d) 68.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mathematician is from what country?

2. What is one of the most common mistakes in math?

3. Which other country is mentioned?

4. The situation for mathematically uneducated high school students is:

5. Where was the inventor from?

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