WGU C955 applied probability and statistics Questions And
Answers 2025/2026
Discrete data - CORRECT ANSWER-Has distinct values, can be counted, had
unconnected points (think dots)
Continuous data - CORRECT ANSWER-Has values within a range, measured not
counted, does not have gaps between data points (data is connected lines or
curves).
Example of discrete data - CORRECT ANSWER-Days of the week
Expressions - CORRECT ANSWER-A group of symbols such as numbers and
operators that has mathematical validity
Commutative - CORRECT ANSWER-The order in which the numbers appear in the
sum can be reversed
Identity property - CORRECT ANSWER-Adding 0 to any number does not change
the original number
Additive inverse - CORRECT ANSWER-Values that are equally far from 0 on the
number line.
, Negative - CORRECT ANSWER-When multiplying a positive number by a negative
number the result is always
Positive - CORRECT ANSWER-Multiplying a negative number by a negative number
results in a positive
Factors - CORRECT ANSWER-Integers that evenly divide the initial integer
Prime number - CORRECT ANSWER-Positive integer with exactly two positive
factors consisting of 1 and itself
Composite number - CORRECT ANSWER-Has at least one positive factor other
than one and itself
Factorization - CORRECT ANSWER-Process of breaking up a composite number
into its prime factors
fundamental theorem of arithmetic - CORRECT ANSWER-Any integer greater than
one is either Prime or the product of Prime numbers
Principal square root - CORRECT ANSWER-Positive square root of a number
Radican - CORRECT ANSWER-Number under radical sign √16=4
Answers 2025/2026
Discrete data - CORRECT ANSWER-Has distinct values, can be counted, had
unconnected points (think dots)
Continuous data - CORRECT ANSWER-Has values within a range, measured not
counted, does not have gaps between data points (data is connected lines or
curves).
Example of discrete data - CORRECT ANSWER-Days of the week
Expressions - CORRECT ANSWER-A group of symbols such as numbers and
operators that has mathematical validity
Commutative - CORRECT ANSWER-The order in which the numbers appear in the
sum can be reversed
Identity property - CORRECT ANSWER-Adding 0 to any number does not change
the original number
Additive inverse - CORRECT ANSWER-Values that are equally far from 0 on the
number line.
, Negative - CORRECT ANSWER-When multiplying a positive number by a negative
number the result is always
Positive - CORRECT ANSWER-Multiplying a negative number by a negative number
results in a positive
Factors - CORRECT ANSWER-Integers that evenly divide the initial integer
Prime number - CORRECT ANSWER-Positive integer with exactly two positive
factors consisting of 1 and itself
Composite number - CORRECT ANSWER-Has at least one positive factor other
than one and itself
Factorization - CORRECT ANSWER-Process of breaking up a composite number
into its prime factors
fundamental theorem of arithmetic - CORRECT ANSWER-Any integer greater than
one is either Prime or the product of Prime numbers
Principal square root - CORRECT ANSWER-Positive square root of a number
Radican - CORRECT ANSWER-Number under radical sign √16=4
