Math Praxis Practice Test (5003)
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Six children have collected these amounts in their piggy banks: $10, $33, $45, $23, $1, and
$68. What is the median of their savings?
a. $28
b. $33
c. $23
d. $66 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔answer: a. $28
Rearrange the numbers in increasing order: 1, 10, 23, 33, 45, and 68. The median of a
sequence of numbers is the middle value. Since there are six numbers, there are two values in
the middle 23 and 33 and, therefore, the median is the average of these values. The median is
28.
What do you call questions that have more than one possible answer, and require collection
of data to reach a valid answer?
a. probing questions
b. statistical questions
c. non-statistical questions
b. rhetorical questions - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔answer: b. statistical questions
A non-statistical question just has one answer that does not change. A rhetorical question does
not require to be answered. Probing questions require elaboration of the topic.
The weights of twenty trouts were recorded: 12, 13, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 16,
17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 18, and 34. If the weight of the heaviest trout is removed from the data,
which statistical parameter will drastically change?
a. range
, b. median
c. mean
d. mode - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔answer: a. range
Since the mean, median, and mode are measures of center, outliers will not have much effect.
The range will be greatly affected since it measures the difference between the highest and
lowest.
Which of the following is the term used for the intersection of the x-axis and the y-axis?
a. quadrant
b. coordinate
c. abscissa
d. origin - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔answer: d. origin
Abscissa refers to the x-axis, while ordinate refers to the y-axis. Quadrant refers to the four
sections in the Cartesian plane that are divided by the two axes.
What shape is obtained by drawing the polygon whose vertices are the points of coordinates
(2,0), (0,2), (-2,0), and (0,-2)?
a. square
b. rectangle
c. parallelogram
d. trapezoid - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔answer: a. square
The polygon determined by the four points is a square
What quadrant or axis does the point A= (0, -2) belong to?
a. first quadrant
b. second quadrant
c. y-axis
d. third quadrant - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔answer: c. y-axis
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Six children have collected these amounts in their piggy banks: $10, $33, $45, $23, $1, and
$68. What is the median of their savings?
a. $28
b. $33
c. $23
d. $66 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔answer: a. $28
Rearrange the numbers in increasing order: 1, 10, 23, 33, 45, and 68. The median of a
sequence of numbers is the middle value. Since there are six numbers, there are two values in
the middle 23 and 33 and, therefore, the median is the average of these values. The median is
28.
What do you call questions that have more than one possible answer, and require collection
of data to reach a valid answer?
a. probing questions
b. statistical questions
c. non-statistical questions
b. rhetorical questions - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔answer: b. statistical questions
A non-statistical question just has one answer that does not change. A rhetorical question does
not require to be answered. Probing questions require elaboration of the topic.
The weights of twenty trouts were recorded: 12, 13, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 16,
17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 18, and 34. If the weight of the heaviest trout is removed from the data,
which statistical parameter will drastically change?
a. range
, b. median
c. mean
d. mode - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔answer: a. range
Since the mean, median, and mode are measures of center, outliers will not have much effect.
The range will be greatly affected since it measures the difference between the highest and
lowest.
Which of the following is the term used for the intersection of the x-axis and the y-axis?
a. quadrant
b. coordinate
c. abscissa
d. origin - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔answer: d. origin
Abscissa refers to the x-axis, while ordinate refers to the y-axis. Quadrant refers to the four
sections in the Cartesian plane that are divided by the two axes.
What shape is obtained by drawing the polygon whose vertices are the points of coordinates
(2,0), (0,2), (-2,0), and (0,-2)?
a. square
b. rectangle
c. parallelogram
d. trapezoid - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔answer: a. square
The polygon determined by the four points is a square
What quadrant or axis does the point A= (0, -2) belong to?
a. first quadrant
b. second quadrant
c. y-axis
d. third quadrant - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔answer: c. y-axis
