Flora and Rico are comparing the length of words in their fifth and
length of words in their fifth and seventh grade
Y BOOKS. Each picks a random sample of words from their books and count
letters in the words. The data they collect is shown in the table.
Length of Words in History Books
Flora's Fifth Grade Book Rico's Seventh Grade Book
7, 4, 2, 8, 6, 4, 4, 8, 6,2
6, 9, 3, 11, 10, 2, 2, 7,5, 4
Which statement is true?
A.
The length of words in both books is the same because the medians are the same.
B.
The length of words in Rico's book is greater than in Flora's book because the
mean and range of the data Rico collects is greater than the mean and range of the
data Flora collects.
C.
The length of words in Flora's book is greater than in Rico's book because the
mode of the data Flora collects is greater than the mode of the data Rico collects.
D.
The length of words in Flora's book is greater than in Rico's book because the
range of the data Flora collects is greater than the range of the data Rico collects.