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Mathematics Problem Solving
Volume 4, Number 25, March 22, 1999
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Those Surveyed
1. One hundred
adults answered questions in a telephone survey. There were an
equal
number of men and women surveyed. Only 20%, (1/5) of the men admitted
that they had ever eaten Toasty Ouchy Cereal. Half of the women said
that they had eaten that cereal.
Put a T in front of every
statement that is true.
Put an M in front of every
statement that might be true.
Put an F in front of every
statement that is false.
1. ____ Of those surveyed, fifteen more women than men said that they had ever eaten Toasty Ouchy Cereal.
2. ____ Of those surveyed, fifteen more women than men had ever eaten Toasty Ouchy Cereal.
3. ____ Of those surveyed, fifteen more men than women said that they had ever eaten Toasty Ouchy Cereal.
4. ____ Sixty-five of the people surveyed did not say that they had ever eaten Toasty Ouchy Cereal.
5. ____ In the country where the survey was taken, Toasty Ouchy Cereal is eaten by more women than men.
6. ____ In the country where the survey was taken, Toasty Ouchy Cereal is eaten by more men than women.
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