Class 7 Mathematics Chapter 5: Connecting the Dots… — practice questions with answers
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28 questions8 easy, 15 medium, 5 hardNCERT · CBSE · State boards
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Q1. Guessing that a 6-foot-tall person is more likely a man than a woman is an example of ______.
- statistical thinking
- algebra
- geometry
- measurement error
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Answer: A. statistical thinking
Why: Experience of how often things happen guides such guesses — statistical thinking. It can still be wrong. [p.97]
Why: Experience of how often things happen guides such guesses — statistical thinking. It can still be wrong. [p.97]
Q2. What is the total of Yahapur’s monthly onion prices over the year (₹)?
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Answer: 458 (± 0)
Why: Adding the 12 prices gives 458 — as Nafisa found. [p.102]
Why: Adding the 12 prices gives 458 — as Nafisa found. [p.102]
Q3. The ‘fair share’ value — the sum of the values divided by the number of values — is called the arithmetic ______.
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Answer: mean
Why: Mean = sum of values ÷ number of values. [p.100]
Why: Mean = sum of values ÷ number of values. [p.100]
Q4. In a dot plot, what does a stack of dots above a value show?
- How many times that value occurs
- The size of the value
- The average
- The order of data
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Answer: A. How many times that value occurs
Why: Dots on the vertical line give the number of occurrences of each value. [p.103]
Why: Dots on the vertical line give the number of occurrences of each value. [p.103]
Q5. A value that deviates a lot from the rest of the data is called an ______.
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Answer: outlier
Why: Outliers significantly deviate from the rest of the values. [p.107]
Why: Outliers significantly deviate from the rest of the values. [p.107]
Q6. The middle value of sorted data is called the ______.
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Answer: median
Why: The median is the number in the middle of sorted data. [p.106–107]
Why: The median is the number in the middle of sorted data. [p.106–107]
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How many practice questions are there for Class 7 Mathematics Chapter 5: Connecting the Dots…?
28 questions (8 easy, 15 medium, 5 hard). A few are solved on this page; the free test shows the answer and explanation for every question after you submit.
Is this chapter from the NCERT book?
Yes — it follows the NCERT Class 7 Mathematics syllabus, used by CBSE and many state boards.