High School Background

 

          The student government at State University recently conducted a survey to gather more information on the high school backgrounds of entering freshmen.  There were 100 students interviewed and the following data were collected:                

28  took physics,

                             31  took biology,

                             42 took geometry,

                              9 took physics and biology,

                             10 took physics and geometry,

                              6 took biology and geometry, and

                              4 took all three subjects.

On the basis of these figures,

          a)  How many students took none of the three subjects?

          b)  How many students took physics, but not biology or geometry?

          c)  How many students took biology and physics but not geometry?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Possessions

 

          In a survey of 6500 people, 5100 had a car, 2280 had a pet, 5420 had a television set, 4800 had a TV and a car, 1500 had a TV and a pet, 1250 had a car and a pet, and 1100 had a TV, a car, and a pet.

a)  How many people had a TV and a pet, but did not have a car?

b)  How many people had neither a pet, a TV, nor a car?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Athletes

 

          Of the eighth graders at the Paxson school, there were 7 who played basketball, 9 who played volley ball, 10 who played soccer, 1 who played basketball and volleyball only, 1 who played basketball and soccer only, 2 who played volleyball, basketball, and soccer.  How many played one or more of the three sports?

 


Multiple Majors

 

          A survey was taken of 150 college freshmen.  Forty of them were majoring in Mathematics, 30 of them were majoring in English, 20 were majoring in Science, 7 had a double major of Math and English, and none had a double (or triple) major with Science.  How many students had majors other than Math, English, or Science?

** Hint:  None had a double (or triple) major with Science gives a lot of information**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV Viewing

 

          A class survey found that 25 students watched TV on Monday, 20 on Tuesday, and 16 on Wednesday.  Of those who watched TV on only one of these days, 11 chose Monday, 7 chose Tuesday, and 6 chose Wednesday.  If every student watches TV on at least 1 of these days and 7 students watched on all 3 days, find the smallest possible number of students in the class.