GRE Subject Test: Math › Z-Distribution
A bread maker has an average life of 9 years, with a variance of 4 years. What is the z-score associated with the probability that a bread maker lasts less than 13 years?
What is the -score for a value of 115 when the mean of the population is 103 and the standard deviation is 8?
Natalie took her university placement examinations in Spanish and math. In Spanish, she scored 82; in math, she scored 86. The results of the Spanish exam had a mean of 72 and a standard deviation of 8. The results of the math exam had a mean of 68 and a standard deviation of 12. On which exam did Natalie do better, compared with the rest of her peers taking these placement exams?
A population of values has a mean of 43 and a standard deviation of 12. One of the values in the population is 49. What is the Z-score for that value?
This year's harvest, the apples had a mean mass of with a standard deviation of
. You pick an apple from the harvest and find its mass to be
.
What is the z-score of the apple you picked?
The average score on the statistics final exam was 85 and the standard deviation was . Chris scored a
. Chris scored higher than what percent of his class?
The z-score is also known as the standard score.
The average temperature for all the days preceding the last for the month of February was 55 degrees Farhenheit, with a standard deviation of 5 degrees.
On the last day, the temperature was 73 degrees F. What is the z-score for the temperature on the last day?
A population has a standard deviation of and a mean of
. One of the values in the population is
. What is the z score for that value?