Z-Distribution

Practice Questions

GRE Subject Test: Math › Z-Distribution

Questions
8
1

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?

2

What is the -score for a value of 115 when the mean of the population is 103 and the standard deviation is 8?

3

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?

4

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?

5

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?

6

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?

7

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?

8

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?

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