A pair of fair dice are tossed. Which is the greater quantity?

(a) The probability that the sum will be at least eight

(b) The probability that the sum will be at most six

Below is a table that gives the population of Washington City for five census years.

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) The population increase in Washington City from 1970 to 1975

(b) The population increase in Washington City from 1975 to 1980

A popular word game uses one hundred tiles, each of which is marked with a letter or a blank. The distribution of the tiles is shown above, with each letter paired with the number of tiles marked with that letter. Notice that there are two blank tiles.

All of the tiles are put in a box except for the unique tiles; they are replaced by five tiles from another set - one of each of the five vowels ("Y" is considered a consonant here). A tile is drawn at random. Which is the greater quantity?

(a) The probability that the tile is a consonant

(b)

The beverage menu from a coffeehouse reads as follows:

Eight friends go out for drinks. Three order cappuccino, two order espresso, one orders Americano, one orders Turkish coffee, and one orders cafe latte. One of the eight agrees to leave the entire amount of the tip, which is to be 20% of the check. How much will be the amount of the tip (round to the nearest dime)?

Refer to the above circle graph. Which of these quantities is greater?

(a) The number of votes won by Hawley

(b) The number of votes won by Wells

Refer to the above circle graph. Which of these quantities is greater?

(a) The number of students who voted

(b) The number of students who did not vote

Above is a part of a schedule of flight arrivals; the common destination is Atlanta, Georgia, which is located in the Eastern Time Zone. New York is also in the Eastern Time Zone (ET); Chicago and Houston are in the Central Time Zone, which is one hour behind ET; Denver is in the Mountain Time Zone, two hours behind ET; Los Angeles is in the Pacific Time Zone, three hours behind ET. All arrival times are PM and are given in Eastern Time.

Flight 289 lasted 1 hour 57 minutes. When it took off, what time was it at the location of its departure?

A standard deck of cards is altered by removing two jacks. A card is drawn at random from this altered deck. Which is the greater quantity?

(a) The probability of drawing a red card

(b) The probability of drawing a black card

Two standard decks of cards are altered as follows: the jacks from Deck 1 are switched with the aces from Deck 2.

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) The probability that a card randomly drawn from Deck 1 is black

(b) The probability that a card randomly drawn from Deck 2 is black

Refer to the above graph, which shows the high and low temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit for Kingdom City over a one-week period.

Which is the greater quantity?

(a) The temperature in Kingdom City at noon on Friday

(b) 70 degrees