2000 CEMC Gauss (Grade 8) Problems/Problem 5

Problem

The graph shows the complete scoring summary for the last game played by the eight players on Gaussian Guardians intramural basketball team. The total number of points scored by the Gaussian Guardians was


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$\text{ (A) }\ 54 \qquad\text{ (B) }\ 8 \qquad\text{ (C) }\ 12 \qquad\text{ (D) }\ 58 \qquad\text{ (E) }\ 46$

Solution

We can simply look at the bar graph/chart to see how many points each person got, and then add everything up.

Daniel got $7$ points, Curtis got $8$, Sid got $2$, Emily got $11$, Kalyn got $6$, Hyojeong got $12$, Ty got $1$, and Winston got $7$.

We can now find the total:

$7 + 8 + 2 + 11 + 6 + 12 + 1 + 7 = 15 + 13 + 18 + 8$

$=28 + 26 = \boxed {\textbf {(A) } 54}$

~anabel.disher