Median, Mode, and Range

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What is the mode in a set of numbers?

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The mode is the number that appears most frequently in a data set.

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Find the mode of the following numbers: 12, 10, 10, 10, 13, 12, 11, 13, 10.

Back

10

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What is the median in a set of numbers?

Back

The median is the middle number in a sorted list of numbers.

Front

Find the median of the following numbers: 7, 1, 1, 7, 1, 4, 1.

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1

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What is the range in a set of numbers?

Back

The range is the difference between the largest and smallest numbers in a data set.

Front

Find the range of the following numbers: 12, 5, 9, 18, 22, 25, 5.

Back

20

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How do you calculate the median?

Back

1. Sort the numbers in order. 2. If there is an odd number of values, the median is the middle number. If even, it is the average of the two middle numbers.

Front

Find the median of the following temperatures: 48, 65, 60, 45, 54, 64, 70, 45.

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57

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What is the formula for finding the range?

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Range = Greatest number - Smallest number.

Front

What does it mean if a number is the mode?

Back

It means that this number occurs more often than any other number in the data set.