Measures of Center-Smith

the following is time (in seconds) taken for five men to run in a sprint race
59,65,61,62,55
what is the mean of the time taken?

• 60.0
• 60.4
• 61.0
• 61.4

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

what is the most appropriate measure of central tendency for 
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• mode
• mean
• median

what is the most appropriate measure of central tendency for the results of a mathematics test?

• mode
• median
• mean

In the last 5 games, Kevin Durant scored 22, 22, 18, 12, and 21 points. What is Durant's Mean (Average) score per game?

•  19 points per game
• 95 points per game
• 18.6 points per game
• 22 points per game

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

What is an outlier?

• A value that is much less or much greater than the other values in a data set.
• The difference between the upper and lower quartiles of a data set.
• The mean of the distances from each data value in a set to the mean of a set.
• The difference between the greatest and least numbers in a data set.

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

Your math grades are 90, 85, 0, 90, 80, 100, and 90.  Which grade is the outlier?

• 90
• 0

The mode score on the 6th grade math test was 94! Which of these interpretations must be correct?

• 99 was the highest score on the test.
• More students received a 94 than any other score
• No student scored below a 50
• A score of 91 was slightly below average.

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Dr. Dre is a dentist. He needs to report on the average number of cavities that his patients have.
1,0,1,5,6,3,4

• 3.33
• 2.86
• 3
• 3.5

Find the mean, median, and mode/s of the data.
2, 8, 10, 12, 56, 9, 5, 2, 4

• mean: 12  median: 10  mode:2
• mean: 12  median: 8 mode:2
• mean:14 median: 10  mode:2

In order to find the median, the data must be sorted from least to greatest first.

• True
• False