Measures of Central Tendency

Is this a statistical question: How many emails do you send each each day?

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.6.SP.A.1

Is this a statistical question: How many players are on the Springfield football team?

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.6.SP.A.1

Is this a statistical question: How many people in Coach Knight's classes are in the band?

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.6.SP.A.1

What is a measure of center? (Select ALL that apply.)

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Outlier

• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

If you score 76, 85, 97, and 83 on your math tests, what would your median score be? 

• 84
• 90
• 85
• 88

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Find the mean of these numbers:
5, 11, 2, 12, 4, 2

• 4.1
• 6
• 4.5
• 4

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

The heights of the starting 5 players on a basketball team are 60 inches, 67 inches, 64 inches, and 65 inches.  If the mean or balance point of the players is 65, what is the height of the 5th player?

• 70
• 69
• 61
• 68

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Harley surveyed his classmates about how many siblings they have and got the following data: 0, 1, 3, 5, 4, 2, 2, 9, 1, 2, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3 Which is the best measure of center of the data?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Brittany surveyed her classmates about whether or not they liked the book or the movie version of the Hunger Games better. She collected the following data. If she wants to show which version people liked the most, which measure of center does this represent?

Book: 18

Movie: 8

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

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