MCAS Review: Measures of Central Tendency

The number of pages that Carolyn wrote in her journal each day from Monday to Friday is shown below: 
9, 8, 12, 6, 10
What is the mean number of pages she wrote per day?

• 5
• 6
• 9
• 11

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What is the mode?

• The value that occurs the most often in a data set
• The middle number in an ordered set of data
• The sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the size
• The sum of the between the greatest and the least elements, divided by two

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What is the mean?

• The value that occurs the most often in a data set
• The middle number in an ordered set of data
• The sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the size
• The sum of the between the greatest and the least elements, divided by two

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What is the median?

• The value that occurs the most often in a data set
• The middle number in an ordered set of data
• The sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the size
• The sum of the between the greatest and the least elements, divided by two

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At Donald's Donuts the number of donut holes in a bag can vary. Help Donald find the mode of the number of donut holes per bag described in the sample below:
{12,10,10,10,13,12,11,13,10}

• 13
• 12
• 11
• 10

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On a container ship there were 30 small containers that each weighed 3 tons, 20 medium containers that each weighed 5 tons, and 10 large containers that each weighed 8 tons.
Find the mean weight of the containers on this ship.

• 4.5 tons
• 4 tons
• 5 tons
• 5.5 tons

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Roger bowled 7 games last weekend. His scores are: 155, 165, 138, 172, 127, 193, 142. What is Roger's median score?

• 127
• 155
• 156
• 193

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Paulo got these markers in three tests: 72, 80 and 82. He had one more test to sit. He wanted an average of 80 for the four tests. What mark must he get in the fourth test?

• 78
• 80
• 84
• 86

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The heights of some students are given.
158cm     172cm      164cm
164cm     167cm      159cm
 What is the range of the heights?

• 13cm
• 14cm
• 164cm
• 330cm

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What do you do if there are two numbers in "the middle" when you are finding the median?

• Pick your favorite number
• Add the two numbers in the middle & then divide by two.
• They are both the median
• None of the above

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