Measures of Central Tendency

The ____________ is the measure of central tendency that represents the middle number in a set of data.

• Mode

• Mean

• Principal

• Median

In order to find the ____________, we add up all of the numbers in the data set and then divide the sum by the number of numbers.

• Mean

• Mode

• Upper Quartile

• Median

The number that appears the most in a data set is commonly known as the ___________.

• Mean

• Range

• Mode

• Average

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The ______________ can be found by subtracting the lowest value from the highest value.

An OUTLIER in a set of data is a number that is far away from the rest of the numbers.

Identify the OUTLIER in this data set.

5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 53

• 5

• 53

• 0

• 15

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

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

• 4.1
• 6
• 4.5
• 4

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Find the median of these numbers:
4, 2, 7, 4, 3

• 2
• 5
• 7
• 4

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

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?

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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