measures of central tendency

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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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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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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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

The heights of six students in a class are given below:
158cm     172cm      164cm
164cm     167cm      159cm
 However, there were actually seven students in the class, and the mean height in the class was 165 cm. What was the height of the unknown student?

• 164 cm
• 166 cm
• 171 cm
• 169 cm

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A survey asked 6th graders their favorite lunch and got the following results:
Pizza: 150
Nachos: 75
Spaghetti: 25

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.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  measure is best measure of center of the data?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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Brittany surveyed her classmates about whether or not they liked the book or the movie version of the Hunger Games better.
Book: 18
Movie: 8

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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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 the median?

• The number in the middle when the numbers are in order from least to greatest.

• The difference between the largest and smallest number.

• The average

• The number that appears most often.

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