Measures of Central Tendency

This statistical number is the middle number of the data set.

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Kayte took a sample of 50 pieces of data.  She added up all of the pieces of data and then divided by 50.  What measure of center is she working on?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

A set of data is given: 3, 7, 11, 11, 16
Jesse calculated a measure of central tendency and got 9.6, which measure of central tendency did he just calculate?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Calculate the median for this set of data
22, 32, 44, 11, 5, 28, 19, 30.

• Median=22
• Median=24.5
• Median=25
• Median=28

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

Calculate the median for this set of data.
100, 55, 98, 140, 101, 98, 53, 57, 70

• 101
• 100
• 98.5
• 98

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

Which set of data has a higher mean?
BOB:  1.3, 3.1, 4.1, 2.5, 2.2,  2.8
MEGAN: 5.5, 1.1, 1.2, 2.4, 3.8, 2.0, 1.9

• BOB > MEGAN
• BOB < MEGAN
• BOB=MEGAN

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.NS.B.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

Madison has test scores of 93, 82, 86, and 75. What must she score on her next test to have an average of 86?

• 94
• 90
• 86
• 88

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

What is the Mode?
4,8,5,17,5,4,9,5,6,82

• 4
• 9
• 84
• 5

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

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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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2