Measures of Center & Spread

What is the mode?

• Number that occurs the most
• The Average
• The difference between the highest and lowest values
• The Number in the middle

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

What is the mean?

• The number that occurs the most
• The number in the middle
• The difference between the highest and lowest values
• The Average

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

What is the median?

• The number in the middle
• The difference between the highest and lowest values
• The number that occurs the most
• The average

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

The number of miles that Jenna cycled each week for a 7-week period is shown: 
36, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31 
What is the median number of miles Jenna cycled?

• 24
• 36
• 39
• 52

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.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?

• 5
• 6
• 9
• 11

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

Given the set of data below, what would be the most meaningful measure?
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 21

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

If a data set is bimodal, how many modes does it have?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

The mode score on the 6th grade math test was 94! Which of these interpretations must be correct?

• 94 was the highest score on the test.
• More students received a 94 than any other score
• No student scored below a 94
• A score of 91 was slightly below average.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

If you have two numbers in the middle, you should

• add them together and divide by two
• find the number in between the two
• find the mean of the two numbers
• all of these

Tags

CCSS.HSN.CN.B.6

Find the mean:
28, 18, 19, 18, 17

• 20
• 18
• 11
• 19

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3