Measures of Center Quick Check

What is the definition of the mean?

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

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Find the median:
5, 6, 3, 9, 0, 4, 1, 2, 7

• 4
• 4.1
• 5
• 4.5

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

When finding the median, what do you do if there are two middle numbers?

• Add them together and divide by 2
• Write them both as the answer
• Give up
• Pick one

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Find the mode:
5, 0, 9, 9, 3, 0, 5, 5, 4

• 9
• 5
• 3
• 7

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

What is the range?

• 10

• 12

• 15

• 2 - 12

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

Band members are selling magazines to raise $150 for

a school dance. The bar graph shows the amount of the

sales so far. How much more money do the band

members need to raise?

• $10

• $20

• $130

• $280

Marie took a poll of the time students in her class went

to bed last night. The dot plot shows the results of

Marie’s poll. How many more students went to bed

before 9:30 P.M. compared to the number of students

that went to bed at 9:30 P.M. or later?

• 1 Student

• 6 Students

• 9 Students

• 16 Students

A custodian at an elementary school is painting the

playground. The custodian asked students in the

school what color they wanted the playground painted.

The results are shown in the graph. How many more

students voted for orange than for blue or yellow?

• 20 Students

• 30 Students

• 40 Students

• 50 Students

Ms. O’Conner took a poll of 80 students to find out

how they get to school. How many more students get

to school on a bus than in a car?

• 8 Students

• 12 students

• 24 Students

• 32 Students

Rachel collects animal figurines. How many more

zebras does she need to collect to have more zebras

than any other animal?

• 2 zebras

• 3 zebras

• 4 zebras

• 5 zebras