Measures of central tendency

What is the range?

• The sum of the largest and smallest number

• The number in the middle

• The difference between the largest and smallest number

• The number that appears most often

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CCSS.4.MD.B.4

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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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

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

• 4.1
• 6
• 4.5
• 4

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

The salary of the employees in the office were $15,000; $18,000; $16,000; $14,000; $90,000; and $17,000.  What is the best measure of the central tendency of the salaries?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

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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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

• spread
• mean
• outlier
• median

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.A.1

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

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

• 2
• 5
• 7
• 4

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

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 do you do if there are two numbers in "the middle" when you are finding the median?

• Pick your favorite number
• Add the two numbers in the middle & then divide by two.
• They are both the median
• None of the above

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5