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

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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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

What is the mode?

• The average
• The number that appears most often.
• The largest number - the smallest number
• The number in the middle.

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

To find the average of a set of numbers, add up all the items and divide by...

• 2.
• The smallest number
• The largest number
• The number of items in the set.

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

A data set can have more than one mode

• True
• False

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

When you are trying to find the MEDIAN of a set of data and 2 numbers are left in the middle after putting them in order from least to greatest, what do you do?

• List both of the numbers as the Median.
• Add the two numbers together and divide by 2.
• Pick the one that you want.
• Subtract the two numbers.

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Roger bowled 7 games last weekend. His scores are: 155, 165, 138, 172, 127, 193, 142. What is the range of Roger's scores?

• 193
• 127
• 60
• 66

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

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

• 99 was the highest score on the test.
• More students received a 94 than any other score
• No student scored below a 50
• A score of 91 was slightly below average.

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

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

• 39

• 36

• 52

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Dr. Dre is a dentist. He needs to report on the average (Mean) number of cavities that his patients have.

1, 0, 1, 5, 0, 3, 4. What is the average number of cavities?

• 14

• 2

• 7

• 1

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3