Measure of Central Tendency

The mean of a data set can be found by...

• subtracting the minimum from the maximum

• choosing the middle number

• choosing the number that occurs most

• finding the sum of the numbers and then dividing by the total amount of numbers in the data set

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

The median of a data set can be found by...

• subtracting the minimum from the maximum

• choosing the middle number

• choosing the number that occurs most

• finding the sum of the numbers and then dividing by the total amount of numbers in the data set

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

Find x if 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17 and x have a mean of 12.

• 15
• 16
• 17
• 18

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

Towards the end of season, a netballer had played 14 matches and had an average of 16.5 goals per game. In the final two matches of the season she threw 21 goals and 24 goals. Find the netballer’s new average.

• 18.46
• 11.37
• 19.01
• 17.25

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

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.6.SP.B.5C

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

• 4.1
• 6
• 4.5
• 4

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

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.6.SP.B.5C

A survey asked 6th graders their favorite lunch and got the following results:
Pizza: 150
Nachos: 75
Spaghetti: 25

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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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.5C

What is the mode?

• The value that occurs the most often in a data set
• The middle number in an ordered set of data
• The sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the size
• The sum of the between the greatest and the least elements, divided by two

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C