Measures of Center

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

• 2
• The minimum
• The maximum
• The number of items

A data set can have more than one mode

• True
• False

A data set can have more than one median?

• True
• False

What is the mode?

• # happening the most
• the average
• biggest - smallest
• the middle #

In order to find the median, the data must be sorted from least to greatest first.

• True
• False

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

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.

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

• 9
• 5
• 3
• 7

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

• 20
• 18
• 11
• 19

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

• 4
• 4.1
• 5
• 4.5