PETA 4.4 Measures of Central Tendency

Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate for a data that describes the heights of grade 5 students?

• Mode

• Outlier

• Mean

• Median

The scores shown below were received by four science teams named A, B, C, and D in an examination. Each team reported an "average" of 90. Which of the following is true for the measure of central tendency that was used by the team?

A: 80, 85, 90, 95, 100

B: 93, 92, 90, 90, 91

C: 80, 86, 95, 92, 90

D: 85, 90, 90, 90, 90

• Team D used mean

• Team C used mode

• Team A used mean

• Team B used median

A survey was conducted by a chocolate manufacturing company, about the likes and dislikes of the flavors they marketed. Which measure of central tendency will help them most to make their choice of the most liked flavor?

• Mean

• Range

• Mode

• Median

The price of a cheese pizza in five different pizza delivery shops are 5, 5, 4, 6, 6, 8, and $7. Find the mean price of a cheese pizza.

• $7

• $4

• $5

• $6

Mathew sold 78 apples on Monday, 58 apples on Tuesday, 80 apples on Wednesday, and 64 apples on Thursday. Find the average number of apples sold by Mathew.

• 60

• 50

• 70

• 140

What is the Mode?
4,8,5,17,5,4,9,5,6,82

• 4
• 9
• 84
• 5

What is the Median?

34,98,12,45,61

• 98

• 12

• 34

• 45

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

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

• 127
• 155
• 156
• 193

Calculate the mean from the given list.

• 28

• 27

• 30

• 29