Measures of Central Tendency Homework

If you score 76, 85, 97, and 83 on your math tests, what would your median score be? 

• 84
• 90
• 85
• 88

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

• 4.1
• 6
• 4.5
• 4

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

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

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

• spread
• mean
• outlier
• median

How many people watched more than 6 hours of TV?

• 10
• 5
• 20
• 17

Which interval has 400 employees?

• 33-43
• 0-10
• 77-87
• 66-76

What measure of central tendency (mean, median or mode) would be best for the following set of data?

0, 89, 92, 97, 99, 100

• Mode, because it is the one that shows up the most.

• Median, because there is an outlier. The outlier would influence the mean too much.

• Mean, because you should always use the mean.

• There is not a best measure of central tendency for this data.

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