Measures of Central Tendency Quiz

Harley surveyed his classmates about how many siblings they have and got the following data: 0, 1, 3, 5, 4, 2, 2, 9, 1, 2, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3  Which  measure is best measure of center of the data?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

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?

4 , 8 , 5 , 17 , 5 , 4 , 9 , 5 , 6 , 82

• 4

• 9

• 6

• 5

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

Which is a synonym for "average?"

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

The following numbers were the result of data collected when students were asked how many pets they had in there home:

0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 6

What is the range of the data?

• 1.9

• 6

• 5

• 2

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

The following data set represents the responses from students when they were asked how many siblings they had:

1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 7

What is the average number of siblings for this set of students?

• About 2.6

• 6

• About 18

• About 2.4

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CCSS.4.MD.B.4

What is the mean for the data pictured?

• 10.4

• 10

• 10.5

• 11.1

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

How would the mode change if a five was removed from the data set?

4 , 8 , 5 , 17 , 5 , 4 , 9 , 5 , 6 , 82

• The mode would become a 4

• There would be two modes: 4 and 5

• There would be no mode

• The mode would stay the same

If you scored 76, 85, 97, and 83 on your math tests, then scored a 96 on a fifth test for the unit, how much would your median score change?

• It would increase by 12 points

• It would decrease by 4 points

• It would decrease by 1 point

• It would stay the same

The median of the numbers 34, 32, 12, 65, and 45 is...

• 12

• 32

• 34

• 65

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C