Measures of Central Tendency Practice

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

A data set can have more than one _______

• Median
• Mode
• Mean
• Midrange

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

In the last 5 games, Kevin Durant scored 22, 22, 18, 12, and 21 points. What is Durant's Mean (Average) score per game?

•  19 points per game
• 95 points per game
• 18.6 points per game
• 22 points per game

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What do you do if there are two numbers in "the middle" when you are finding the median?

• Pick your favorite number
• Add the two numbers in the middle & then divide by two.
• They are both the median
• None of the above

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

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

• 2.
• The smallest number
• The largest number
• The number of items in the set.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

Dr. Dre is a dentist. He needs to report on the average (Mean) number of cavities that his patients have.

1, 0, 1, 5, 0, 3, 4. What is the average number of cavities?

• 14

• 2

• 7

• 1

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the range?

• The sum of the largest and smallest number

• The number in the middle

• The difference between the largest and smallest number

• The number that appears most often

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What is the median?

• The number in the middle when the numbers are in order from least to greatest.

• The difference between the largest and smallest number.

• The average

• The number that appears most often.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the mode?

• The average
• The number that appears most often.
• The largest number - the smallest number
• The number in the middle.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

When you are trying to find the MEDIAN of a set of data and 2 numbers are left in the middle after putting them in order from least to greatest, what do you do?

• List both of the numbers as the Median.
• Add the two numbers together and divide by 2.
• Pick the one that you want.
• Subtract the two numbers.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C