AFDA Day 64: Measures of Central Tendency

Gary has taken an aptitude test 8 times and his scores are 96, 98, 98, 105, 36, 87, 95, and 93. Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate for his scores?

• Median

• Mode

• Mean

• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

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

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

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

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

The temperature received till Friday was 34, 38, 36, 30 and 31. If the temperature on Saturday drops to 11^oC, how does the inclusion of Saturday's temperature affect the weekly mean temperature?

• increase

• decreases

• does not change

• can not be determined

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

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

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

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

he number of roses grown in each garden in a particular month is represented in a pictograph. What is the mean number of roses grown in that month?

• 70

• 7

• 20

• 280

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

The stem-and-leaf plot shows the age of all the U.S. Olympic Soccer Team players. Find the median age of the players.

• 26.5

• 26

• 25

• 25.5

The mode score on the 6th grade math test was 94! Which of these interpretations must be correct?

• 99 was the highest score on the test.
• More students received a 94 than any other score
• No student scored below a 50
• A score of 91 was slightly below average.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

A data set can have more than one _______

• Median
• Mode
• Mean
• Midrange

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C