Measures of Center

The number of pages that Mrs Reed 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?

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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

What is the mode?

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

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

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

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

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

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

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.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

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

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

The number of miles that Mr. Hays cycled each week for a 7-week period is shown:

36, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31

What is the median number of miles Mr. Hays cycled?

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

At Donald's Donuts the number of donut holes in a bag can vary. Help Donald find the MODE.

12 , 10 , 10 , 10 , 13 , 12 , 11 , 13 , 10

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the MEDIAN of this set of data?

10, 90, 80, 60, 50, 40, 70, 30, 20, 100

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C