Median, Mode, Mean, and Range

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.

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.

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

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

What is the median number of miles Jenna cycled?

• 24

• 39

• 36

• 52

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

• 10

• 12

• 10 and 12

• No Mode

Match the following terms with its correct definition.

• The middle value in a list of numbers when arranged in ascending order

• Mode

• The difference between the highest and lowest values in a set of numbers

• Mean or Average

• The sum of all values divided by the total number of values

• Median

• The number that appears most frequently in a set of numbers

• Range

• Add together, and divide by 2.

• What if there are 2 numbers in the middle?

Read the definition and match each word to the correct box.

• Range

• Measure of variation that represents the spread of a set of data.

• Median

• Measure of center that occurs most often in a data set.

• Mean

• Measure of center that lies in the middle of a set of data arranged in order

• Mode

• Measure of center that represents the fair share of a set of data.

Look at these numbers - 11, 11, 7, 18, 8. What is the correct way to put them in order so you can find the median?

• 18, 11, 11, 8, 7

• 11, 7, 8, 18, 11

• 8, 7, 11, 11, 18

• 7, 8, 11, 11, 18

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

What is the mode?

• The average

• The number that appears most often.

• The largest number - the smallest number

• The number in the middle.

A data set can have more than one mode

• True

• False