Choosing Mean Median Mode

Alfonso plays basketball on a team. He has played three games so far. In the first game, he scored 10 points. In the second game, he scored 16 points. In the third game, he scored 7 points. What is Alfonso's average points per game?

• 9 Points

• 10 Points

• 11 Points

The mean of a data set can be found by...

• subtracting the minimum from the maximum

• choosing the middle number

• choosing the number that occurs most

• finding the sum of the numbers and then dividing by the total amount of numbers in the data set

The median of a data set can be found by...

• subtracting the minimum from the maximum

• choosing the middle number

• choosing the number that occurs most

• finding the sum of the numbers and then dividing by the total amount of numbers in the data set

The mode of a data set can be found by...

• subtracting the minimum from the maximum

• choosing the middle number

• choosing the number that occurs most

• finding the sum of the numbers and then dividing by the total amount of numbers in the data set

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

• 34

• 32

• 12

• 65

There can be more than one mode

• True

• False

Find the mean of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

• 7

• 3

• 4

• 2

The data set {12, 18, 24, 30}

The mean=21 The median=21

How will the mean and median be affected by adding 16 to the data set ?

• mean will increase

• median will increase

• mean will decrease

• median will decrease

• both will stay the same

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.

In order to find the median, the data must be sorted from least to greatest first.

• True

• False