Select the Best Measure of Center

The data set below represents the number of pets owned by each student in Mrs. Mullins' class. 1, 8, 5, 1, 4, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 11, 4, 6, 3, 7 What is the mean number of pets owned by the students in Mrs. Mullins' class?

• 4

• 3

• 1

• 2

This data represents Mr. Jone's bowling scores.

90, 105, 120, 125, 135, 145, 160, 160, 175, 205

Find the median for the set of data.

• 140

• 160

• 142

• 115

Richard wants to find out his current grade in math class after taking five quizzes. Which measure of center would be best for him to use?

• Range

• Mode

• Mean

• Median

When voting for class president, which measure of center would be best to analyze the

data gathered?

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

Which of the following terms represent measures of center? You must select ALL correct answers!

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

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

• 2

• The minimum

• The maximum

• The number of items

What is the mode?

• number occuring the most

• the average

• Difference between maximum and minimum

• the middle number

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

• 36

• 39

• 52

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

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

• 4.1

• 6

• 4.5

• 4