Statistics and Averages Quiz

A small business had the following sales figures for five days: $120, $150, $110, $180, and $140. What was the mean daily sales amount?

• $135

• $140

• $150

• $120

The number of hours a group of volunteers spent on a project were: 3, 5, 2, 6, 5, 4, and 5. What was the median number of hours spent?

• 4

• 5

• 4.5

• 6

A teacher recorded the number of pencils each student had: 2, 3, 1, 2, 4, 2, 5, 3, and 2. What is the mode of the number of pencils?

• 2

• 3

• 2.5

• 4

The prices of movie tickets at a theater are $8, $10, $7, $12, and $9. What is the range of these ticket prices?

• $4

• $5

• $6

• $7

A customer bought the following number of items on four shopping trips: 7, 12, 9, and 10. What was the average (mean) number of items bought per trip?

• 9

• 9.5

• 10

• 10.5

The ages of six employees at a company are 28, 35, 22, 41, 30, and 28. What is the median age of these employees?

• 28

• 29

• 30

A gardener counted the number of tomatoes on each of seven plants: 15, 18, 12, 15, 20, 15, and 17. What is the mode of the number of tomatoes?

• 12

• 15

• 16

• 20

The daily number of visitors to a museum for a week were: 45, 52, 38, 60, 48, 50, and 42. What is the range in the number of visitors?

• 12

• 18

• 22

• 28

A student's scores on four quizzes were 85, 92, 78, and 95. What was the mean score on these quizzes?

• 87.5

• 88

• 89

• 90

The number of miles run by a person each day for five days were: 3, 5, 4, 6, and 4. What is the median number of miles run?

• 3

• 4

• 4.5

• 5