
Exploring Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, and Mode

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Mathematics
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6th - 8th Grade
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Jackson Turner
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What term describes numbers like mean, median, and mode that summarize data sets?
Measures of central tendency
Clusters
Graphical representations
Data summaries
Tags
CCSS.6.SP.A.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How is the mean calculated from a set of numbers?
Find the middle value
Subtract smallest from largest
Most frequent number
Sum all numbers and divide by count
Tags
CCSS.6.SP.B.5C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What must be done to a data set before finding the median?
Convert all numbers to positive
Arrange numbers in descending order
Arrange numbers in ascending order
Remove any outliers
Tags
CCSS.6.SP.B.5C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In a data set, if there are two middle numbers, how is the median determined?
Choose the larger number
Average the two numbers
Choose the smaller number
Recollect more data
Tags
CCSS.6.SP.B.5C
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the mode represent in a data set?
The average of all numbers
The middle value
The difference between highest and lowest values
The most frequently occurring number
Tags
CCSS.6.SP.B.5C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When is it preferable to use the median instead of the mean?
When data points are few
When data points are evenly distributed
When there are extreme values in the data set
When all data points are identical
Tags
CCSS.6.SP.B.5D
CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which measure of central tendency is typically used when data points are close to each other?
Range
Mode
Median
Mean
Tags
CCSS.6.SP.B.5D
CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2
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