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Measures of Central Tendencies

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What do you do if there are two numbers in "the middle" when you are finding the median?
a)
Pick your favorite number
b)
Add the two numbers in the middle & then divide by two.
c)
They are both the median
d)
None of the above
2.
How many cities have temperatures between 70 degrees and 99 degrees?
a)
44
b)
34
c)
26
d)
62
3.
What measure of central tendency (mean, median or mode) would be best for the following set of data?
0, 89, 92, 97, 99, 100
a)
Mode, because it is the one that shows up the most.
b)
Median, because there is an outlier.  The outlier could be incorrect and would influence the mean too much.
c)
Mean, because there is not an outlier.  You should always use the mean.
d)
There is not a best measure of central tendency for this data.
4.

Find the median: 12, 15, 13, 18, 23, 5?

a)

14

b)

16

c)

16.5

d)

18

5.

What is the mode in the following numbers? [3, 24, 3, 7, 30, 1, 3, 7, 3]

a)

3 and 7 both are modes

b)

1 and 7 both are modes

c)

3 only

d)

7 only

6.

What is the mode in the following numbers? [3, 24, 3, 7, 30, 1, 3, 7, 3]

a)

3 and 7 both are modes

b)

1 and 7 both are modes

c)

3 only

d)

7 only

7.

Ray’s music album had 15 rock songs, 8 karaokes, 12 hip hops, 10 pop songs,

15 lullabies, 13 jingles, and 17 rap songs. What is the mean?

a)

13.9

b)

12.9

c)

13

d)

15

8.

Nine conical flasks have sodium chloride solutions of different quantities. The

amount of solution (ml) in each flask is given below. What is the range of the data?

2, 10, 16, 2, 20, 18, 22, 14, 9

a)

19

b)

21

c)

18

d)

20

9.

Brayden traveled 3 miles by bus, 25 miles by a train, 9 miles by a van, 30 miles by

a car, 9 miles by a bike, and walked 2 miles to visit few historical monuments. What is the mode of the data?

a)

11

b)

13

c)

9

d)

12

10.

The three types of measures of central tendencies are

a)

Mode

b)

Mean

c)

Median

d)

Midpoint

11.

The mode of a set of data is

a)

the class with the highest frequency

b)

the value or data in the middle after the data is arranged in ascending or descending order.

c)

the value obtained when the sum of the data values is divided by the number of data.

d)

the highest value of its frequency.

12.

____________________ is a value that is too small or too large in a set of data.

a)

Extreme value

b)

Midpoint

c)

Frequency

d)

Class mode

13.

A uniform change in data will result in a uniform change in values for _________________________________ .

a)

median

b)

mode

c)

mean

d)

class mode

14.

State the mode for the size of shirts.

a)

SS

b)

M

c)

L

d)

XL

e)

XXL

15.

Which measures of central tendency is suitable to describe situation below?


Students’ favourite television programmes in your class.

a)

Mode

b)

Mean

c)

Median

16.

Which measures of central tendency is suitable to describe situation below?


Number of pets owned by Form 2 Amanah students.

a)

Mode

b)

Mean

c)

Median

17.

Which measures of central tendency is not suitable to describe situation below?


The number of students for school societies and uniformed bodies

a)

Mean

b)

Mode

c)

Median

18.

3, 200, 4, 10, 50, 7, 90, 3, 50, 11, 3.


Determine the median.

a)

7

b)

10

c)

11

d)

50

19.

7, 5, 7, 8, 3, 12.


Determine the median.

a)

3

b)

5

c)

7

d)

8

e)

12

20.

Determine the mode.

a)

2 children

b)

3 children

c)

4 children

d)

5 children