WorksheetsMeasure of Central Tendency
Total questions: 149
Worksheet time: 8hrs 11mins
The Mean, Median, Mode, and Range are also known as?
Central Tendency Measures
Middle values
Center values
Tendency of the middle
What is the mode?
The middle number in an ordered set of data.
The difference between the greatest and least amount in the data set
The value that occurs the most often in a data set
The sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the size
Which is a synonym for "average?"
median
mode
range
mean
What do you do if there are two numbers in "the middle" when you are finding the median?
Pick your favorite number
They are both the median
Find the mean of the two numbers
None of the above
There can be more than one mean
True
False
There can be more than one mode
True
False
What is the mode of the following data set...
4 , 8 , 5 , 17 , 5 , 4 , 9 , 5 , 6 , 82
4
9
6
5
If you score 76, 85, 97, and 83 on your math tests for the unit, what would your median score be?
84
90
85
88
Find the mean of these numbers:
5, 11, 2, 12, 4, 2
2
6
4.5
5
The range of the numbers 34, 32, 12, 65, and 45 is...
11
32
53
38
The average temperatures across Washington, Texas, Oklahoma, New York, Missouri, Georgia, Hawaii and Michigan are 48°F, 65°F, 60°F, 45°F, 54°F, 64°F, 70°F and 45°F respectively. Find the median.
25° F
57° F
56°
50° F
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
4, 2, 7, 4, 3
0, 89, 92, 97, 99, 100
What is the mode in the following numbers? [3, 24, 3, 7, 30, 1, 3, 7, 3]
3 and 7 both are modes
1 and 7 both are modes
3 only
7 only
7,13,18,24,9,3,18
which score occurred most often?
59,65,61,62,55
what is the mean of the time taken?
100, 101, 102, 100, 101, 102, 100, 101, 102, 100
9, 8, 12, 6, 10
What is the mean number of pages she wrote per day?
36, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31
What is the mean number of miles Jenna cycled?
5, 4, 7, 15, 12, ___
What is the RANGE of her test scores?
158cm 172cm 164cm
164cm 167cm 159cm
What is the range of the heights?
4, 2, 7, 5, 3, 5
7,13,18,24,9,3,18
which score occurred most often?
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
What is the range?
The sum of the largest and smallest number
The number in the middle
The difference between the largest and smallest number
The number that appears most often
What is the median?
The number in the middle when the numbers are in order from least to greatest.
The difference between the largest and smallest number.
The average
The number that appears most often.
3, 18, 2, 0, 1, 0, 2, 1
What is the mean of the following set of data?
13, 27, 58, 19, 22, 43, 71, 9, 13, 37, 27, 59, 13, 20, 42, 48, 39, 13, 47
28.35
32.63
38.77
51.04
What is the range of the following set of data?
13, 27, 58, 19, 22, 43, 71, 9, 13, 37, 27, 59, 13, 20, 42, 48, 39, 13, 47
9
48
62
71
Identify the outlier in the following data set.
48, 46, 52, 92, 57, 58, 52, 61, 56
48
56
61
92
Lars has a score of 89 for each of his first 3 science quizzes. The score on his fourth quiz is 92. What score does he need on his fifth quiz to have an average of 90?
89
90
91
92
What is another word for mean?
average
sum
middle
frequent
What is another word for median?
average
sum
middle
frequent
What is mode?
the number that occurs the most in a data set
the average of all the numbers
the middle number in the data
the range of the data
What is the mean of the data below?
1 , 5 , 10 , 11 , 20
10
19
9.4
9.1
What is the median of the data below?
20 , 3 , 17 , 1 , 5 , 4
4
5
4.5
4,5
What is the mode of the data below?
12 , 14 , 5 , 12 , 5 , 12 , 11
5
12
5 and 12
8.5
In the first round of the playoffs, Ben Simmons points (in each game) was listed below. How many points per game is he averaging in the playoffs?
17 , 24 , 19 , 17 , 14
16.8
17
17.8
18.2
It is the science concerned with developing and studying methods for collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting empirical data.
Statistics
Research
Mathematics
Measures of Central Tendency
It is the measure of central tendency used when one data is more important than the other data.
mean
median
mode
weighted mean
Your grade in Statistics are 88, 91 and 90.
What should be your next grade to get an average of 90?
91
89
90
88
What is the mean of the following numbers? 10, 39, 71, 39, 76, 38, 25
42
39
42.6
35.5
What number would you divide by to calculate the mean of 3, 4, 5, and 6?
6
3
5
4
What measure of central tendency is calculated by adding all the values and dividing the sum by the number of values?
Mean
Median
Mode
Typical Value
The mean of four numbers is 71.5. If three of the numbers are 58, 76, and 88, what is the value of the fourth number?
64
60
76
82
Determine the mean of the following set of numbers:
40, 61, 95, 79, 9, 50, 80, 63, 109, 42
61.8
62
62.8
63
The front row in a movie theatre has 23 seats. If you were asked to sit in the seat that occupied the median position, in which seat would you have to sit?
1
11
23
12
What is the median of the following numbers:
10, 9, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3
5
6
7
8
A set of four numbers that begins with the number 32 is arranged from smallest to largest. If the median is 35, which of the following could possibly be the set of numbers?
32, 32, 36, 38
32, 35, 38, 41
32, 34, 36, 35
32, 36, 40, 44
What is the term used to describe the distribution of a data set with one mode?
Multimodal
Unimodal
No mode
Bimodal
What is the mode of the following numbers? 12, 11, 14, 10, 8, 13, 11, 9
10
14
8
11
Which of the following measures can have more than one value for a set of data?
Mean
Median
Mode
None of these
What are the modes of the following sets of numbers?
12, 0, 15, 15, 13, 19, 16, 13, 16, 16
13
15
13,15,16
16
A group of students obtained the following scores in math quiz: Find the mode.
8, 7, 9, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3,7
7
8, 7
9
10
Cassandra’s Candles sold the following number of candles over the last 6
days: 25, 48, 25, 33, 57, 50. What was the average number of candles
sold each day?
38
39.7
39
38.7
What is the middle value in a set of data arranged in numerical order?
Mean
Median
Mode
Variance
To find the ________, add up all the numbers, then divide by how many numbers there are.
mean
median
mode
sum
Find the mean of the numbers below:
1, 3, 5, 7
2
4
6
8
Find the mean of these numbers: 2, 4, 4, 3, 2.
2
3
4
5
Dr. Dela Cruz is a dentist. He needs to report on the average number of cavities that his patients have. Below is the number of cavities of her patients;
1, 1, 5, 6, 3, 8
6
5
4
3
To find the ________ you put all numbers in order from least to greatest and find the number that is in the middle.
mean
median
mode
sum
What is the median of 1, 3, 1, 2, 4?
1
2
3
4
What is the median of the following data set: 1, 1, 2, 4, 4, 6?
1
2
3
4
What is mode?
the number that occurs the most in a data set
the average of all the numbers
the middle number in the data
the range of the data
If a data set is bimodal, how many modes does it have?
1
2
3
4
At Danny's Donuts the number of donut holes in a bag can vary. Help Danny find the mode. 12, 10, 10, 10, 13, 12, 11, 13, 10
10
11
12
13
Your team scores:
10 points in the first game,
3 points in the second game,
2 points in the third game,
5 points in the fourth game, and
0 points in the fifth game.
What was the mean number of points your team scored for all 5 games?
What is the mean?
5, 4, 7, 15, 12, ___
Black Blue Red
Pink Black Black
Gray Green Blue
Blue Blue Red
Yellow Blue Red
What is the class size (h) of the class 15 - 30?
15
30
22
22.5
Estimate the mean weight
63.5
65
67.2
70.1
How many people took the survey?
50
150
100
200
What is the mode for this table of data?
3
1
13
15
For this table of information, how many 1s occurred in the data?
3
5
none
impossible to know
For this table of data, what is the modal class?
0-<10
30-<40
20-<30
40-<50
For this grouped data, what is the mean?
20
25
27
30
Find the median class of this data.
0 < x <= 20
20 < x <= 35
35 < x <= 45
45 < x <= 65
Find the mean.
10
20
30
40
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘵
Mean
Median
Mode
Range
Catherine took a sample of 50 pieces of data. She added up all of the pieces of data and then divided by 50. What measure of center is she working on?
Mean
Median
Mode
Range
A set of data is given: 3, 7, 11, 11, 16
Jesse calculated a measure of central tendency and got 9.6, which measure of central tendency did he just calculate?
Mean
Median
Mode
Range
It is the most occurring number in a data set
Mean
Median
Mode
Range
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. Find the mean.
9 points
10 points
11 points
12 points
DATA SET
3, 7, 24, 3, 7, 7, 1, 3, 7, 3.
Find the mode
3 and 7 both are modes
There is no mode
3 only
7 only
DATA SET
76, 85, 97, and 83
Find the median
84
88
90
92
A data set can have more than one ______
Mean
Median
Mode
Midrange
In the last 5 games, Kevin Durant scored 22, 22, 18, 12, and 21 points. What is Durant's Mean (Average) score per game?
19 points
20 points
21 points
22 points
What is the mean?
The value that occurs the most often in a data set
The middle number in an ordered set of data
The sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the size
The sum of the between the greatest and the least elements, divided by two
How would the mode change if one five was removed from the data set?
4 , 8 , 5 , 17 , 5 , 4 , 9 , 5 , 6 , 82
The mode would become a 4
There would be two modes: 4 and 5
There would be no mode
The mode would stay the same
How would the data be affected if the lowest quiz score was dropped from the data listed below?
72, 89, 99, 80, 55
The median would increase 5 points
The mean would increase by 6 points
The mean would decrease by 8 points
The median would decrease by 10 points
There can be more than one mean
True
False
The Mean, Median, Mode, and Range are also known as?
Central Tendency Measures
Measures of Central Tendency
Tendency of the Middle
Center Values
What measure of central tendency (mean, median or mode) would be best for the following set of data?
0, 89, 92, 97, 99, 100
Mode, because it is the one that shows up the most.
Median, because there is an outlier. The outlier could be incorrect and would influence the mean too much.
Mean, because there is not an outlier. You should always use the mean.
There is not a best measure of central tendency for this data.
The number of pages that Mikayla 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
At Camden's Donuts the number of donut holes in a bag can vary. Help Camden find the mode of the number of donut holes per bag described in the sample below:
12, 10, 10, 10, 13, 12, 11, 13, 10, 12, 13
13
12
11
10
On a container ship there were 30 small containers that each weighed 3 tons, 20 medium containers that each weighed 5 tons, and 10 large containers that each weighed 8 tons.
Find the mean weight of the containers on this ship.
4.5 tons
4 tons
5 tons
5.5 tons
Zerek bowled 7 games last weekend. His scores are: 155, 165, 138, 172, 127, 193, 142. What is Zerek's median score?
127
155
156
193
The heights of some students are given.
158cm 172cm 164cm
164cm 167cm 159cm
What is the range of the heights?
13cm
14cm
164cm
330cm
In the last 5 games, Kevin Durant scored 22, 22, 18, 12, and 21 points. What is Durant's mean score per game?
19 points per game
95 points per game
18.6 points per game
22 points per game
3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 8, 3
The number of miles that Jenna cycled each week for a 8-week period is shown:
38, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31, 25
What is the median number of miles Jenna cycled?
36
39
37
52
Dr. Dre is a dentist. He needs to report on the average number of cavities that his patients have.
1, 0, 1, 5, 0, 3, 4. What is the average number of cavities?
14
2
7
0
If you score 76, 85, 97, and 83 on your math tests, what would your median score be?
84
90
85.25
88
Cristina read six books in January, four books in February, and eight books in March.What was the average number of books read each month?
18
6
14
7
The cost of four cell phones are $345, $400, $110, and $640.
What is the median cost?
$330
$390
$372.50
$375
What is the mode of the following data set?
5, 7, 7, 8, 12 , 12, 5, 6, 13, 12
5
7 and 5
12
no mode
The scores awarded to 25 students for an assignment were as follows:
4, 7, 5, 9, 8, 6, 7, 7, 8, 5, 6, 9, 8,
5, 8, 7, 4, 7, 3, 6, 8, 9, 7, 6, 9
What is the mode?
6
7
8
9
What is the mode in this set of numbers:
7, 14, 20, 3, 7, 14, 2, 14, 7
7
14
7 and 14
no mode
The weights (in pounds) of ten pumpkins are 22, 21, 24, 24, 5, 24, 5, 23, 24, and 24.
What is the range of the pumpkin weights?
(a)
The weights (in pounds) of ten pumpkins are 22, 21, 24, 24, 5, 24, 5, 23, 24, and 24.
What is the mean of the pumpkin weights?
(a)
The weights (in pounds) of ten pumpkins are 22, 21, 24, 24, 5, 24, 5, 23, 24, and 24.
What is the mode of the pumpkin weights?
(a)
The weights (in pounds) of ten pumpkins are 22, 21, 24, 24, 5, 24, 5, 23, 24, and 24.
What is the median of the pumpkin weights?
(a)
5. What are the steps in getting the average of a set of scores?
A. add the scores and divide by the number of data
B. add the scores and multiply by the number of data
C. subtract the scores and divide by the number of data
D. subtract the scores and multiply by the number of data
3. What do you call the number which appears most often in a given set of scores or data?
A. range
B. mean
C. median
D. mode
1. What do you call the average of a group of scores or data?
A. range
B. mean
C. median
D. mode
