Mean, Median & Mode

What does the MEAN represent in a set of numbers?

• the middle number

• the average number

• the number that appears most often

• the highest number

What does the MEDIAN represent in a set of numbers?

• whatever number in the middle of the list, regardless the value of numbers

• the number that represents the middle value in a set of numbers

• the number that appears most often

• the highest number

What does the MODE represent in a set of numbers?

• middle number

• average number

• number that appears most often

• highest number

True or false: The MEAN and the AVERAGE are the same number.

• true

• false

If you take 5 quizzes and get scores of 95%, 95%, 80%, 85%, and 75%, how would you find your MEAN quiz score?

• find the score that is in the middle

• add all the scores together and divide by the number of scores

• add only 95+80+85+75 together and divide by 4

• identify the quiz score that appears most often

How do you find the median of a set of numbers that are not listed in order, like 1,2,4,3,5,3,6,7,8?

• pick the number you see in the middle

• start crossing out at each end until you come to a number in the middle

• rewrite numbers in order from lowest to highest first, then find the middle number

• pick the number that appears most often

What is the MODE of 3, 3, 4, 5, 10?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 10

What is the MEDIAN of 0, 1, 2, 6, 6?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 6

Your basketball team plays 5 games. 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?

• 3 points

• 5 points

• 10 points

• 4 points

A play has 7 people with all different ages: 10, 10, 12, 14, 22, 13, and 24. What is the MEDIAN age of participants in the play?

• 14

• 10

• 13

• 15