Mean, Median, Mode Review

Match the definition with the correct Measure of Central Tendency:

the middle number of the data after ordering from least to greatest

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Match the definition with the correct Measure of Central Tendency:

the difference between the highest and lowest number

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Match the definition with the correct Measure of Central Tendency:

the sum of the data divided by the number of items in the set

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Match the definition with the correct Measure of Central Tendency:

the number or numbers that appear most often

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

The scores in a basketball match are as follows:

7, 13, 18, 24, 9, 3, 18

If the team scored 18 points on their next game, how will this effect the mode of the scores?

• no change to the mode

• the mode will increase by 1

• the mode will decrease by 2

• the mode will increase by 5

A data set can have more than one mode

• True
• False

The number of pages that Carolyn wrote in her journal each day from Monday to Friday is shown below:

9, 8, 12, 6, and 10

If she reads 15 pages on Saturday, how will that effect the mean?

• the mean will remain the same

• the mean will increase

• the mean will decrease

If the number 75 replaced the number 68 in the following set of data, how would that effect the range?

49, 68, 62, 47, 39, 54, 43

• the range will not change

• the range will increase

• the range will decrease

What happens if 25 is added to the following data set?

75, 87, 99, 73,

• the mode increase

• the mean increases

• the mean decreases

• the median increases

What will happen to the median if a 8 is added to the data set?

8, 2, 5, 9, 8

• the median will increase

• the median will decrease

• the median will stay the same