Grade 6 | Unit 8 | Lesson 14: Comparing Mean and Median | Practice Problems

Grade 6 | Unit 8 | Lesson 14: Comparing Mean and Median | Practice Problems

6th Grade

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Grade 6 | Unit 8 | Lesson 14: Comparing Mean and Median | Practice Problems

Grade 6 | Unit 8 | Lesson 14: Comparing Mean and Median | Practice Problems

Assessment

Quiz

Mathematics

6th Grade

Hard

CCSS
6.SP.B.5D, 6.SP.A.1, 6.NS.C.6C

+1

Standards-aligned

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Illustrative Mathematics

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6 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Here is a dot plot that shows the ages of teachers at a school. Which of these statements is true of the data set shown in the dot plot?

The mean is less than the median.

The mean is approximately equal to the median.

The mean is greater than the median.

The mean cannot be determined.

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Priya asked each of five friends to attempt to throw a ball in a trash can until they succeeded. She recorded the number of unsuccessful attempts made by each friend as: 1, 8, 6, 2, 4. Priya made a mistake: The 8 in the data set should have been 18. How would changing the 8 to 18 affect the mean and median of the data set?

The mean would decrease and the median would not change.

The mean would increase and the median would not change.

The mean would decrease and the median would increase.

The mean would increase and the median would increase.

3.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In his history class, Han's homework scores are: 100, 100, 100, 100, 95, 100, 90, 100, 0. The history teacher uses the mean to calculate the grade for homework. Write an argument for Han to explain why median would be a better measure to use for his homework grades.

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Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

The dot plots show how much time, in minutes, students in a class took to complete each of five different tasks. Select all the dot plots of tasks for which the mean time is approximately equal to the median time.

Dot plot A

Dot plot B

Dot plot C

Dot plot D

Dot plot E

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

5.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Zookeepers recorded the ages, weights, genders, and heights of the 10 pandas at their zoo. Write two statistical questions that could be answered using these data sets.

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Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.1

6.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Here is a set of coordinates. Draw and label an appropriate pair of axes and plot the points. \(A = (1, 0)\), \(B = (0, 0.5)\), \(C= (4, 3.5)\), \(D = (1.5, 0.5)\)

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Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.6C