Mode Median Mean Range Vocabulary

What is the mean?

• happening the most

• the number in the middle

• biggest-smallest

• the average

To find the average (mean) of a set of numbers, add up all the items and divide by...

• 2

• The minimum

• The maximum

• The number of items

What is the definition of the range?

• The average

• The number that occurs the most

• The middle number

• The difference of the largest and smallest numbers

What is the median?

• The number in the middle when the numbers are in order from least to greatest.

• The average

• The number that appears most often.

Match the following terms with its correct definition.

• The number that appears most frequently in a set of numbers

• Mode

• Add together, and divide by 2.

• What if there are 2 numbers in the middle?

• The sum of all values divided by the total number of values

• Median

• The difference between the highest and lowest values in a set of numbers

• Range

• The middle value in a list of numbers when arranged in ascending order

• Mean or Average

Ms. Andrey claims the average score on a quiz in her class was 25. Mr. Luna claims the average score on a quiz in his class is 25.

• Ms. Andrey used the mode, while Mr. Luna used the median.

• Ms. Andrey used the mean, while Mr. Luna used the mode.

• Both teachers used the mean.

• Both teachers used the median.

What is the mode?

• The average

• The number that appears most often.

• The number in the middle.

To find the average, or mean, of a set of numbers, add up all the numbers and divide by...

• The number of items in the set.

• The smallest number

• The largest number

When you are finding the MEDIAN and 2 numbers are in the middle, what do you do?

• List both of the numbers as the Median.

• Add the two numbers together and divide by 2.

• Pick the one that you want.

What is the median of the following values? 33, 25, 40, 28, 32, and 28.

• 28

• 30

• 15

• 6