Mean Median Mode and Range

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 mean of these numbers?
4,5,5,2,3,3,2,8

• 40

• 24

• 4

• 256

Find the mean:
28, 18, 19, 18, 17

• 20

• 18

• 11

• 19

What is the mean for these numbers?
5,5,5,5

• 5

• 20

• 15

• 100

The table shows the points scored by the JV basketball team at Cox Mill High School in their first seven games. Calculate the mean, median, mode and range. Which statistical measure makes the team sound the best?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Match the following terms with its correct definition.

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

• Mode

• Add together, and divide by 2.

• Mean or Average

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

• Median

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

• Range

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

• What if there are 2 numbers in the middle?

Read the definition and match each word to the correct box.

• Range

• Measure of variation that represents the spread of a set of data.

• Mode

• Measure of center that lies in the middle of a set of data arranged in order

• Mean

• Measure of center that occurs most often in a data set.

• Median

• Measure of center that represents the fair share of a set of data.

Calculate the mean.

• 8

• 4

• 7

• 22

Find the median:
3, 5, 7, 4, 3, 1

• 3 and 4

• There isn't one

• 3.5

• 3

On the semester final, Joe scored 85, Jill scored 89, and Bill scored a 99.What was the average score for these students? _________

• 91

• 273