Effects of Mean Median and Mode

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 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

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

Match each measure of center to its definition.

• Mean

• Find the number that appears most frequently (there could be more than one or none at all)

• Mode

• Order your data, then find the middle number or average of the two middle numbers

• Median

• Add all data points, then divide by how many data points there are

Which measure of center best represents the data?

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

What is the mode in the following numbers:

3, 24, 3, 7, 30, 1, 3, 7, 3, 7

• 3 and 7 both are modes

• 1 and 7 both are modes

• 3 only

• 7 only

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

Which two measures of central tendencies are the same?

• range and median

• mean and range

• mean and median

• mode and range

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

Jason scored the following on his test: 87, 75, 67, 85, 91, 80, and 95. His teacher allowed him to retake a test to replace his lowest test score. If he scores an 80, how will this effect the median?

• the median will not change

• the median will increase

• the median will decrease