Warm Up: Mean, Median, Mode & Range
By Ashly Winkle
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Last updated almost 4 years ago
19 Questions
Note from the author:
Created as a warm-up to a lesson we will be starting on box plots. This is a review or mini lesson on Mean, Median, Mode, and Range
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True or False. If you saw a question on a test asking you to calculate mean, median, mode, and range for a set of data (numbers) you would confidently be able to complete the problem.
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How well do you know mean, median, mode, and range?
Match the word on the left to the definition on the right.
- Mean
- Median
- Mode
- Range
- the numerical average of the data given
- the middle of the set after the set is in numerical order
- the value(s) that occur the most often; possible none, and range is the spread of the data.
- the spread of the data
How did you do? Do you feel like you need a refresher? Take a look at the image below. Then see if you can answer the questions that follow.
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If you were given a set of data (numbers), based on the riddle, how would YOU calculate median?
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If you were given a set of data (numbers), based on the riddle, how would YOU calculate mean?
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If you were given a set of data (numbers), based on the riddle, how would YOU calculate mode?
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If you were given a set of data (numbers), based on the riddle, how would YOU calculate range?
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Find the mean for:
6, 3, 3, 4, 7, 3, 9, 3, 6, 6
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Find the median for:
6, 3, 3, 4, 7, 3, 9, 3, 6, 6
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Find the mode for:
6, 3, 3, 4, 7, 3, 9, 3, 6, 6
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Find the range for:
6, 3, 3, 4, 7, 3, 9, 3, 6, 6
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Find the mean for
9, 8, 5, 7, 9, 9, 9
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Find the median for
9, 8, 5, 7, 9, 9, 9
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Find the mode for
9, 8, 5, 7, 9, 9, 9
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Find the range for
9, 8, 5, 7, 9, 9, 9
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Find the mean for
5, 2, 2, 7, 7, 4, 8
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Find the median for
5, 2, 2, 7, 7, 4, 8
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Find the mode for
5, 2, 2, 7, 7, 4, 8
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Find the range for
5, 2, 2, 7, 7, 4, 8
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Now, if you saw a question on a test asking you to calculate mean, median, mode, and range for a set of data would you feel more confident in your ability to answer the problem? Did you learn anything from this lesson or was this more of a review for you?