Examining Number Sets (Word)
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Solve each Problem.
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1) At a school several teachers were holding a contest to see which class could earn
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the most trivia points. Mrs.William's class scored 101 points. Mr. Adams class
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earned 96 points. Mrs. Brown's class earned 99 and Mrs.Daniel's class earned
101. Determine the mean (rounded to the nearest tenth), median, mode and range
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of the number of points scored.
Mean: 397 ÷ 4 = 99.3
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Median: 96 , 99,
, 101 , 101
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Mode: 101 = 2×
Range: 101 - 96 = 5
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2) At an ice cream parlor, the owner was tracking the number of chocolate cones he
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sold over a week. His results were: 56, 58, 63, 66, 60, 65 and 58. Determine the
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mean (rounded to the nearest tenth), median, mode and range of the cones sold.
Mean: 426 ÷ 7 = 60.9
Median: 56 , 58 , 58 , 60 , 63 , 65 , 66
Mode: 58 = 2×
Range: 66 - 56 = 10
3) At Cody's Pizza Palace in the 6 hours they were open they sold the following
number of pizzas: 78 pepperoni, 73 sausage, 72 cheese, 79 mushroom, 80
anchovies and 72 pineapple. Determine the mean (rounded to the nearest tenth),
median, mode and range of the number of pizzas sold.
Mean: 454 ÷ 6 = 75.7
Median: 72 , 72 , 73,
, 78 , 79 , 80
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Mode: 72 = 2×
Range: 80 - 72 = 8
4) Nancy was counting the number of people on different toys on the playground.
She counted: 6, 12, 1, 12, 7, 3 and 8. Determine the mean (rounded to the nearest
tenth), median, mode and range of the people.
Mean: 49 ÷ 7 = 7
Median: 1 , 3 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 12 , 12
Mode: 12 = 2×
Range: 12 - 1 = 11
5) During the first 6 hours of the fair there were the following number of customers:
58, 69, 55, 53, 51 and 69. Determine the mean (rounded to the nearest tenth),
median, mode and range of the number of customers.
Mean: 355 ÷ 6 = 59.2
Median: 51 , 53 , 55,
, 58 , 69 , 69
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Mode: 69 = 2×
Range: 69 - 51 = 18
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