Examining Number Sets (Word)
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1) Sarah's team played 8 games of basketball. During those 8 games her team's score
67.9 68.5 74 13
was: 69, 68, 70, 61, 74, 62, 65 and 74. Determine the mean (rounded to the
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nearest tenth), median, mode and range of the scores.
Mean: 543 ÷ 8 = 67.9
47 47 40 18
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Median: 61 , 62 , 65 , 68,
, 69 , 70 , 74 , 74
68.5
Mode: 74 = 2×
Range: 74 - 61 = 13
7.2 5.5
3 14
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50.4 50 45 18
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2) While driving past stores, Will counted the number of cars in the parking lots. He
34.7 36 42 18
counted: 50, 40, 58, 40 and 47. Determine the mean (rounded to the nearest
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tenth), median, mode and range of the cars he counted.
Mean: 235 ÷ 5 = 47
Median: 40 , 40 , 47 , 50 , 58
Mode: 40 = 2×
Range: 58 - 40 = 18
3) Ned counted the number of times people sharpened their pencils in class for a
week. He counted: 3, 3, 16, 8, 11 and 2. Determine the mean (rounded to the
nearest tenth), median, mode and range of the numbers.
Mean: 43 ÷ 6 = 7.2
Median: 2 , 3 , 3,
, 8 , 11 , 16
5.5
Mode: 3 = 2×
Range: 16 - 2 = 14
4) At an ice cream parlor, the owner was tracking the number of chocolate cones he
sold over a week. His results were: 44, 53, 62, 45, 50, 45 and 54. Determine the
mean (rounded to the nearest tenth), median, mode and range of the cones sold.
Mean: 353 ÷ 7 = 50.4
Median: 44 , 45 , 45 , 50 , 53 , 54 , 62
Mode: 45 = 2×
Range: 62 - 44 = 18
5) At Paul's Pizza Palace in the 6 hours they were open they sold the following
number of pizzas: 25 pepperoni, 42 sausage, 43 cheese, 30 mushroom, 26
anchovies and 42 pineapple. Determine the mean (rounded to the nearest tenth),
median, mode and range of the number of pizzas sold.
Mean: 208 ÷ 6 = 34.7
Median: 25 , 26 , 30,
, 42 , 42 , 43
36
Mode: 42 = 2×
Range: 43 - 25 = 18
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