Examining Number Sets (Word)
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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 94 points. Mr. Adams class
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earned 92 points. Mrs. Brown's class earned 84 and Mrs.Daniel's class earned 94.
Determine the mean (rounded to the nearest tenth), median, mode and range of
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the number of points scored.
Mean: 364 ÷ 4 = 91
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Median: 84 , 92,
, 94 , 94
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93
Mode: 94 = 2×
Range: 94 - 84 = 10
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2) Amy was doing a classroom survey. She asked the girls in the class how many
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siblings they had and recorded the results: 1, 6, 10, 4, 3, 3, 11, 3 and 10.
Determine the mean (rounded to the nearest tenth), median, mode and range of
the results.
Mean: 51 ÷ 9 = 5.7
Median: 1 , 3 , 3 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 10 , 10 , 11
Mode: 3 = 3×
Range: 11 - 1 = 10
3) Cody counted the number of times people sharpened their pencils in class for a
week. He counted: 13, 8, 13, 21, 7 and 23. Determine the mean (rounded to the
nearest tenth), median, mode and range of the numbers.
Mean: 85 ÷ 6 = 14.2
Median: 7 , 8 , 13,
, 13 , 21 , 23
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Mode: 13 = 2×
Range: 23 - 7 = 16
4) At an ice cream parlor, the owner was tracking the number of chocolate cones he
sold over a week. His results were: 100, 92, 109, 96, 103, 96 and 105. Determine
the mean (rounded to the nearest tenth), median, mode and range of the cones
sold.
Mean: 701 ÷ 7 = 100.1
Median: 92 , 96 , 96 , 100 , 103 , 105 , 109
Mode: 96 = 2×
Range: 109 - 92 = 17
5) A car salesman sold 3 on Monday, 11 on Tuesday, 2 on Wednesday, 12 on
Thursday, 11 on Friday and 6 on Saturday. Determine the mean (rounded to the
nearest tenth), median, mode and range of the number of cars he sold.
Mean: 45 ÷ 6 = 7.5
Median: 2 , 3 , 6,
, 11 , 11 , 12
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Mode: 11 = 2×
Range: 12 - 2 = 10
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