HOPE Charter School Monday, January 20, 2009

2009 PSSA Boot Camp

PSSA Math Reporting Categories:

A Numbers and Operations
B Measurement
C Geometry
D Algebraic Concepts
√ E Data Analysis and Probability

SOLUTION
Name (legibly printed): _______________________________________________

Seminar (circle one): Ackerman Beals Capers Harvey Hickson

Instructions:
• Place your solution into box in front of main office by end of 4th period today.
• Winner will be announced during 6th period lunch today. Winner will be
randomly selected from all entries, but the answer must be correct and justified
(SHOW WORK).
• Link with questions and solutions posted at http://hopecharter.blogspot.com

Given the following salaries:

$54,000; $75,000; $55,000; $62,000; $226,000; $65,000; $59,000; $61,000; $162,000;
$59,000
The mean, median and mode, respectively are:
A $ 87,800; $62,000; $59,000
B $ 61,000; $61,000; $61,000
C $824,900; $61,500; $59,000
D $ 87,800; $61,500; $59,000

Solution:

Mean = average =
n $54, 000 + $75, 000 + $55, 000 + $62, 000 + $226, 000 +
∑ xi $65, 000 + $59, 000 + $61, 000 + $162, 000+ $59, 000
i =1
= = $87,800
n 10

The dataset arranged (sorted) from low to high is:

$54,000; $55,000; $59,000; $59,000; $61,000; $62,000; $65,000; $75,000; $162,000;
$226,000

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`Median = middle number =
There is no middle number, so the median is the average of the two numbers immediately
to the left and right of center. Here the boxed numbers in the sorted dataset above are
involved.
$61, 000 + $62, 000
= $61,500
2

Mode = the number that occurs the most frequent (the most often) = $59,000
The numbers that are the mode is underlined in the sorted dataset above.