A Semi-detailed Lesson Plan

In Mathematics 7

I.

II.

Objectives
a. Define mean, median, and mode
b. Interpret data using mean, median and mode
Values infusion: cooperation and patience in finding for the mean, median
and mode
Subject Matter
Topic: Mean, Median and Mode ( Measures of Central Tendency)
References: Grade 7-Mathematics, internet
pp. 1-3 ; www.purplemath.com/modules/meanmode.htm
Materials: power point, cartolina, chalk, cut papers, cups, sticks

III.

Procedure
a. Prayer
b. Checking of attendance
c. Passing/checking of assignments
d. Review
e. Unlocking of difficulties
f. Motivation
Students will sing a song:
Hey diddle, diddle the medians the middle
You add, and divide for the mean
The mode is the one that you see the most
So central tendency begins
Presentation
Measures of Central Tendency
Mean, Median and Mode
Mean
-

also known as the average

add up all the numbers and then divide by the number of numbers.

Example:

Given the data

13,18,13,14,13,16,14,21,13
(13+18+13+14+13+16+14+21+13)/9 = 135/9 = 15
Mean - 15
Median
-

is the "middle" value in the list of numbers.

numbers have to be listed in numerical order

Example:
For odd number of values:
Given the data
13,18,13,14,13,16,14,21,13
13,13,13,13,14,14,16,18,21
Median - 14
For even number of values:
Given the data
13,18,13,14,15,16,14,21,13,15
13,13,13,14,14,15,15,16,18,21
Median

14 +15 29
= =14.5
2
2

Mode
-

is the value that occurs most often.

If no number is repeated, then there is no mode.

Example:
Given the data
13,18,13,14,13,16,14,21,13
13,13,13,13,14,14,16,18,21
Mode 13

Application:
1. Given the values:
8,9,10,10,10,11,11,11,12,13
Find the following
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
2. Given the data set:
3, 12, 15, 3, 15, 8, 20, 19, 3, 15, 12, 19, 9
3. The following data represent the number of pop-up advertisements
received by 10 families during the past month. Find the mean, median and
mode.
43, 37, 35, 30, 41, 23, 33, 31, 16, 21, 41
4. The weekly salaries of six employees at McDonalds are $140, $220, $90,
$180, $140, $200. For these six salaries, find: (a) the mean (b) the
median (c) the mode
5. In January of 2010, your family moved to a tropical climate. For the year
that followed, you recorded the number of rainy days that occurred each
month. Your data contained 14, 14, 10, 12, 11, 13, 11, 11, 14, 10, 13, 8.
Generalization

IV.

a. How do we get the mean?

b. What is the median?
c. How to get the mode?
Evaluation
A student has gotten the following grades on his test: 87,85,78,87,95.
What is the mean, median and mode.

V.

Assignment
The set of data shows a score of 25 students in their periodical test.
Find the Following:
34
21

19
21

19
35

20
17

20
17

40
19
18

18
29
40

34
15
17

45
48
45

16
10
50

a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode