A Semi-detailed Lesson Plan

In Mathematics 7

I. 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
II. 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
14+15 29
Median – 2
= 2
= 14.5

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

a. How do we get the mean?

b. What is the median?
c. How to get the mode?
IV. 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 35 40 40 48
21 20 19 34 45
19 17 18 15 16
21 20 18 17 10
19 17 29 45 50

a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode