Mean, Median, Mode

Practice Sheet

A. For the following groups of numbers, calculate the mean, median and mode
for each.

1. 18, 24, 17, 21, 24, 16, 29, 18 Mean_______

Median______
Mode_______

2. 75, 87, 49, 68, 75, 84, 98 Mean_______

Median______
Mode_______

3. 55, 47, 38, 66, 56, 64, 44, 63, 39 Mean_______

Median______
Mode_______

GROUPED DATA

1. The waiting times, x minutes, for 60 patients at a certain clinic are as follows:

25 12 53 8 26 5 19 73 67 18 87 42
6 21 14 19 12 15 13 36 36 16 72 36
13 37 11 51 39 32 30 47 6 22 68 25
98 23 45 22 7 9 26 35 27 48 58 56
29 20 32 62 80 41 58 17 54 15 14 74

Required:

1. Find the range

2. Prepare a table of frequency using class size of 10
3. Solve for mean, median and mode.
4. Describe the shape of the graph (positively skewed, symmetrical or negatively
skewed)