Exercise 3

Mean, Mode & Median

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Chapter 3: Data Exercise3: Mean, Mode & Median

1) Find the mean of the following 4)

data sets a) What is the mean of the
following?
a) 1, 1, 1, 1,1
1, 3, 5, 7, 9
b) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
b) What is the mean of the
c) 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 following?

d) 3, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 95

2) What is the mode of the following c) What effect does adding a

data sets? large number (an outlier) to
a data set have on the
value of the mean?
a) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

5)
b) 3, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6
a) What is the mode of the
following?
c) 2, 4, 6, 8, 10

2, 2, 2, 3, 4
d) 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 10

b) What is the mode of the

e) 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4
following?

3) Find the median of the following 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 100

data sets
c) What effect does adding a
a) 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, large number (an outlier) to
a data set have on the
b) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 value of the mode?

c) 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 6)
a) What is the median of the
d) 4, 22, 32, 55, 100 following?

e) 23, 4, 5, 66, 9 2, 4, 6, 8, 10

f) 3, 5, 17, 19, 22, 30

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Chapter 3: Data Exercise3: Mean, Mode & Median

b) What is the median of the

following?

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 100

c) What effect does adding a

large number (an outlier)
have on the value of the
median?

7) Three items on a menu have an

average price of $20. If the price
of the first item is $10 and the
price of the second item is $35,
what is the price of the third item?

8) The following data set has a mean

of 6, a median of 6 and a mode of
8. Fill in the missing numbers

(The numbers are in order)

3, _____, ______, 8, ______

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