Measures of Central

Tendency and Dispersion

Examples
1. The pricelist for computers shown in a magazine advertisement was
$899, $1295, $1075, $1597 and $1800.
Solve for the following. Round off your answers up to the nearest
hundredths.
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) Range
e) Variance
f) Standard Deviation
2. The prices shown of six different models of printers in a computer
store are $299, $349, $495, $329, $198 and $375.
Solve for the following. Round off your answers up to the nearest
hundredths.
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) Range
e) Variance
f) Standard Deviation
3. In a basketball game between Kennedy High School, the Lincoln
players’ individual points were 23, 4, 6, 11, 4, 7, 8, 12, 3 and 5.
Solve for the following. Round off your answers up to the nearest
hundredths.
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) Range
e) Variance
f) Standard Deviation
4. Olivia swims the 50 – pound freestyle for the Mud Dogs swim team.
Her times in the last six meets were 26.89 seconds, 26.87 seconds,
25.18 seconds, 25.63 seconds, 27.16 seconds and 27.18 seconds.
Solve for the following. Round off your answers up to the nearest
hundredths.
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) Range
e) Variance
f) Standard Deviation
5. The prices of slacks in five different stores are $29.95, $31.50,
$33.49, $25.45 and $28.49.
Solve for the following. Round off your answers up to the nearest
hundredths.
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) Range
e) Variance
f) Standard Deviation
6. Shane bowled 6 games and his scores were 147, 134, 132, 157, 123
and 140.
Solve for the following. Round off your answers up to the nearest
hundredths.
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) Range
e) Variance
f) Standard Deviation
7. The heights (in inches) of eight tomato plants are 36, 45, 52, 40, 38,
41, 50 and 48.
Solve for the following. Round off your answers up to the nearest
hundredths.
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) Range
e) Variance
f) Standard Deviation