Measures of Central Tendency

The mean of a data set is the

Find the mean of the following data set:

4, 8, 12, 2

To find the mean of a data set, the numbers must be in order from least to greatest.

Find the median of the following data set:

7, 12, 2, 4, 10

You can have more than one mode in a data set.

Find the range of the following data set:

52, 17, 32, 45, 10

Paisley bought toys for her and JoJo. Below are the prices:

$9.00, $9.00, $7.00, $5.00, $9.00, $8.00, $9.00

Find the mean price of the toys.

A poet filed away the drafts she had written for each of her 8 published poems. The files contained:

3 drafts, 4 drafts, 7 drafts, 1 draft, 3 drafts, 2 drafts, 5 drafts, 6 drafts

Find the range of the number of drafts.

Every data set must have a mode.

For 5 nights, Mr. Adamson tracked the number of pages he read in his book before going to bed:

6 pages, 9 pages, 5 pages, 7 pages, 6 pages

What was the median number of pages that Mr. Adamson read?