the number which appears most often in a set of numbers

Which choice best fits for the meaning of median?

the middle number (in a sorted list of numbers)

How would you find the mode in a list of numbers?

put the numbers in order, then count how many of each number

In statistics, what is the range?

the difference between the lowest and highest values

To find the range you would:

subtract the lowest value from the highest value

What would you do to find the median value?

place the numbers in value order and find the middle

Which process describes finding the mean?

add up the numbers and divide by how many numbers

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What is the mode?
a kind of transportation
the average distance between numbers in a list
the average of all numbers
the number which appears most often in a set of numbers
2
What is the mean of these 5 numbers (3,7,16,23,41)?
the mean is 16
the mean is 90
the mean is 38
the mean is 18
3
What is the mode of this set of numbers (3,3,3,3,3,4,7,7,9,12,12,12)?
78
3
9
3, 7 and 12
4
The mean of this set of numbers (5,5,5,7,7,7,12,12,12) is?
8
72
7
all three numbers
5
Find the range for these numbers: (12,14,23,57,69,841)
1016
829
23 and 57
853
6
What is the mean?
a total of all the numbers
the lowest number
the middle number
the average of the numbers
7
Which choice best fits for the meaning of median?
the average of the highest and lowest numbers
the number appearing most often
the middle number (in a sorted list of numbers)
an average of all the numbers
8
How would you find the mode in a list of numbers?
subtract the lowest number from the highest number
put the numbers in order, then count how many of each number
use the middle number
add the lowest and highest number
9
Find the mode of these numbers (2,3,4,5,4,7,7,4,9,3,4,7,6)
7
4
16
21
10
In statistics, what is the range?
the number with the highest value
the frequency of the numbers
the middle number
the difference between the lowest and highest values
11
What is the range in this set of numbers (4,7,12,12,33,64)?
132
22
12
60
12
What is the median of this set of numbers (1,33,45,77,89,123,240)?
76
77
239
608
13
To find the range you would:
find the middle number and add the lowest and highest number
add all the numbers
add up the numbers between each set of numbers
subtract the lowest value from the highest value
14
What would you do to find the median value?
place the numbers in value order and find the middle
add up the numbers and divide by how many numbers
use the average of the mean and mode
total all the numbers
15
Which process describes finding the mean?
total the lowest and highest numbers and divide by 2
add up the numbers and divide by how many numbers
find the total of the most common number
add up all the numbers
16
How do you find the median when there are two middle numbers?
use both of them
total the two numbers
go to the next numbers
average the middle numbers
17
What is statistics?
the study of collections
the study of data: collecting, summarizing, presenting
the study of math facts
the study of how numbers came to be
18
What is the median number in this list (21,3,17,12,15,6,7,26,11,8,13)
15
12
6
7

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