Lesson 16.

1 Skills Practice

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In the Middle
Analyzing Data Using Measures of Center

Vocabulary
Choose a word to best complete each sentence.

measure of center mode median mean balance point

1. A measure of center tells you how the data are clustered, or where the center
of a graph of the data is located.
2. The mean is the arithmetic average of the numbers in a data set.
3. When you have all the points on a number line at the same value after moving data values, this
value is called the balance point .
4. The median is the middle number in a data set when the values are
placed in order from least to greatest.
5. The mode is the data value or values that occur most frequently in
a data set.

Problem Set
Determine the mode for each data set.

1. Quiz scores: 79, 84, 92, 79, 86, 79, 86, 80, 91, 79, 96

The mode is 79.

2. Goals scored per game: 4, 0, 3, 0, 2, 2, 5, 1

The modes are 0 and 2.

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3. Subscriptions sold per day: 115, 121, 79, 117, 128, 113, 114, 123

There is no mode.

4. Number of siblings: 0, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 0, 4, 1, 2, 2, 0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 4

The mode is 1.

5. Hours worked per week: 40, 39, 38, 41, 40.5, 38.5, 37, 32

There is no mode.

6. School attendance per day: 1245, 1252, 1247, 1252, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1250

The modes are 1245 and 1252.

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Determine the median for the data set.

7. Pages read per day: 14, 16, 17, 20, 15

Order the data from least to greatest: 14, 15, 16, 17, 20; the median is 16.

8. Hours exercised per week: 4, 3, 9, 5, 7, 5, 9, 11, 3, 4

Order the data from least to greatest: 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 9, 9, 11; the median is 5.

9. Minutes spent on homework per day: 43, 52, 37, 48, 55, 40, 60, 47, 62

Order the data from least to greatest: 37, 40, 43, 47, 48, 52, 55, 60, 62; the median is 48.

10. Movies rented per month: 10, 11, 6, 8, 4, 11, 13, 10, 8, 7

Order the data from least to greatest: 4, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, 10, 11, 11, 13; the median is
8 1 10
_______5 9.
2
11. Phone minutes used per month: 200, 187, 209, 254, 174, 201

Order the data from least to greatest: 174, 187, 200, 201, 209, 254; the median is
200 1 201
__________ 5 200.5.

2
12. E-mails sent per day: 11, 5, 6, 9, 10, 5, 4, 2, 9, 10

Order the data from least to greatest: 2, 4, 5, 5, 6, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11; the median is
6 1 9
______ 5 7.5.
2

Use cube stacks to determine the balance point for each data set. Move the cubes in the sketch and
use words to describe your steps.

13. 1, 5 14. 2, 3, 7

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I moved two cubes from 5 to 1 so both

equal 3. The balance point is 3.

I moved two cubes from 7 to 2 and 1 cube

from 7 to 3 so all stacks equal 4. The
balance point is 4.

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27. Raffle tickets sold per student: 29, 56, 43, 65, 19, 33, 20, 11

29 1 56 1 43 1 65 1
19 1 33 1 20
1 11 5 34.5
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28. Song downloads per month: 4, 6, 3, 8, 7, 11, 10, 8, 4, 21, 14, 9

41613181 7 1 11 1 10
1 8 1 4
1 21 1 14 1 9 5 8.75
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29. Miles biked per day: 28, 19.1, 17, 20, 22.3, 23, 21.1

28 1 19.1 1 17 1 20
1 22.3 1 23 1 21.1
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5 21.5
7
1, 7, 7__
30. Hours of babysitting per week: 2, 6, 3__ 1, 4, 6, 8
2 2
1
__ 1
__
2 1 6 1 3 1 7 1 7 1
41618
2 2
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5 5__ 1
8 2

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78 1 87 1 69
1 74 1 66 1 70
11. mean:____________________________
5 74
100 1 100 1 96
1 85 1 99
1 995 96.5
12. mean:______________________________
6 6

Deviation from Absolute Deviation from Absolute

Data Point the Mean Deviation Data Point the Mean Deviation
78 4 |4| 5 4 100 3.5 |3.5| 5 3.5

87 13 |13| 5 13 100 3.5 |3.5| 5 3.5

69 25 |25| 5 5 96 20.5 |20.5| 5 0.5

74 0 |0| 5 0 85 211.5 |211.5| 5 11.5

66 28 |28| 5 8 99 2.5 |2.5| 5 2.5

70 24 |24| 5 4 99 2.5 |2.5| 5 2.5

Calculate the mean absolute deviation for each data set. You may use a graphing calculator for larger
data sets.

13. Data set: 4, 5, 9, 4, 8; Mean 5 6

2 1 1 1 31
2 1 2
_________________ 10 5
5 ___ 2
5 5
14. Data set: 7, 11, 8, 35, 14; Mean 5 15
814171 20 1 1
__________________
40 5
5 ___ 8
5 5
15. Data set: 60, 65, 66, 67, 67, 65; Mean 5 65
510111 2 1 2 1
_____________________
0 10 1__
5 ___ 5 2
6 6 3
16. Data set: 22, 26, 29, 23, 26, 21, 28, 24, 25, 26; Mean 5 25
3 1 1 1 4 1 2
1 1 1 4 1 3 1 1 1
0 1 15 ___
_____________________________________ 20 5
2
10 10

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17. Data set: 180, 210, 155, 110, 230, 90, 400, 35, 190, 0, 10, 100, 90, 130, 200; Mean 5 142
38 1 68 1 13 1 32 1 88 1 52 1 258 1 1071 48 1 142
1 132 1 42 1 52 1 12 1 58
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1142 2 15
5 _____ 76___

5
15 15
18. Data set: 55, 74, 90, 20, 47, 59, 26, 83, 77, 62, 58, 33, 57, 44, 31; Mean 5 54.4

0.6 1 19.6 1 35.6 1 34.4 1 7.4 1 4.6 1 28.4 1 28.6 1 22.6 1 7.6 1 3.6 1 21.4 1 2.6 1 10.4 1 23.4
___________________________________________________________________________________________

15
250.8
5 ______
5
16.72
15

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Write the five number summary for each data set.

31. The data are 0, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 12.

Minimum: 0

Q1: 4

Median: 6

Q3: 10

Maximum: 12

32. The data are 20, 28, 30, 31, 31, 32, and 34.

Minimum: 20

Q1: 28

Median: 31

Q3: 32

Maximum: 34

33. The data are 55, 80, 65, 78, 73, 74, 67, and 59.

Minimum: 55
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Q1: 62

Median: 70

Q3: 76

Maximum: 80

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Construct a box-and-whisker plot for each data set.

11. The data are 0, 2, 6, 9, 11, 15, 17, and 20.

0 5 10 15 20 25

12. The data are 10, 13, 13, 14, 16, 20, 28, and 35.

10 15 20 25 30 35

13. The data are 0, 10, 10, 20, 20, 25, 25, and 30.

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70

14. The data are 50, 60, 60, 70, 75, 90, and 100.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150

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15. The data are 10, 20, 25, 30, and 40.

0 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75

16. The data are 0, 18, 9, 1, 2, 14, 3, 5, 8, 1, and 24.

0 5 10 15 20 25

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