ACTIVITY For MEAN, MEDIAN and MODE-1

Finding the Mean, Median, Mode Practice Problems
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1. What is the mean of the following numbers?

10, 39, 71, 39, 76, 38, 25
a. 42
b. 39
c. 42.5
d. 35.5
2. What measure of central tendency is calculated by adding all the values and dividing the
sum by the number of values?
a. Median
b. Mean
c. Mode
d. Typical value
3. The mean of four numbers is 71.5. If three of the numbers are 58, 76, and 88, what is
the value of the fourth number?
a. 64
b. 60
c. 76
d. 82
4. Determine the mean of the following set of numbers:
40, 61, 95, 79, 9, 50, 80, 63, 109, 42
5. The mean weight of five complete computer stations is 167.2 pounds. The weights of
four of the computer stations are 158.4 pounds, 162.8 pounds, 165 pounds, and
178.2 pounds respectively. What is the weight of the fifth computer station?
6. The mean width of 12 iPads is 5.1 inches. The mean width of 8 Kindles is 4.8 inches.
a. What is the total width of the iPads?

b. What is the total width of the Kindles?
c. What is the mean width of the 12 iPads and 8 Kindles?
7. The following data represent the number of pop-up advertisements received by 10

families during the past month. Calculate the mean number of advertisements
received by each family during the month.
43 37 35 30 41 23 33 31 16 21
8. The following table of grouped data represents the weight (in pounds) of 100 computer
towers. Calculate the mean weight for a computer.
Weight (pounds) Number of Computers

[3 - 5) 8
[5 - 7) 25
[7 - 9) 45
[9 - 11) 18
[11 - 13) 4
9. A group of customer service surveys were sent out at random.
The scores were 90, 50, 70, 80, 70, 60, 20, 30, 80, 90, and 20.
Find the mean score.
10. What is the median of the following numbers?
10, 39, 71, 42, 39, 76, 38, 25
a. 42.5
b. 39
c. 42
d. 35.5
11. The front row in a movie theatre has 23 seats. If you were asked to sit in the seat
that occupied the median position, in which seat would you have to sit?
a. 1
b. 11
c. 23
d. 12
12. What is the median score achieved by a student who recorded the following scores
on 10 math quizzes?
68, 55, 70, 62, 71, 58, 81, 82, 63, 79
a. 68
b. 71
c. 69
d. 79
13. A set of four numbers that begins with the number 32 is arranged from smallest to
largest. If the median is 35, which of the following could possibly be the set of
numbers?
a. 32, 32, 36, 38

b. 32, 35, 38, 41
c. 32, 34, 36, 35
d. 32, 36, 40, 44
14. The number of service upgrades sold by each of 30 employees is as follows:
32, 6, 21, 10, 8, 11, 12, 36, 17, 16, 15, 18, 40, 24, 21, 23, 24, 24, 29, 16, 32, 31, 10,
30, 35, 32, 18, 39, 12, 20
What is the median number of service upgrades sold by the 30

employees? a. 18
b. 21
c. 24
d. 32
15. Which of the following measures can be determined for quantitative

data? a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. All of these
16. Which of the following measures can be calculated for qualitative

data? a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. All of these
17. What is the term used to describe the distribution of a data set with one
mode? a. Multimodal
b. Unimodal
c. Nonmodal
d. Bimodal
18. What is the mode of the following numbers?
12, 11, 14, 10, 8, 13, 11, 9
a. 11
b. 10
c. 14
d. 8
19. A student recorded her scores on weekly math quizzes that were marked out of
a possible 10 points. Her scores were as follows:
8, 5, 8, 5, 7, 6, 7, 7, 5, 7, 5, 5, 6, 6, 9, 8, 9, 7, 9, 9, 6, 8, 6, 6, 7
What is the mode of her scores on the weekly math quizzes?
20. The temperature in o F on 20 days during the month of June

was as follows:
70o F, 76o F, 76o F, 74o F, 70o F, 70o F, 72o F, 74o F, 78o F, 80o F,
74o F, 74o F, 78o F, 76o F, 78o F, 76o F, 74o F, 78o F, 80o F, 76o F
What is the mode of the temperatures for the month of June?
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ANSWERS
1. C . 42.5
2. B . Mean
3. A . 64
4.
∑ X = 40+61+ 95+79+9+50+ 80+63+109+ 42 = 628 =62.8
N 10 10
158.4+162.8+165+ 178.2+ x
5. 167.2=
5
836=664.4+ x
x=836−664.4
x=171.6
Hence , the5 th weight of computer station is171.6 pounds .
6. Total width of the ipads=12 ( 5.1 ) =61.2inches
Total widthof the kindles=8 ( 4.8 ) =38.4 inches
61.2+38.4 99.6
Mean width of 12ipads∧8 kindles= = =4.98 inches
12+ 8 20
7.
∑ X = 43+37+ 35+30+41+23+ 33+31+16+21 = 310 =31
N 10 10
8.
Weight ( pounds) Number of Computers
¿ 8
¿ 25
¿ 45
¿ 18
¿ 4
∑ X = 4 ( 8 )+ 6 ( 25 ) +45 ( 8 )+10 ( 18 ) +12 ( 4 ) = 32+150+360+ 180+ 48 = 770 =7.7

N 100 100 100
9.
∑ X = 90+50+70+ 80+70+60+20+30+ 80+90+20 = 660 =60
N 11 11
10. B.39
11. D .12
12. C . 69
13. C . 32,34,36,35
14. B .21
15. D . All of these
16. C . Mode
17. B .Unimodal
18. A . 11
19. x=8 , 5 , 8 ,5 ,7 , 6 , 7 , 7 ,5 , 7 , 5 ,5 ,6 , 6 , 9 , 8 , 9 ,7 , 9 ,9 , 6 , 8 , 6 , 6 ,7
Mode=6∧7
20. x=¿ 70o F, 76o F, 76o F, 74o F, 70o F, 70o F, 72o F, 74o F, 78o F, 80o F, 74o F, 74o F, 78o F, 76o F,
78o F, 76o F, 74o F, 78o F, 80o F, 76o F
Mode=74 ℉ ∧76 ℉

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Finding the Mean, Median, Mode Practice Problems

1. What is the mean of the following numbers?

4. Determine the mean of the following set of numbers:

40, 61, 95, 79, 9, 50, 80, 63, 109, 42

a. What is the total width of the iPads?

7. The following data represent the number of pop-up advertisements received by 10

Weight (pounds) Number of Computers

9. A group of customer service surveys were sent out at random.

Find the mean score.

10. What is the median of the following numbers?

10, 39, 71, 42, 39, 76, 38, 25

68, 55, 70, 62, 71, 58, 81, 82, 63, 79

a. 32, 32, 36, 38

14. The number of service upgrades sold by each of 30 employees is as follows:

What is the median number of service upgrades sold by the 30

15. Which of the following measures can be determined for quantitative

16. Which of the following measures can be calculated for qualitative

12, 11, 14, 10, 8, 13, 11, 9

What is the mode of her scores on the weekly math quizzes?

20. The temperature in o F on 20 days during the month of June

What is the mode of the temperatures for the month of June?

6. Total width of the ipads=12 ( 5.1 ) =61.2inches

Total widthof the kindles=8 ( 4.8 ) =38.4 inches

Weight ( pounds) Number of Computers

∑ X = 4 ( 8 )+ 6 ( 25 ) +45 ( 8 )+10 ( 18 ) +12 ( 4 ) = 32+150+360+ 180+ 48 = 770 =7.7

15. D . All of these

78o F, 76o F, 74o F, 78o F, 80o F, 76o F

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