Math Tutorial: Handling Data
1. Josh scored 75, 65, 88, 74, and 54 on five tests. Find
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
2. Lula bowled 153, 155, 178, and 280 in four games.
a. Find mean, median and mode.
b. Which measure best describe Lula’s score? Explain.
3. The list of types of bread: White bread, Wheat bread, Whole grain bread, Rye bread, and
Hamburger bun. Which of the averages (Mean/Median/Mode) would be the most appropriate?
Explain.
4. The data table shows the number of miles run by members of three tracks teams for one day.
Determine the shape of distribution for each team. Explain.
Hint. Shapes of distribution: normal distribution, skewed distribution (left or right), and bimodal
distribution.
Miles 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6
Team A 1 2 3 4 3 2 1
Team B 7 6 5 4 3 3 2
Team C 5 3 2 2 3 5 2
5. The frequency table shows the number of siblings of each student in a class. Find the value of x
if the mean is 1.25.
Number of siblings 0 1 2 3 4
Frequency 7 9 5 1 x
6. Find the lower quartile of the following set of numbers.
1, 5, 8, 15, 27, 33
7. Find the upper quartile of the following set of numbers.
14, 18, 26, 16, 29, 5, 15
8. Find the inter-quartile range of the first five odd positive integers.
9. For the data 4, 3, 6, x, 10, 2, 10, 9, find x if median is 7.
10. For the data 4, 4, 1, 6, x, find x if the upper quartile is 5.
11. The number of books read by a group of 26 students during the end of year holidays is shown
below.
0 6 3 5 3 0 6 2 3 4 4 4 5
7 1 4 5 1 6 1 1 2 0 7 2 0
Find the inter-quartile range and range of the data above.
