Measures of Central Tendency
Range
Outliers
Central Angles
Circle Graph Word Problems
100
What is the mode of the data set? 11, 10, 20, 21, 11, 15, 22
11
100
What is the range of the data set? 18, 7, 23, 10, 16
16
100
What is the outlier in the data set? 55, 60, 63, 65, 53, 6, 67, 62
6
100
The central angle of a sector in a circle is 90 degrees. What percent of the circle does this sector cover?
25%
100
If there were 246 students at a dance, and 50% of them were in grade 7, how many grade 7 students were at the dance?
123
200
What is the mean of the data set? 3, 12, 7, 5, 13, 14
9
200
What is the range of the data set? 24, 36, 40, 16, 23, 14, 30
26
200
What is the outlier in the data set? 121, 130, 127, 117, 133, 425, 125, 135, 139
425
200
One sector covers 10% of a circle. What is the central angle of this sector?
36 degrees
200
There are 30 students in a class. If 10% of the class has a dog for a pet, how many students have a dog?
3
300
What is the median of the data set? 12, 33, 17, 26, 34, 31, 6, 23, 10
23
300
What is the range of the data set? 68, 39, 75, 45, 40, 38, 52, 61
37
300
What is the mean of the data set without the outlier? (Round to the nearest whole number) 21, 28, 33, 5, 35, 26, 35
30
300
One sector covers 20% of a circle. What is the central angle of this sector?
72 degrees
300
*DAILY DOUBLE* Over the course of 24 hours, Richard spends 36% of his time at work, 27% of his time sleeping, 15% of his time reading, and 14% of his time watching television. If the rest of his day is spent eating, what percent of his day is spent eating?
8%
400
What is the mode of the data set? 3, 9, 6, 10, 3, 5, 6, 7, 7
3, 6, and 7
400
* DAILY DOUBLE* What is the range of the data set? 71, 58, 64, 68, 83, 62, 75
25
400
What is the median of the data set without the outlier? 37, 59, 40, 31, 42, 52, 2, 53
42
400
One sector covers 9% of a circle. What is the central angle of this sector? (Round to the nearest whole number)
32 degrees
400
There are 24 students in a class. Twenty-three percent of the class said purple was their favourite colour. Eighteen percent of the class said red was their favourite colour. Thirty-one percent of the class said blue was their favourite colour. The rest of the class said green was their favourite colour. How many students said green was their favourite colour? (Remember to round to the nearest whole number)
7
500
What is the median of the data set? 37, 43, 22, 51, 26, 57, 44, 34
40
500
What is the range of the data set? 165, 99, 109, 97, 134, 111, 122, 118, 158
61
500
Does the mean increase, decrease, or have no effect when the outlier is included in the data set? 28, 29, 91, 34, 32, 38
increase
500
*DAILY DOUBLE* The central angle of a sector in a circle is 155 degrees. What percent of the circle does this sector cover? (Round to the nearest whole number)
43%
500
There were 4000 books signed out at the library. Forty percent of the books were Science Fiction, twenty-five percent of the books were Mysteries, and thirty-five percent of the books were Romance. How many more Romance books were signed out than Mystery books?
400