Practice telling the difference between mode and median by working with data sets, lists, tables, and simple graphs.
Read each problem carefully. Find the mode, the median, or both as asked. Show your work in the space provided.
Practice finding the most common value and the middle value
Statistics - Grade 6-8
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The quiz scores for one group are 7, 9, 8, 7, 10, 6, and 7. Find the mode and explain what it means.
- 2
The number of books read by students is 1, 4, 2, 5, 3, 6, and 7. Find the median and explain how you found it.
- 3
A data set is 12, 15, 12, 18, 20, 12, and 16. Which measure is 12, the mode or the median? Explain.
- 4
Find the median of this data set: 3, 9, 4, 8, 6, and 10.
- 5
The shoe sizes in a class group are 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, and 10. Find the mode and the median.
- 6
A dot plot shows the numbers of pets owned by students. There are 2 dots above 0, 4 dots above 1, 3 dots above 2, 1 dot above 3, and 1 dot above 4. What is the mode?
- 7
The temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit for one week were 68, 70, 72, 70, 75, 73, and 70. Find the mode and median. Are they the same?
- 8
A data set is 2, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 11. Does this data set have one mode, two modes, or no mode? Explain.
- 9
A table shows the number of goals scored by a soccer team in each game: 0 goals in 2 games, 1 goal in 5 games, 2 goals in 3 games, and 3 goals in 1 game. What is the mode number of goals?
- 10
The ages at a club meeting are 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 14, 15, and 40. Which measure better describes the middle of most students' ages, the median or the mode? Explain.
- 11
A line plot shows test retake counts. The data values are 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 4, and 5. Find the mode and the median.
- 12
Maria says, "The median is the number that happens the most." Is Maria correct? Correct her statement and give a short example.