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Year 7 Maths — Mean, median and mode

Find the mean, median, mode and range of a small set of numbers.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Find the mode of 5, 8, 8, 2, 9, 8 and 1.

  2. 2.Find the range of 12, 4, 9 and 20.

  3. 3.Which average is the middle value once the data has been put in order?

    • a) The mode
    • b) The median
    • c) The range
    • d) The mean

  4. 4.Find the median of 12, 5, 9, 3 and 7.

  5. 5.Five children scored 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. What is the mean score?

  6. 6.Match each word to what it tells you about a set of numbers.

    • Mean
    • Median
    • Mode
    • Range
    • The middle value, once in order
    • The value that turns up most often
    • The gap between the largest and the smallest
    • The total shared out equally

  7. 7.Find the median of 2, 4, 6 and 8.

  8. 8.Find the mode of 2, 3, 3, 5, 7 and 3.

Answer key — Year 7 Maths — Mean, median and mode

  1. 1. 8
  2. 2. 16
  3. 3. b) The median
  4. 4. 7
  5. 5. 8
  6. 6. Mean → The total shared out equally; Median → The middle value, once in order; Mode → The value that turns up most often; Range → The gap between the largest and the smallest
  7. 7. 5
  8. 8. 3