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Year 9 Maths — Mean, median and mode

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

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Find the median of 3, 7, 9, 11 and 15.

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

  3. 3.Find the mean of 4, 8, 6, 10 and 2.

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

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

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

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

  7. 7.The mean of four numbers is 12. What do the four numbers add up to?

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

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

Answer key — Year 9 Maths — Mean, median and mode

  1. 1. 9
  2. 2. 8
  3. 3. 6
  4. 4. 7
  5. 5. a) The median
  6. 6. 3
  7. 7. 48
  8. 8. 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