Mean, Median, Mode, and Range Injuries During Professional Soccer Career 1 2 5 umber of Respondents Based on the histogram above, ofthe following, which is the closest to the average (arithmetic mean) number of broken bones per respondent? Ay 2 B) 3 o4 Db) Ss a3 sar vz01 ‘Unauthorised copying or eur of any part of hie page ilARITHMETIC MEAN (N) ‘a measure of average calculated by of the values by the number of values sum of values Tumber of values 19,12,8,11) @ tat rarber of ro mean = 2412¢8+1 — 19 a Te career 5° Injuries During Professional Soccer Career ‘numer of Respondents 1 2. 9 4 6 6 ‘Based on the histogram above, of the following, which is the closest to the average (arithmetic mean) ‘number of broken bones per respondent? the wath 3x5) cong tush te a hat gee b= Hb total broken bones sal cespondents 0 dvd And weve got total MEDIAN (N): a measure of average that basically by 0 translates to "the one in the middle” To find the median, sen bores per cespndert just put all the numbers in order from least to greatest and then cross off one on each end until you have only one value remaining in the middle, {3,19,21,6, 11} $8,6(1D 19,213 a4BE AN AVERAGE STUDEN’ IND THE MEAN, MEDIAN, AND MODE OF EACH SET. 1 14,14, 6,6,5) 3. 3.4, 1900, 3, 1900), Mean: Median: Mode(s): Mean: Median: Mode(s): 2 {200, 33, 19, 66, 57} 4 {1.7,.1,7.77, 14 Mean: Median: Mode(s): Mean: Median: Mode(s) NOT YOUR AVERAGE AVERAGE PROBLEMS: t.x4r} 3. The sum of 5 consecutive integers is 405, what is the 1. Find the mean, median, and mode of the above set. median of these integers? What is the mean of the integers? What is the greatest of the integers? Mean: Median: Mode(s): _ Mean: Median: greatest: 2. Emest scored 79, 81, 81, 88, 91, 94, 90, 77, and 84 ‘ona series of exams. Find the mean, median, and mode of Emests scores, jor problems that ask you about # cutive integers. On this type of probe © above, you can find the aves mean) by simply diving the sum of the c MODE (N): The mode of a set of numbersis the one that ‘occurs most often. So, in the set (1,5,7,5,9), the mode is 5 because there are 2 fives and only one of each of the others. RANGE (N): The difference between the lowest and highest values. In {4,6,9, 3, 7} the lowest value is 3, nd the highest is 9, so the range is 9~ 3 = 6. Range can also mean. all the output values of a function, SAT v20.1 ‘Unauthorized copying of reuse of any part of this page illegal. asGET TO KNOW THE AVERAGE FORMULA AND THE ANT TABLE “The average formula that you learn in school (add up the values and divide by the number of values) ray be occasionally useful, but it can get You into trouble on the SAT. Instead, use the ANT formula. for most average problems. Average x Number of Ltems = Total of the Items Especially for more complicated ANT problems invohing multiple groups with separate. averages, it can be helpful to keep track of Your work in an ANT table Lf b items in group $41 have an AXN = T average of 9 and 3 items in group Group #1 | 9 ] 6 ] " #2 have an average of I, wihen Group #2 | 2] 3 7 both graups are combined, what is Combined 4 | the average? Kok . 4 NEVER Average Averages! Sdwide Ore L repeat, never average averages! When You are given averages for two separate groups, you CANNOT take a simple average of the two averages. This is a. very common SAT trap (Gx) If one group has an average of 0 and another group has on average of 20, when you. combine. the. two groups, the. combined vt make this average does NOT NECESSARILY equal Ib. oe retake! “The average depends on the size of each group. ~ 2 +0 Group #4 Group * Groups| &2 200 => ae eS Ang Combined 4M" 7 16Mean, Median, Mode, and Range v Questions 1 and 2 refer to the following [canada [United States [Belgium [Canada [United States France, [canada Sweden Switzerland [Canada [United States [United States [Great Britain [canada [Germany [canada [Czechoslovakia _[Switzeriand [canada [United States [Norway Soviet Union |United States Ital United States |Candada [United States Soviet Union Sweden [austria Soviet Union |czechoslovakia [Switzerland [Soviet Union [United States _[apan ISoviet Union |Czechoslovakia [Austria [United States [Soviet Union [United States During how many of the years shown was the gold ‘medal won by the host country? [Soviet Union — |czechoslovakia_|Yugoslavia, Soviet Union Finland. [Canada Unified Team [Canada France Sweden. [canada, Norway [czech Republic [Russia bapan a1 B) 2 o3 D4 A a STAPLER PRODUCTION fw 2 3 20 (Thousands) [canada [United States [United States Finland Ital [United States [Canada Gold and Silver Medals for Men's Hockey Because the Unified Team represented the former Soviet Republics after the breakup of the Soviet Union, many people count the Unified Teams gold medal in 1992 as another gold medal for the Soviet Union. In this case, only 6 different countries have won the gold medal. The median number of gold medal wins among these 6 countries is M. Some people do not count the Unified Teams gold medal towards the Soviet Unions total. In this case, 7 different countries have won the gold medal, The median number of gold medal wins among these 7 countries is N. What is the value of M-N? Ayo B) 1 2 Dd) 3 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 ‘The bar graph above shows the number of staplers produced by a factory for the years 1991 through 1997. For which of the following three year periods is the average (aritmetic mean) of that period closest to the production in 1992? A) 1991-1993 B) 1992-1994 ©) 1993-1995 D) 1995-1997 ‘A study of ant colonies in a region revealed that the median colony population is 2,200 ants and mean colony population is 2,400. Which of the following situations could explain the difference between the mean and median ant colony population in this region? A). The colonies have populations that are close to ceach other. B) There are a few colonies that have populations much less than the rest. ©) There are a few colonies that have populations much higher than the rest. D) Many of the color 2,200 and 2,400. sar vz01 ‘Unauthorised copying or eur of any prt of hie page leg. a7