A science project about flowers involves pupils counting the number of petals on different flowers in their gardens. One pupil's results are as follows: 8, 3, 11, 5, 6, 9, 8, 4, 8, 12, 4
What is the mode number of petals on each flower?
7.5
4
8
Some friends are comparing the number of footballs they have at home. They have: 1, 0, 4, 1, 3, 2, 6, 2, 1
What is the median number of footballs?
2
1
3
The 5 highest summits in the Brecon Beacons are as follows:
886 m, 873m, 795m, 769 m and 754 m
What is the mean height of these summits, to the nearest metre?
795 m
815 m
132 m
What is the mean number of siblings in a class at school?
6
1.5
Using the mean, compare the maths results of classes X1 and Y1. Which class performed better?
X1 performed better
Y1 performed better
You can’t tell
Questions 6 – 10 are for Intermediate and Higher tier
Find the mean, mode and median of a group of people's shoe sizes and determine which one is the least representative.
1, 5, 4, 7, 1, 12, 8, 6, 1, 5
Median
Mode
Mean
20 dogs compete in an agility competition. Before they are allowed to compete they are weighed. The results are as shown:
What is the modal class?
19 – 24
5 – 9
What is the median number of calories eaten by this group of friends?
\[{2,000}~\leq~{c}~\textless~{2,250}\]
\[{1,750}~\leq~{c}~\textless~{2,000}\]
2,125 kcal
20 babies are born in a hospital in one day. What is the mean weight of the babies?
6 lbs
4.5 lbs
7.5 lbs
Use the range and median to compare the results of classes X1 and Y1. Which class performed better?
They performed the same
X1
Y1