Here are seven numbers: 5, 3, 2, 10, 19, 7 and 3. What is the mode?
No mode
3
19
Here are seven numbers: 5, 3, 2, 10, 19, 7 and 3. What is the median?
5
10
No median
Here are seven numbers: 5, 3, 2, 10, 19, 7 and 3. What is the mean?
7
Here are seven numbers: 5, 3, 2, 10, 19, 7 and 3. What is the range?
2
-2
17
What is one disadvantage of using the mode?
There can be more than one mode
Time-consuming to find
Affected by very small or very large values
What is one disadvantage of using the mean?
It sometimes produces an incorrect value
There can be more than one mean
It is affected by very small or very large values
For ten days, the number of patients waiting in a dentist’s surgery at 5pm was recorded. The table summarises the results. Find the mean number of patients waiting at 5pm.
3 patients
1.9 patients
2 patients
The table below shows the height in centimetres of a local rugby team. Find the modal height.
180 \(\textless\) h ≤ 185
170 \(\textless\) h ≤ 175, 175 \(\textless\) h ≤ 180 and 190 \(\textless\) h ≤ 195
The table below shows the height in centimetres of a local rugby team. Find the group that contains the median height.
180 \(\textless\) h ≤ 185 and 185 \(\textless\) h ≤ 190
182.5 cm
The table below shows the height in centimetres of a local rugby team. Estimate their mean height.
183.8 cm
459.6 cm
185 cm