Find the mean of 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
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Calculate the mean, median, mode and range for individual data and for data in a frequency table (including grouped data at Extended).
Find the mean of 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Find the range of the values 12, 15, 8, 19, 11.
[1 mark]Find the mode of the data 3, 7, 4, 7, 9, 7, 4, 2.
[1 mark]Find the median of the data 3, 7, 4, 7, 9, 7, 4, 2.
[1 mark]A frequency table records the number of pets owned by 30 students: 0 → 10, 1 → 12, 2 → 6, 3 → 2.
Find the mean number of pets per student.
[2 marks]Adding a very LARGE outlier to a data set most affects which of the following?
A grouped frequency table records the times (t minutes) taken by 50 students to complete a task: 0 ⩽ t < 10 → 6, 10 ⩽ t < 20 → 14, 20 ⩽ t < 30 → 18, 30 ⩽ t < 40 → 9, 40 ⩽ t < 50 → 3.
Find an estimate for the mean time, correct to 1 decimal place.
[2 marks]State the modal class.
[1 mark]A data set has six values: 4, 7, 9, 12, x and 8. The mean is 9. Find the value of x.
[2 marks]The mean of the 5 numbers 8, k, 12, k + 4, 6 is 10. Find the value of k.
[2 marks]