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6th grade Mean, median, mode, range worksheet

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Mean, median, mode, range

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Esme asked seven children how many books are in their backpacks: 6, 2, 5, 8, 4, 7, 1. Some backpacks weigh a ton. What is the median?
Jun peeked in nine desks and counted the pencils: 8, 15, 6, 11, 3, 13, 9, 5, 12. One desk hides a pencil collection. What is the median?
Kira asked seven children how many minutes they practiced piano: 20, 35, 15, 40, 25, 10, 30. The piano needs a rest. What is the median?
Milo looked at eight scores on a 10-word spelling quiz: 3, 8, 5, 10, 2, 7, 6, 9. One word was a sneaky one. What is the median?
Pia asked six children how many bottles they brought for recycling: 0, 3, 5, 7, 7, 8. The recycling bin filled up fast. What is the mean?
Ren counted the birds that visited a feeder on five mornings. One bird showed up with friends. The dot plot shows the numbers. What is the mean?
Tala asked six children how many cousins they have. The dot plot shows the numbers. What is the mean?
Zee asked eight students how many minutes they walked at recess: 10, 13, 10, 8, 13, 10, 15, 10. Some walks turned into races. What is the mode?
Bo measured seven bean plants, in centimeters: 16, 5, 11, 9, 14, 18, 7. The plants stretched toward the window. What is the range?
Jun asked eight children how many cartwheels they did in one minute: 7, 14, 9, 19, 12, 16, 8, 10. One child got dizzy. What is the range?

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About this worksheet

Mean, median, mode and range. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can find the median by putting the values in order and taking the middle dot (or the number halfway between two middle dots).
I can find the mean by adding all the values and dividing by how many there are, counting every value, even 0.
I can find the mode and the range, and I can work out a missing value or a new mean.

Standard: 6.SP.A.3, 6.SP.B.5c

Words to know

mean: The balance point of the dot plot: add all the values, then divide by how many.

median: The middle dot when the values are in order.

mode: The value with the most dots.

range: Biggest value minus smallest value.

value: One number in the data set. It is one dot on the plot.

Common mistakes

Your child took the middle number of the list as it was written, without putting the numbers in order first. Try writing each number on a small slip of paper and lining the slips up from least to greatest.

Your child picked one of the two middle numbers when the list had an even number of values. With an even count, the median is halfway between the two middle numbers. Try crossing off the smallest and the biggest, again and again, until two are left.

Your child divided by the wrong number of values, for example by leaving out a value of 0 or forgetting a value that was added. Try counting the values together, one finger each, before dividing.

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Are these 6th grade math worksheets free to print?

Yes. All 6 printable versions at each level are free to print, with the answer key, and no account is needed.

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