Mean, median, mode, range

Answer Key - Grade 6 Math Worksheet - Challenge Me

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1. 1.

   Kira asked eleven children how long their walk to school took, in minutes: 14, 9, 17, 11, 6, 19, 12, 8, 15, 10, 13. One child stopped to pet a dog. What is the median?

   12
2. 2.

   Luz asked thirteen children how many turns they took on the swing: 5, 12, 8, 3, 10, 7, 14, 9, 5, 11, 4, 12, 2. The swing creaked happily. What is the median?

   8
3. 3.

   Milo asked fifteen children how many claps they made in ten seconds: 8, 17, 12, 6, 14, 9, 11, 20, 7, 13, 10, 15, 6, 12, 16. What is the median?

   12
4. 4.

   Ren read fourteen quiz scores out of 20 points: 20, 13, 17, 9, 15, 11, 19, 12, 14, 16, 10, 18, 13, 15. One student got a gold star. What is the median?

   14.5
5. 5.

   Tala asked twelve children how many leaves they collected: 8, 11, 9, 11, 14, 11, 8, 12, 11, 9, 13, 8. One leaf was huge. What is the mode?

   11
6. 6.

   Ari asked twelve children how many buttons they sewed onto a craft project: 18, 7, 12, 15, 9, 20, 11, 8, 16, 13, 10, 14. One craft project got very fancy. What is the range?

   13
7. 7.

   Esme asked five children how many books they borrowed. The mean number is 8. Four of them borrowed 4, 7, 9, 10 books. How many books did the fifth child borrow?

   10
8. 8.

   Kira checked five quiz scores out of 20 points. The mean score is 12. One quiz had a tricky question. Four students scored 9, 14, 10, 11. What did the fifth student score?

   16
9. 9.

   Milo asked five children how many books they read this month: 5, 7, 4, 8, 4. A new child joins who read 2 books. What is the mean for all six children?

   5
10. 10.

    Noah asked four children how many flowers are in their gardens: 4, 5, 7, 2. A new child joins who has 4 flowers. What is the mean for all five children?

    4.4