Section 3.

2: Right Down the Middle

For #1-4, find the mean, median and mode of each data set. Round any decimal answers to the nearest
tenth.
1. {10, 33, 50, 50, 76, 81, 50, 11}

2. {5, 5, 5, 5, 11, 12, 7, 15, 13}

3. {73, 25, 48, 99, 73, 71}

4. {4, 16, 9, 4, 2, 4, 1, 4, 16, 9, 4, 2, 4, 1}

5. The mean score on a set of 25 exams is 79.2. What is the sum of the 25 exam scores?

6. A class of 22 students has taken an exam, and the mean of their scores is 76.5. One student takes the
exam late, and scores 92. After including the new score, what is the mean score for all 23 exams?
Round to the nearest hundredth.

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7. After three exams, Jenny has a mean score of 74. With only one exam remaining in the class, what is
the minimum score she will need on that exam to have an overall mean of 80?

8. The following table gives number of classes taken by 20 students this

term. Find the mean, median, and mode number of classes taken.

Classes
1
2
3
4
5

Students
4
2
5
6
3

9. Joe earned a B- in his 5-cr math class, a B in his 4-cr English class, an F in his 3-cr chemistry class,
and an A in his 2-cr PE class. What is his GPA for the term?

10. Ken earned a A- in his 5-cr English class, a B in a 4-cr physics class, a B+ in a 3-cr Spanish class, and
an A in his 3-cr sociology class. What is her GPA for the term?

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Solutions:
1. mean = 361/8 = 45.1, median = (50+50)/2 = 50, mode = 50
2. mean = 78/9 = 8.7, median = 7, mode = 5
3. mean = 389/6 = 64.8
median = (71+73)/2 = 72
mode = 73
4. mean = 80/14 = 5.7
median = (4+4)/2 = 4
mode = 4
5. mean = sum/25 25(mean) = sum sum = 25(79.2) = 1980
6. For the first 22 scores, sum = 22(mean) = 22(76.5) = 1683.
Add in the 92 to get the new sum of 1775.
The new mean is 1775/23 = 77.17
7. She has 3(74) = 222 points, and needs 4(80) = 320 points for a mean of 80.
Thus, she needs at least a 98.
8. mean = [1(4)+2(2)+3(5)+4(6)+5(3)]/20 = 3.1
median of 20 values is the mean of the values in the 10th and 11th places. (3+3)/2 = 3
mode = 4
9. GPA = [2.7(5)+3.0(4)+0.0(3)+4.0(2)]/14 = 33.5/14 = 2.39
10. GPA = [3.7(5)+3.0(4)+3.3(3)+4.0(3)]/15 = 52.4/15 = 3.49

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