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Sheet # 440

Name_________________________Date:_____________


Explain and Show Your Work.

1) Six students kept track of how much time they spent reading in a week. The mean time was 6 hours. The mode was 7 hours. What might each of their times be?












2) Make a different data set to match each one. All the data sets should have 7 values and a mean of 21.

a) Mean is larger than median.



b) Median is larger than mean.



c) Mean and median are equal.






















































Answers for sheet # 439

1) Answers would vary. Here is an example data set: 4, 7, 5, 6, 7, 7

2)

a) 12, 19, 16, 20, 21, 28, 31.
Mean: 21
Median: 20

b)
8, 10, 17, 23, 28, 30, 31
Mean: 21
Median: 23

c)
8, 9, 20, 21, 28, 30, 31
Mean: 21
Median: 21