The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Understanding the median”, from the unit “Numerical summaries of data” (Year 8 Maths) by Oak National Academy.
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12 questions
Work out: 943 - 528 = ___
Starting with the highest number, put the numbers in descending order.
___ is exactly half way between 64 and 86.
The mean of 34 and 56 is ___.
Starting with the lowest number, put the numbers in ascending order.
A measure of ___ tendency is a summary measure that attempts to describe a whole set of data with a single value that represents the middle or centre of its distribution.
The median is the ___ piece of data when the data are in numerical order. It is a measure of central tendency representing the average of the values.
Match the number of data points with the position of the median.
The median from this list: 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.8, 2.9 is ___.
Which of these data sets can you find the median for?
Sam wants to calculate the median of this data set. Is Sam's working correct?
Data is presented in a dot plot. The median value is ___.
