Lesson 3 – Measure of Center (Mean)

Create 1 statistical question and 1 non-statistical question.

Be prepared to explain why the question is statistical or
non-statistical.
 Name __________________
What was the mode of the data set?

How many games did Aaron Judge have at least 3 hits?

How many games did Aaron Judge have at most 1 hit?

How many games did Aaron Judge have more than 1 hit
and less than 4 hits?
Use the dot plot to answer the following questions.
How many AR tests did Steve How many AR tests did Steve
score higher than a 90? score at least a 90?

How many AR tests did Steve How many AR tests did Steve
score lower than a 70? score at most a 70?
 The height of three Saints players are
given in the table below.
What is the mean (average) height of the
Saints players?
Name Height in Inches
Drew Brees 72
Michael Thomas 75
Marshon Lattimore 72

Mean =
Jim records the weight of the fish he caught in the dot plot above.
He says the mean (average) weight of fish he caught was 42.3 pounds.
What did Jim do wrong?
Explain your thinking.

Estimated Actual
Mean = Mean =
Estimated Actual
Mean = Mean =
Karen records how many goals she scores in each of her soccer
games in the dot plot below.
She says she doesn’t need to include the games she scored 0
goals to find the mean (average) goals scored?
Do you agree or disagree with Karen?
Explain your thinking.
 Finding the total given the mean and number in the data set.
Carl ran a mean (average) of 5.4
miles per day for the entire week.
How many miles he did he run this
week?
Matthew played 12 football
games, he had a mean (average)
of scoring 2 touchdowns per
game. How many touchdowns did
Matthew score?
Sherry read 3 books that had a
mean (average) length of 150
pages. How many total pages
were the 3 books Sherry read?
Emily ran the 100 meter dash 6
different times, her mean
(average) time was 15.3 seconds.
How many seconds did it take her
to run the 100 meter dash 6
times?
 Rachel has a goal, she wants to average running 3.1 miles
each day this week.
The table shows how many miles she has run this week.
Is Rachel on track to achieve her goal?
Explain your thinking.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

1.4 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.4 2.8 x

How many miles does Rachel need to run Sunday to achieve her goal?
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

4.5 5.1 4.3 5.1 5.2 4.3 x

Susan has a goal, she wants to average ride her bike 4.2 miles
each day this week.
The table shows how many miles she has ridden her bike this week.
Is Susan on track to achieve her goal?
Explain your thinking.

How many miles does Susan need to ride her bike Sunday to achieve
her goal?
 Mary wants to average a 70 on her 7 Science tests.
The results of the 1st six tests are shown in the dot plot below.
Is Mary on track to make a 70 average in Science?
Explain your thinking.

What must Mary make on her last test to have a 70 average on her
7 Science tests?
 Ryan wants to average a 75 on his 5 Reading tests.
The results of the 1st four tests are shown in the dot plot above.
Is Ryan on track to make a 75 average in Reading?
Explain your thinking.

What must Ryan make on his last test to have a 75 average on his
5 Reading tests?
 The 12 basketball players on the 1992 gold medal
winning USA basketball team had a mean (average)
height of 78 inches.
What does that mean (average) tell you?
Explain your thinking.

How many total inches tall was the team?