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Name__________________________ Date____________ Unit 4: Statistics Worksheet A4 (Part I) (Measures of Central Tendency Adapted from IV-16 Finite Bounded Book) Show work Calculate the mean, median and mode for each of the following: 2, 8, 7, 8, 5, 8, 10, 5 18, 22, 22, 17, 30, 18, 12 5, 5, 5, 5, 10 If each of six students scored 80 on a test, find each of the following for the set of 6 scores: a.) Mean Median Mode b.) Make up a set of 6 scores that are not all the same but that have a mean, median and mode of 80. The mean score on a set of 20 tests is 75. What is the sum of the score? The tram at a ski area has a capacity of 50 people with a load weight limit of 7500 lbs. What is the mean weight of the passengers if the tram is loaded to capacity? The names and ages for each person in a family of five follow: Name Don Jane Kirk Jean Scott Age 40 36 8 6 2 What is the mean age? Find the mean in 5 years from now (everyone is 5 years older). Hint: Make a new chart which shows each person’s age 5 years from now. Find the mean in 10 years from now. Describe the relationship among the answers you found in parts a-c. Do you see a pattern? Describe it. Suppose you own a hat shop and decide to order hats in only one size for the coming season. To decide which size to order, you look at last year’s sales figures, which are itemized according to size. Should you find the mean, median or mode for the data? Explain your answer with words (be clear). Name__________________________ Date____________ Unit 4: Statistics Worksheet A4 (Part II) (Adapted from IV-17 Finite Bounded Book) Show work (if you use a calculator, show me what you put into the calculator). The following table gives the annual salaries of the 40 dancers of a certain troupe. Find the mean annual salary for the troupe Salary Number of Dancers Salary x # of Dancers $18,000 2 $36,000 $22,000 4 $26,000 4 $35,000