ISEE Middle Level Quantitative : ISEE Middle Level (grades 7-8) Quantitative Reasoning

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for ISEE Middle Level Quantitative

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Example Questions

Example Question #2 : Median

Consider the data set \displaystyle \left \{ 20, 30, 30, 40, 40, 40, 40, 50, 50, 60, \square \right \}.

Which of the following elements, when plugged in for the square, make 40 the median of the data set?

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 60

\displaystyle 10

\displaystyle 40

All of the other responses are correct.

\displaystyle 70

Correct answer:

All of the other responses are correct.

Explanation:

The median of eleven elements is the element in the middle, assuming the numbers are arranged in order.

If the box is replaced with a 40, the data set becomes

\displaystyle \left \{ 20, 30, 30, 40, 40, 40,40, 40, 50, 50, 60 \right \},

making 40 the sixth element.

If the box is replaced with a value less than 40, then the lowest five values are 20, 30, 30, 40, and the median is 40.

If the box is replaced with a value greater than 40, then the lowest five values are 20, 30, 30, 40, 40, and the median is 40.

No matter what, the median is 40.

 

 

Example Question #8 : How To Find Median

The six students in the science club weigh \displaystyle 145 pounds, \displaystyle 172 pounds, \displaystyle 166 pounds, \displaystyle 159 pounds, \displaystyle 153 pounds, and \displaystyle 201 pounds. Give the median of their weights.

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 162.5 \textrm{ lbs}

\displaystyle 173\textrm{ lbs}

\displaystyle \textrm{160 lbs}

\displaystyle 166\textrm{ lbs}

\displaystyle 153 \textrm{ lbs}

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 162.5 \textrm{ lbs}

Explanation:

In ascending order, their weights are:

\displaystyle \left \{ 145, 153, 159,166, 172, 201\right \}

The median is the average of the two numbers in the middle of the set, which are \displaystyle 159 and \displaystyle 166:

\displaystyle \frac{159 + 166}{2} = \frac{325}{2} = 162.5

The median weight is \displaystyle 162.5 pounds.

Example Question #3 : Data Analysis

Give the median of the following eight scores: 

\displaystyle \left \{ 61, 67, 80, 72, 76, 73, 90, 68 \right \}

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 73.375

\displaystyle 72

\displaystyle 73

\displaystyle 75.5

\displaystyle 72.5

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 72.5

Explanation:

Arrange the scores from least to greatest.

\displaystyle \left \{ 61, 67, 68, 72, 73, 76, 80, 90 \right \}

There are an even number (eight) of scores, so the median is the arithmetic mean of the middle two scores, 72 and 73. This makes the median

\displaystyle \frac{72 + 73}{2} = 72.5

Example Question #1 : Median

Find the median of this set of numbers:

753, 159, 456, 654, 852, 963, 741.

 

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 753

\displaystyle 654

\displaystyle 741

\displaystyle 804

\displaystyle 456

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 741

Explanation:

First, order the numbers from least to greatest.

\displaystyle 159, 456, 654, 741, 753, 852, 963

Then, identify the middle number: \displaystyle 741.

 

 

 

Example Question #1 : Median

Find the median of this set of numbers:

60, 74, 51, 43, 91,62, 65

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 48

\displaystyle 60

\displaystyle 62

\displaystyle 65

\displaystyle 64

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 62

Explanation:

First, place the numbers in order from least to greatest:

\displaystyle 43, 51,60,62,65,74,91

Then, identify the middle number: 62.

 

Example Question #131 : Data Analysis And Probability

Give the median of the following nine scores: 

\displaystyle \left \{ 61, 67, 80, 72, 76, 73, 90, 68, 70 \right \}

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 68

\displaystyle 72.5

\displaystyle 75.5

\displaystyle 73

\displaystyle 72

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 72

Explanation:

Arrange the scores from least to greatest.

\displaystyle \left \{ 61, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 76, 80, 90 \right \}

There are an odd number (nine) of scores, so the median of the scores is the one that falls in the center - namely, 72.

Example Question #113 : Data Analysis

What is the median of the following set of numbers:

 

\displaystyle 1, 1,1,4,7,11,23,24,24

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 15

\displaystyle 7

\displaystyle 10

\displaystyle 1

No number is the median for this set of numbers

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 7

Explanation:

The median is the number with an equal number of other items both above and below it.  There are 9 total numbers in the list, 4 of them are below 7, and 4 of them are above 7.

Example Question #81 : Data Analysis

What is the median of the values \displaystyle 55, \displaystyle 90, \displaystyle 33, \displaystyle 78, \displaystyle 46?

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 60.4

\displaystyle 55

\displaystyle 90

\displaystyle 46

\displaystyle 302

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 55

Explanation:

The median of a set of values is the value that is in the middle when you rearrange the values from least to greatest. In this set, the values can be rearranged as \displaystyle 33\displaystyle 46\displaystyle 55\displaystyle 78\displaystyle 90 and the median is \displaystyle 55.

Example Question #1 : How To Find Median

On a math test that the teacher gave her students, the scores were as follows:

\displaystyle 77, 90, 91, 93, 75, 89, 71

What was the median score?

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 90

\displaystyle 91

\displaystyle 77

\displaystyle 89

\displaystyle 78

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 89

Explanation:

The median is the middle number in a set when the set of numbers is ordered sequentially. 

When the intial set is reordered sequentially, you get the bottom set. (The top set is the original ordering of the numbers.)

\displaystyle 77, 90, 91, 93, 75, 89, 71

\displaystyle 71, 75, 77, 89, 90, 91, 93

In this sequential set of 7 numbers, the number 89 is in the fourth posiiton and exactly in the middle. Therefore, it is the mean. 

Example Question #2 : Median

What is the median of this set of numbers?

\displaystyle 89, 57, 34, 88, 22

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 88

\displaystyle 34

\displaystyle 57

\displaystyle 22

\displaystyle 89

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 57

Explanation:

To find the median of a set of numbers, you must first reorder them from smallest to largest. Below is the set reordered as such:

\displaystyle 22, 34, 57, 88, 89

The median is the middle number of the set. Here, 57 is the middle number. Therefore, it is the median and the correct answer. 

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