SSAT Middle Level Math : Data Analysis

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Middle Level Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #111 : Data Analysis

What is the mode of the above set?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mode is the most occuring value which is  since it occured  separate times in the set.

Example Question #542 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)

Use the following data set to answer the question:

Find the mode.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the mode of a data set, we will find the number that appears most often.  

So, given the set

we can see the number that appears most often is 4 (it appears 3 times).

Therefore, the mode of the data set is 4.

Example Question #112 : Data Analysis

Find the mode of the following numbers. 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Mode is the number that appears the most amount of times. 

 is the only number that appears three times.

Example Question #1 : Median

Find the median of this set of numbers:

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

 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

First, order the numbers from least to greatest.

Then, identify the middle number:

 

 

 

Example Question #2 : How To Find Median

Find the median of this set of numbers:

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

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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

Then, identify the middle number: 62.

 

Example Question #1 : Find Median

Give the median of the following nine scores: 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Arrange the scores from least to greatest.

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 #1 : Median

What is the median of the following set of numbers:

 

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No number is the median for this set of numbers

Correct answer:

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 #2 : Find Median

What is the median of the values , , , , ?

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Correct answer:

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  and the median is .

Example Question #2 : Median

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

What was the median score?

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Correct answer:

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.)

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 #3 : Find Median

What is the median of this set of numbers?

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Correct answer:

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:

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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