Lesson L1-29

L1-29 Find the mean and range of a set of quantities Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills Maths, Unit 1

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. How is the range of a data set calculated?

    • Middle value found
    • Highest minus lowest
    • Most frequent value
    • Total divided by count
  2. How is the arithmetic mean of a data set calculated?

    • Middle ordered value
    • Total divided by count
    • Most frequent amount
    • Highest minus lowest
  3. What is the mean of 2, 4, 6 and 8?

    • 8
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
  4. What is the range of 3, 9, 4, 12 and 7?

    • 12
    • 3
    • 7
    • 9
  5. Five numbers have a mean of 10. What is their total?

    • 2
    • 60
    • 50
    • 15
  6. What does a very large range indicate about a data set?

    • Spread far apart
    • Values are identical
    • Clustered near zero
    • Evenly spaced out
  7. Why does changing a single value in a data set alter the mean?

    • Every value contributes
    • The count changes
    • The median shifts
    • Only extremes matter
  8. Five test scores have a mean of 62. What is the total of the scores?

    • 310
    • 67
    • 620
    • 12
  9. Temperatures over 7 days are 14, 18, 12, 20, 16, 15 and 17 degrees. What is the mean?

    • 15 degrees
    • 17 degrees
    • 16 degrees
    • 18 degrees
  10. Using the same seven temperatures (14, 18, 12, 20, 16, 15, 17), what is the range?

    • 6 degrees
    • 20 degrees
    • 12 degrees
    • 8 degrees
  11. Three packs weigh 240 g, 260 g and 280 g. What is the mean weight?

    • 280 g
    • 260 g
    • 240 g
    • 780 g
  12. Six numbers have a mean of 9. After removing one number, the other five have a mean of 8. What was removed?

    • 14
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
  13. Scores are 7, 11, 4, 9 and 11. What is the range?

    • 15
    • 4
    • 7
    • 11
  14. Three prices are £2.40, £3.10 and £1.50. What is the range of the prices?

    • £1.60
    • £2.33
    • £0.70
    • £3.10
  15. Four people have a mean age of 27. Three of them are 25, 30 and 22. What is the fourth age?

    • 22
    • 27
    • 35
    • 31
  16. What is the mean of 0.5, 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5?

    • 1.5
    • 2.5
    • 2
    • 8
  17. A set of 8 values has mean 12, and a separate set of 4 values has mean 20. What is the mean of all 12 values?

    • 16
    • 13.3
    • 15
    • about 14.7
  18. Data set A has range 2 and B has range 15. Which is more spread out?

    • set B
    • both equal
    • neither
    • set A
  19. Five numbers have a mean of 20. The largest number is increased by 10. What is the new mean?

    • 25
    • 30
    • 20
    • 22
  20. A set has a range of 15 and its lowest value is 7. What is its highest value?

    • 22
    • 15
    • 8
    • 105

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