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
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How is the range of a data set calculated?
- Middle value found
- Highest minus lowest
- Most frequent value
- Total divided by count
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How is the arithmetic mean of a data set calculated?
- Middle ordered value
- Total divided by count
- Most frequent amount
- Highest minus lowest
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What is the mean of 2, 4, 6 and 8?
- 8
- 6
- 5
- 4
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What is the range of 3, 9, 4, 12 and 7?
- 12
- 3
- 7
- 9
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Five numbers have a mean of 10. What is their total?
- 2
- 60
- 50
- 15
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What does a very large range indicate about a data set?
- Spread far apart
- Values are identical
- Clustered near zero
- Evenly spaced out
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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
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Five test scores have a mean of 62. What is the total of the scores?
- 310
- 67
- 620
- 12
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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
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Using the same seven temperatures (14, 18, 12, 20, 16, 15, 17), what is the range?
- 6 degrees
- 20 degrees
- 12 degrees
- 8 degrees
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Three packs weigh 240 g, 260 g and 280 g. What is the mean weight?
- 280 g
- 260 g
- 240 g
- 780 g
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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
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Scores are 7, 11, 4, 9 and 11. What is the range?
- 15
- 4
- 7
- 11
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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
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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
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What is the mean of 0.5, 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5?
- 1.5
- 2.5
- 2
- 8
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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
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Data set A has range 2 and B has range 15. Which is more spread out?
- set B
- both equal
- neither
- set A
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Five numbers have a mean of 20. The largest number is increased by 10. What is the new mean?
- 25
- 30
- 20
- 22
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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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