Lesson L2-25

L2-25 Use the mean, median, mode and range to compare two sets of data Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Functional Skills Maths, Unit 2

20 questions

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The 20 questions

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

    • Sum divided by count
    • Highest minus lowest
    • Highest plus lowest
    • Middle value found

  2. Which pair of statistics provides a typical value and a measure of spread?

    • Range and sum
    • Mean and median
    • Average and range
    • Mode and total

  3. What is the minimum possible value for the range of any data set?

    • Minus infinity
    • Negative one
    • The lowest value
    • Zero

  4. What does a larger range in a data set indicate?

    • More consistent data
    • More spread out
    • Lower maximum value
    • Higher average value

  5. Which measure best describes the most common category in data such as favourite colour?

    • Range
    • Mode
    • Median
    • Mean

  6. In statistics, what does the term spread measure?

    • Data variation
    • Sample size
    • Central tendency
    • Total frequency

  7. What can still differ between two distinct data sets that share the exact same mean?

    • Count of items
    • Spread
    • Total sum
    • Mean value

  8. Set A has range 8 and Set B has range 12. Which set is more spread out?

    • Set B
    • Set A
    • Neither
    • Both equal

  9. Team X has mean 7 and Team Y has mean 6.67. Which team has the higher mean?

    • Both equal
    • Neither
    • Team Y
    • Team X

  10. Set P is 3, 3, 5, 9, 10 and Set Q is 2, 4, 5, 5, 6. Which set has the larger range?

    • Set Q, range 4
    • Both have range 5
    • Set P, range 10
    • Set P, range 7

  11. Set X has range 4 and Set Y has range 22. Which set has the larger range?

    • Set X
    • Set Y
    • Cannot tell
    • Both equal

  12. Town A has range 4 and Town B has range 12. Which town had more temperature variation?

    • Town B
    • Both equal
    • Town A
    • Neither

  13. Group A has mode 2 and Group B has mode 4. What does this show?

    • Group A total greater
    • Group B mean higher
    • Group A spread larger
    • Group B mode higher

  14. A data set has a range of 15 and a lowest value of 8. What is the highest value?

    • 15
    • 30
    • 7
    • 23

  15. Set A has range 2 and Set B has range 20. Which set has the smaller range?

    • Set B
    • Set A
    • Both equal
    • Neither

  16. Set C is 3, 6 and 9. Set D is 5, 6 and 7. Which set has the larger range?

    • Set C, range 6
    • Both have range 4
    • Set D, range 6
    • Set D, range 2

  17. Set A has range 8 and Set B has range 4, with equal means. Which set is more consistent?

    • Set B
    • Both equal
    • Set A
    • Neither

  18. Five values have a mean of 10, a range of 6 and a median of 10. Which set could be the full data?

    • 7, 8, 10, 12, 13
    • 7, 8, 10, 12, 12
    • 6, 8, 10, 12, 14
    • 7, 9, 10, 11, 14

  19. A set has a highest value of 30 and a range of 18. What is the lowest value?

    • 12
    • 18
    • 13
    • 48

  20. Set A has a total of 40 from 4 values and Set B has a total of 36 from 4 values. What is the difference between the two means?

    • 1
    • 4
    • 9
    • 5

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