Averages Multiple Choice Topic Test

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Averages Multiple Choice Topic Test

Test your understanding of averages with this ten question, self-marking multiple choice exercise.
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Here are 10 Averages multiple choice questions written by people from around the world while using the main Pentransum activity. You can earn a Transum Trophy for answering at least 9 of them correctly.

1. In a Mathematics test the scores were 7, 6, 8, 7, 6, 9 and 6. Find the mean test mark.

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This question was suggested by Usman Sohail, Pakistan

2. What is the range of the number of letters in the names of each of the months?

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3. The heights of five children are 78cm, 97cm, 80cm, 99cm and 106cm. What is the median height?

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4. What is the average (mean) of a one third and two thirds?

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5. What is the mean of 3, 3.3 and 3.33?

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6. What is the mode of this set of numbers? {1, 2, 6, 4, 5, 6, 7, 4, 3, 6}

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7. Which is the median of the numbers, 72, 17, 71, 23 and 32?

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8. What is the average (mean) of the numbers 4, 8, 7, 4 and 2?

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9. The Illing triplets are all 21 years old. What is the range of their ages?

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10. What is the mean of the three numbers: one hundred, one thousand and one million?

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