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Family and Community Involvement (English) .......................................... 299
Family and Community Involvement (Spanish) ......................................... 300
Section 9.1 ................................................................................................... 301
Section 9.2 ................................................................................................... 307
Section 9.3 ................................................................................................... 313
Section 9.4 ................................................................................................... 319
Section 9.5 ................................................................................................... 325
Technology Connection ............................................................................... 331




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Chapter
9
Statistical Measures
Name _________________________________________________________ Date __________
Dear Family,
In this chapter, your student will study different forms of statistical
measures. One of the most common statistical measures is finding the mean
of a set of data. Another word for mean is average. Think about ways you use
the word average outside of the classroom. Consider the examples below
before brainstorming your own ideas.
Have you ever said "today is an average day"? What does that mean? You are
probably comparing that particular day to a day that went really great or
maybe to a day that did not turn out so good. So, what determines whether
a day is good, average, or bad? Do you think your average day would be the
same as a sibling or a parent? Spend some time thinking about the difference
between a good, average, and bad day.
How about temperatures? How does a meteorologist determine what the
average high or low temperatures are for any given day? Do some research
on the Internet as a family to discover how meteorologists keep track of
average temperatures for your city.
Some other questions to consider:
How would a record high or low temperature affect the average
temperature on a given day?
What other factors could affect an average temperature?
Now it is your turn! Think about other situations, activities, or events in
which averages are used as a form of measurement or comparison. Make a
list as a family and discuss how averages are used in each of the situations.
Then consider what is being measured and how knowing the average is
beneficial to you.

May you have above average luck!
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Medidas de estadstica
Nombre _______________________________________________________ Fecha ________
Estimada familia,
En este captulo, su estudiante estudiar las diferentes medidas de estadstica.
Una de las medidas de estadstica ms comunes requiere encontrar la media de
un conjunto de datos. Otra palabra para media es promedio. Piensa en las
maneras en que puedes usar la palabra promedio fuera del saln de clases.
Considera los ejemplos a continuacin antes de pensar en tus propias ideas.
Alguna vez has dicho "hoy es un da promedio "? Qu significa eso?
Probablemente ests comparando ese da con un da que fue estupendo o que de
pronto no fue tan bueno. Entonces, qu determina que un da sea bueno,
promedio o malo? Crees que tu da promedio sera igual al de tu hermano o
hermana o al de uno de tus padres? Dedica tiempo a pensar sobre la diferencia
entre un da bueno, promedio y malo.
Qu hay de las temperaturas? De qu manera un meteorlogo determina la
temperatura promedio ms alta o baja para un determinado da? Investiga en
Internet con tu familia para descubrir cmo los meteorlogos llevan datos de
las temperaturas promedio de tu ciudad.
Algunas otras preguntas para considerar:
De qu manera una temperatura rcord alta o baja afecta la
temperatura promedio de una da determinado?
Qu otros factores podran afectar una temperatura promedio?
Ahora es tu turno! Piensa en otras situaciones, actividades o eventos en los que
se usen promedios para hacer medidas o comparaciones. Hagan una lista en
familia y hablen sobre cmo los promedios se usan en cada una de las
situaciones. Luego consideren lo que estn midiendo y cmo conocer el promedio
es beneficioso.

Que tengan una mejor suerte que la promedio!
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Acti vi ty
9.1
Start Thinking!
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Acti vi ty
9.1
Warm Up
For use before Activity 9.1
If you asked 10 classmates what their favorite
color is, how many answers could you get?
If you asked the same 10 classmates how many
pennies are in a quarter, how many answers
could you get?
How are the two questions different?


Use a number line to order the numbers from
least to greatest.
1. 7 2. 3 3. 0
4. 3 5. 2 6. 4
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What is the difference between a statistical
question and a non-statistical question?
Give an example of each.


Answer the question. Determine if your
answer would be the same as your
classmates.
1. How many letters are in the alphabet?
2. How many centimeters are in one meter?
3. How many letters are in your last name?
4. What size shoe do you wear?

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9.1 Practice A
Name _________________________________________________________ Date __________
Answer the question. Determine if your answer would be the same as your
classmates.
1. How many cars are in the parking lot?
2. How many letters are in the word apple?
3. In what year will you graduate from college?
Determine whether the question is a statistical question. Explain.
4. In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
5. How many pickles are in the pickle jar?
6. What night of the week do you watch your favorite show?
Display the data in a dot plot. Identify any clusters, peaks, or gaps in the data.
7. 8.




9. The dot plot shows the speeds of pitches of a baseball.



a. How many pitches are represented?
b. How can you collect this data? What are the units?
c. Write a statistical question that you can answer using the dot plot.
Then answer the question.
45 40 50 65 60 55 75 85 95 70 80 90
Speed
Day of the Month
14 16 15 15
15 14 15 13
14 15 15 15

Age of Soccer Player
(years)
21 23 20 19
20 22 23 20
31 20 21 20
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Name _________________________________________________________ Date _________
Determine whether the question is a statistical question. Explain.
1. How long did you wait in line?
2. How many games did you bowl?
3. How many quarters are in a football game?
Display the data in a dot plot. Identify any clusters, peaks, or gaps in the data.
4. 5.




6. The dot plot shows the lengths of racing boats.



a. How many racing boats are represented?
b. How can you collect this data? What are the units?
c. Write a statistical question that you can answer using the dot plot. Then
answer the question.
7. The results of a survey are shown.
a. Is this a statistical question? Explain.
b. Display the data in a dot plot. Identify any
clusters, peaks, or gaps in the data.
c. Use the distribution of the data to answer
the question.



Number of Emails
12 15 16 14
2 17 18 13
45 19 16 16

Number of Ounces
12 20 12 12
20 32 12 32
20 12 12 20
How many customers did you
serve at lunch today?
25 24 22 20
23 24 25 24
21 25 22 31
25 27 23 30

16 15 17 20 19 18 22 24 26 21 23 25 27 28
Length
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Name _________________________________________________________ Date __________
Collecting Statistics
Survey the students in your class. Record their responses in the tables below.



Use the data to answer the questions.
1. Do most people you surveyed watch more or less TV than you? Are these results
what you would expect?
2. Of those you surveyed, who sleeps the most? Who sleeps the least?
3. The National Sleep Foundation estimates the average teen needs 8.59.25 hours
of sleep per night. Who got enough sleep last night?
4. Which table displays data differently than the others? Why is the data different?
Is the data still useful? Explain.
How many hours of TV do you
watch each day?
Name Time (hours)







How many pets do you own?
Name Number of Pets







How long did you sleep last night?
Name Time (hours)






What is your favorite sport?
Name Sport







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Name _________________________________________________________ Date _________



If A Seagull Flies Over The Sea, What Flies Over
The Bay?
Write the letter of each answer in the box containing the exercise number.
Determine whether the question is a statistical question.
1. How many hours do sixth-graders spend watching television on the weekend?
A. Yes B. No
2. How many states begin with the letter A?
D. Yes E. No
3. How many members in the sixth-graders households have cell phones?
A. Yes B. No
Display the following data in a dot plot. Then use the dot plot to answer
the questions.

4. Identify the peak.
K. 25 L. 24 M. none
5. Identify the cluster.
B. Around 24 C. Around 31 D. none
6. Identify the gap.
F. Between 22 and 27 G. Between 27 and 31 H. none

9.1
Number of Sixth-Graders In a Classroom
24 23 24 25 23
24 31 22 26 24
27 25 32 24 31
22 25 24 25 23

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Warm Up
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Acti vi ty
9.2
Start Thinking!
For use before Activity 9.2
What comes to mind when you think of the
word average? How does the word average
relate to math?
The bar graph shows the number of home
runs hit by 10 players on a baseball team
during the regular season.

1. Which player hit the most home runs?
How many did he hit?
2. Of the ten players shown, what percent
hit more than 20 home runs?
3. Of the ten players shown, what percent
hit fewer than 12 home runs?
Home Runs
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
32
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
14
12
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8
6
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Player
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9.2
Start Thinking!
For use before Lesson 9.2
What do you think is the average height of all
the people in your class?
Measure everyone in your class (including your
teacher). Record everyones height rounded to
the nearest inch.
Find the average by adding all of the heights and
dividing by the number of people.
Was your guess close to the average? Explain.


Describe an average value of the data.
1. TV shows watched each day this week:
2, 2, 3, 4, 1, 0, 2
2. Points scored by each starter on a basketball
team: 22, 18, 15, 6, 4
3. New messages in your inbox: 2, 5, 7, 2, 3, 2
4. Minutes spent getting ready for school:
45, 53, 65, 37, 29
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9.2 Practice A
Name _________________________________________________________ Date __________
Describe an average value of the data.
1. 7, 5, 9, 6, 3 2. 8, 10, 15, 7, 18, 14
3. 66, 93, 76, 101, 88, 81, 72, 95 4. 31, 73, 82, 58, 44, 60
Find the mean of the data.
5. 6.
7. 8.
9. 10.
11. For ten school days, the numbers of bikes parked at a school bike rack are
10, 12, 8, 11, 13, 9, 2, 1, 9, and 12.
a. What is the mean number of bikes per day?
b. Identify two outliers for the data. Describe how the outliers affect the mean.
12. You spend 100 minutes on homework each night from Monday through
Friday. You spend 190 minutes on homework on Saturday. What is your
mean daily number of minutes on homework?
Marching Band Members
Wilson M.S. 44
East M.S. 62
Central M.S. 75
Seminole M.S. 39
Gator M.S. 55
Problems Completed
Kara 18
Josh 12
Dana 13
Robert 8
Katie 19
Movies Watched in Class
Language Arts | | | |
Social Studies | | | | |
Math |
Science | | |
Art |
Students Absent
Monday | | | |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday | |
Friday | | |
20
40
60
80
0
1 2 3 4 5
Week
P
o
u
n
d
s
School Can Recycling
62
54
57
76
71
100
200
300
400
0
June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.
Month
N
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b
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r

s
e
n
t
Text Messages
108
99
126
324
287
274
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Name _________________________________________________________ Date _________
Describe an average value of the data.
1. 84, 89, 99, 78, 67, 98, 100, 71, 88 2. 234, 201, 311, 189, 404, 255, 276, 333
3. 0.34, 0.27, 0.11, 0.45, 0.32, 0.29, 0.32 4. 62.0, 62.8, 62.1, 62.8, 62.2, 62.3, 62.4, 62.8
5. 34, 101, 255, 87, 66, 75, 222 6. 11.2, 67.1, 8.5, 30.0, 44.4, 56.3, 38.8, 3.7
7. Compare your mean test scores for your science and math classes.
Science: 88, 96, 93, 99 Math: 91, 92, 96
8. The body temperatures (in degrees Fahrenheit)
of some students are shown.
a. Which data value is an outlier?
Explain.
b. Find the mean with and without
the outlier. Then describe how
the outlier affects the mean.
c. Describe a situation that could
have caused the outlier in the problem.
9. The table shows the radii of the four planets
closest to the Sun. Estimate the mean radius.
Explain your method. Then find the
actual mean.
10. The table shows the radii of the five best-known
objects in the outer solar system.
a. Which data value is an outlier? Explain.
b. Find the mean with and without the outlier.
Describe how the outlier affects the mean.
c. Look up information about the outer solar
system. Based on how the five objects
are classified, do you think that an average
of the data has more meaning with the outlier or without it? Explain your reasoning.
11. There are six boys and six girls in a class. The mean height of the girls is 59 inches and
the mean height of the boys is 60 inches. One of the boys is 72 inches tall. Is the mean
height of the other five boys greater than the mean height of the six girls? Explain.
Planet Radius (km)
Mercury 2439
Venus 6052
Earth 6378
Mars 3398

Object Radius (km)
Jupiter 71,492
Saturn 60,268
Uranus 25,559
Neptune 24,764
Pluto 1151

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9.2 Enrichment and Extension
Name _________________________________________________________ Date __________
Which Class Wins a Prize?
Students in three classes are collecting food to donate to charity. The
number of pounds of food each student collected is shown in a table.



1. Find the number of pounds of food collected for each class. The class
with the greatest number of pounds of food collected wins one week
of free lunches. Which class wins?
2. Find the mean number of pounds of food collected per student for each
class. The class with the greatest mean number of pounds of food collected
per student wins free yearbooks. Which class wins?
3. Each class also collected the
amount of money shown in the
table. The money buys 5-pound
bags of potatoes for $2.50 each.
a. Add the weights of the potatoes to the food collection totals for each
class.
b. Do the winners in Exercises 1 and 2 change if the potatoes are included
in the calculations? Explain.
Mrs. Rodriguezs Class $120
Mr. Woos Class $80
Mrs. Smiths Class $65
Mrs. Rodriguezs Class
4.2 0 1.7 3.0 14.0 2.8 0 27.7 4.3 9.3
2.5 2.1 0 7.0 52.8 0 15.5 29.5 0 1.3
7.2 6.6 44.2 0 25.8 9.0 0 9.5
Mr. Woos Class
2.6 0.7 0 3.8 10.5 50.0 14.2 8.5 0 6.3
7.5 1.8 0 14.3 0 0 43.1 57.5 12.8 78.1
0 22.8 5.5 0
Mrs. Smiths Class
2.6 11.5 1.6 14.2 30.3 7.2 3.6 0 10.2 15.2
9.8 0 20.2 3.2 11.4 23.5 4.5 18.4 8.2 48.6
18.6 10.0 6.3 10.2 0 1.5 13.5 4.0 22.9 10.8

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Name _________________________________________________________ Date _________


What Is Really Easy To Get Into, But Really Hard
To Get Out Of?
Write the letter of each answer in the box containing the exercise number.
Find the mean of the data.
1. 2. 3.







4.


5. 12, 15, 18, 22, 25, 28 6. 2.6, 2.9, 3.2, 4.2, 5.6
Find the outlier of the data.
7. 60, 55, 65, 8, 57, 62 8. 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 32
9. 11, 13, 13, 15, 15, 76 10. 18, 17, 1, 15, 19, 23





9.2
Answers
G. 4
O. 3.7
E. 76
I. 2
R. 20
B. 32
U. 17
L. 3
T. 8
B. 1
Number of Text
Messages Per Day
Jill 22
Dylan 15
Bill 18
Bella 20
Drew 10

Number of
Cats Owned
Louise | | |
Ted | |
Mark | |
Alexis |

Number of TVs in
Home
Spencer
Megan
Tyler
Ann
Beth
Ashley
Mike

Number
of Visits
to the
Stadium
Matt Brady Olivia Ellie Riley Noah Sam

8 2 3 7 5 6 1 10 4 9

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Acti vi ty
9.3
Start Thinking!
For use before Activity 9.3
Record the age of everyone in your class
(including your teacher).
Then find the mean.
Is the mean a good representation of the
average age of the people in your class?
Explain.


Find the mean of the numbers.
1. 5, 6, 2, 8, 3, 6
2. 12, 16, 16, 28, 50
3. 63, 68, 45, 13, 68, 31
4. 38, 2, 8, 45, 78, 23, 23
5. 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87
6. 4, 7, 12, 46, 12, 26, 18, 3
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9.3
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The mode of a data set is the value that occurs
most often.
Do you think it is possible for a set of data to
have no mode? If so, give an example. If not,
explain why not.
Do you think it is possible for a set of data
to have more than one mode? If so, give
an example. If not, explain why not.


Use grid paper to find the median of the data.
1. 48, 49, 37, 41, 43, 44, 46
2. 18, 35, 46, 234, 65, 34
3. 14, 11, 10, 14, 15, 13, 14, 17
4. 6, 6, 6, 4, 5, 7, 6, 7
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9.3 Practice A
Name _________________________________________________________ Date __________
Find the median and mode(s) of the data.
1. 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11 2. 2, 2, 6, 8, 10, 14
3. 12, 15, 10, 12, 21, 9, 12 4. 15, 22, 21, 22, 12, 16
5. 52, 61, 56, 55, 72, 64 6. 71, 51, 37, 44, 50, 49, 55
7. 91, 96, 89, 97, 89, 98, 94, 93 8. 55, 60, 60, 40, 60, 75, 40, 25
9. Describe and correct the
error in finding the median
and mode of the data.
Find the mode(s) of the data.
10. 11.
Find the mean, median, and mode(s) of the data. Choose the measure that
best represents the data. Explain your reasoning.
12. 6, 35, 8, 20, 6, 16, 7 13. 66, 57, 66, 16, 2, 35, 66, 114
14. You sent the same email message to 10 of your friends. The numbers of
hours it took them to reply were 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, and 25.
a. Find the mean, median, and mode of the data.
b. Which measure best represents the data? Explain your reasoning.
c. Which data value is an outlier? Explain your answer.
d. Predict how the mean, median, and mode would change if you omit the
outlier in the data list.
Breeds of Dogs in a
Pet Hotel
lab poodle beagle
schnauzer lab pug
pit bull boxer pit bull
beagle akita poodle
boxer pit bull lab
Students Initials
TC AT RC CC LD
DT LB TR SS TL
JG RL JC MB GR
FM MS DR BB JT
RG PS MJ WS FC
data: 25, 28, 24, 22, 27, 24, 29, 26
ordered data: 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

The median is 26.
There is no mode.
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Name _________________________________________________________ Date _________
Find the mean, median, and mode(s) of the data. Choose the measure that
best represents the data. Explain your reasoning.
1. 83, 68, 56, 100, 78, 94, 74 2. 55, 65, 49, 22, 56, 65, 61, 57
3. 104, 128, 72, 73, 75, 73, 119 4. 20.1, 13.4, 9.8, 21.3, 20.8, 19.1, 68.1, 22.6
Find the mean, median, and mode(s) of the data with and without the
outlier. Describe the effect of the outlier on the measures of central
tendency.
5. 72, 75, 26, 65, 72, 67, 71 6. 70, 85, 150, 70, 85, 65, 65, 85
Find the mean, median, and mode(s) of the data.
7. 0.39, 0.52, 0.30, 0.33, 0.44, 0.42 8. 2.4, 1.6, 1.2, 2.4, 2.7, 1.9, 2.5, 2.1
9.
1 1 1 2 5 1
, , , , ,
3 2 6 3 6 2
10.
1 1 3 1 1 5 1 3
4 , 2 , 4 , 1 , 3 , 3 , 4 , 2
8 4 4 4 2 8 8 8

Find the mode(s) of the data.
11. A, B, D, C, D, B, A, B, C, B, A 12. X, Y, X, X, Y, Y, Y, X, X, Y, X, Y, X
13. A punters first four punts in a football
game are shown. After a fifth punt, the
punters mean was 30 yards. How long
was the fifth punt? Explain how you
found your answer.
14. Each of five children picks out a birthday
present for their mother. They share the total
cost of the gifts equally.
a. Find the mean, median, and mode.
b. Which measure best represents the
typical price of a gift? Explain.
c. Which measure best represents each
childs share of the cost? Explain.
Gift prices
$9.95
$10.25
$9.80
$9.95
$24.95
30 yd
20 yd
27 yd
29 yd

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9.3 Enrichment and Extension
Name _________________________________________________________ Date __________
Using Measures of Central Tendency
1. The mean age of a family of five is 22 years. The median is 13, the mode
is 42, and the range is 39 years.
a. Find the ages of the five family members.
b. Will the range of the ages always be the same throughout any given
year? Explain.
2. The mean age of a family of seven is 23 years. The median is 16, the modes
are 12 and 45, and the range is 35 years.
a. Find the ages of the seven family members.
b. Give a scenario that would result in the two given modes.
3. A fish and wildlife conservation release three bald eagles that have been
rehabilitated. Before release, they measure the wingspan (in feet) and
weight (in pounds) of each eagle.
The mean of the wingspans is
1
6
4
feet, the median is 6, and the
range is
3
1
4
feet.
The mean of the weights is 12.75 pounds, the median is 12.75, and
the range is 5 pounds.
a. What are the wingspans of the three bald eagles?
b. What are the weights of the three bald eagles?
c. How do you think you would
complete the table that shows
the wingspan and weight for
each bald eagle? Explain.

Wingspan
( ) feet
Weight
( ) pounds
Bald Eagle 1

Bald Eagle 2

Bald Eagle 3



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Name _________________________________________________________ Date _________


What Should Always Go Up When The Rain
Is Pouring Down?
Write the letter of each answer in the box containing
the exercise number.
Find the mean, median, and mode(s) of the data.
1. 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 4, 12
2. 13, 18, 15, 12, 15, 17
3. 94, 82, 95, 72, 90, 92, 95, 100
4. 43, 12, 35, 51, 18, 26, 32
5. 14, 35, 20, 30, 31, 14, 19, 6, 2
6. 50, 39, 35, 50, 44, 39, 53, 66
Find the mode of the data.
7. 8.


Answers
U. 19, 19, 1
F. Soccer
T. Apples
R. 15, 15, 15
P. Spaghetti
L. Gymnastics
A. 31, 32, none
B. 8, 8, 4, and 12
W. Football
L. 47, 47, 39 and 50
M. 90, 93, 95
E. Pizza
9.3
Favorite Sport
Soccer Gymnastics
Baseball Baseball
Swimming Soccer
Football Gymnastics
Gymnastics Basketball
Golf Lacrosse
Basketball Golf
Hockey Football

Favorite Food
Pizza Pizza
Cheeseburger Spaghetti
Apples Cheeseburger
Spaghetti Pizza
Hot dog Spaghetti
Pizza Apples
Cheeseburger Hot dog

5 3 1 2 8 7 6 4


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Acti vi ty
9.4
Warm Up
For use before Activity 9.4
Explain to a partner how to find the mean,
median, and mode of the data set.
20, 21, 19, 19, 21, 21, 20, 18, 21


Find the mean, median, and mode(s) of the
data.
1. 7, 11, 6, 13, 5, 8, 13
2. 19, 23, 18, 25, 26, 21
3. 47, 40, 49, 42, 42, 35, 40, 49
4. 88, 76, 83, 84, 91, 85, 67
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Warm Up
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Lesson
9.4
Start Thinking!
For use before Lesson 9.4
Make a dot plot of each data set. Identify
the data set that is the least spread out
and the data set that is the most spread out.
Set 1: 98, 93, 92, 99, 100
Set 2: 75, 87, 92, 92, 74
Set 3: 88, 89, 91, 92, 90


Use grid paper to find the median of the
data. Then find the median of the lower half
and the median of the upper half of the data.
Describe the spread of the data.
1. 10, 12, 17, 11, 18, 11, 13
2. 23, 34, 21, 30, 30, 26, 28
3. 54, 52, 55, 54, 55, 53, 56
4. 98, 95, 75, 87, 93, 90, 88
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9.4 Practice A
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Find the range of the data.
1. 34, 31, 35, 36, 27, 33 2. 76, 78, 76, 79, 81, 85, 92
3. Describe and correct the error
in finding the range of the data.

Find the median, first quartile, third quartile, and interquartile range of
the data.
4. 23, 33, 25, 16, 27, 43, 29, 40, 35
5. 52, 63, 55, 56, 62, 54, 59, 60, 53, 61, 88
6. 73, 83, 72, 81, 77, 74, 89, 50, 75, 84
7. 106, 117, 127, 125, 118, 107, 123, 105, 136
8. Use the interquartile range to identify any outliers in Exercises 47.
9. The table shows the swim times for
swimmers in the final heat.
a. Find and interpret the range of the
swim times.
b. Find and interpret the interquartile range
of the swim times.
10. The table shows the ages of automobiles
in the parking lot.
a. The range of the ages is 12 years. Find
the missing age.
b. Find and interpret the interquartile range.
c. Another automobile enters the parking lot. The range and interquartile
range of the automobiles does not change. Find a possible age of the
new automobile.
Swim Times (seconds)
24.7 23 27.9 25.1
24 23.8 24.5 25
23.9 24.1 23.5 23.2
Age of Automobile (years)
5 3 1 8
10 6 9 ?

3, 7, 12, 8, 30, 16, 24
The range is 24 3 21. =

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9.4 Practice B
Name _________________________________________________________ Date _________
Find the range of the data.
1. 63, 71, 65, 66, 87, 53 2. 16, 28, 6, 19, 21, 15, 22, 33, 17
3. 143, 121, 135, 126, 107, 133 4. 2.1, 8.2, 1.6, 3.9, 4.3, 5.5, 7.2, 1.1
Find the median, first quartile, third quartile, and interquartile range of the
data.
5. 32, 53, 72, 66, 47, 54, 49, 67, 71 6. 142, 126, 145, 156, 132, 154, 149, 160, 153
7. 203, 183, 212, 181, 157, 204, 189, 190 8. 1.6, 3.7, 2.7, 9.1, 4.8, 5.7, 2.6, 8.6, 1.3, 9.9
9. Use the interquartile range to identify any outliers in Exercises 58.
10. The table shows the water level at
the dock over a 12-hour period.
a. Find and interpret the range of
the water levels.
b. Find and interpret the interquartile
range of the water levels.
11. The table shows the points earned by the
contestants in a competition.
a. Find and interpret the range of the points
earned.
b. Find and interpret the interquartile range of the points earned.
c. The second table shows the points earned
by the contestants after 5 bonus points
were awarded to each contestant. Find
the range and interquartile range of the
points earned after the bonus.
d. If 2 more bonus points were added to each contestant, what would be
the range and interquartile range of the points earned after the new
bonus? Explain.
12. Create a set of data with 6 values that has a mode of 5, a median of 9, a range
of 22, and an interquartile range of 10.
Water Level (feet)
1
3
4

3
3
4
4
3
4
4
1
4
2
1
4
4
1
3
2

1
3
4

3
3
2
4
1
2
4
2
Points Earned
15 12 17 8
21 20 6 9
Points Earned After Bonus
20 17 22 13
26 25 11 14
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Showing Interquartile Range
The first and third quartile, and the median can be plotted on a number line to
show where each equal part of the data lies. This method allows you to see how
spread out or condensed the data is.
Example: Find the median, first quartile, and third quartile of the data shown.
Then plot each on a number line.
4, 5, 3, 6, 5, 23
3, 4 , 5, 5, 6 , 23 Arrange to find the median = 5.
Lower Half: 3, 4, 5 =
1
4 Q
Upper Half: 5, 6, 23 =
3
6 Q
Plot each on a number line to see
the interquartile range.
Find the median, first quartile, and third quartile of the data. Then plot each
on a number line and find the interquartile range.
1. 158, 151, 166, 150, 161, 155, 156, 161, 159, 162
2. 80, 62, 75, 80, 78, 66, 85
3. 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 16, 15, 16
4. 10, 13, 15, 14
5. 201, 209, 191, 200, 200, 194, 206, 199
6. 201, 19, 401, 1, 389, 11, 199, 381
median
3 6 9 12 15 18 21
Q
1
Q
3
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How Is The Snail Housing Market?
Write the letter of each answer in the box containing the exercise number.
The table shows the number of minutes sixth-graders spend
reading per night.
1. Find the range of the data.
2. Find the median of the data.
3. Find the first quartile of the data.
4. Find the third quartile of the data.
5. Find the interquartile range of the data.
6. Does this set of data contain any outlier(s)? If yes, what is
the outlier?
The table shows the number of players on the different
football teams in the surrounding area.
7. Find the range of the data.
8. Find the median of the data.
9. Find the first quartile of
the data.
10. Find the third quartile of the data.
11. Find the interquartile range of the data.
12. Does this set of data contain any outlier(s)? If yes, what is
the outlier?





2 12 5 9 6 8 10 11 4 1 3 7

Answers
S. 19
B. 62
I. 12
U. 38
L. 29
A. 25
H. 46

G. 31
S. No
I. 26
T. 24
G. 14
9.4
Minutes
36 12 26 20 31
30 19 34 10 24
Players
24 37 16 32 39 24
20 35 62 24 40 26

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Acti vi ty
9.5
Start Thinking!
For use before Activity 9.5
Acti vi ty
9.5
Warm Up
For use before Activity 9.5
Peter says the range of the data is 10. Annie says
the range is 12. Who is correct? Explain your
answer.
22, 19, 12, 10, 15, 17, 21, 12

Find the range of the data.
1. 20, 34, 21, 33, 28, 25, 22
2. 4, 2, 5, 7, 8, 2, 4, 8, 3
3. 36, 32, 33, 34, 32, 31, 33
4. 89, 92, 80, 100, 96, 87, 92
5. 56, 52, 54, 49, 48, 51, 50
6. 67, 65, 60, 64, 72, 70, 59
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9.5
Warm Up
For use before Lesson 9.5
Lesson
9.5
Start Thinking!
For use before Lesson 9.5
Find the mean of the data below. Then make a
dot plot of the data.
34, 32, 38, 39, 42, 32, 35
Which value deviates the most from the mean?
Which value deviates the least from the mean?
Explain how you found your answers.


Find the average distance each data value in
the set is from the mean. Round your answer
to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
1. Prices of video games online: $50, $20, $30,
$40, $20, $50, $40, $30
2. Birth years of kids in a family: 2001, 2003,
2006, 2008, 2012
3. Test scores of 6 students: 83, 88, 95, 91,
93, 84
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9.5 Practice A
Name _________________________________________________________ Date __________
Find the average distance each data value in the set is from the mean.
Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
1. Numbers of houses on a street: 12, 8, 9, 11, 10
2. Years of birth: 1958, 2001, 1989, 1995, 1986, 2002
Find and interpret the mean absolute deviation of the data. Round your
answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. The table shows the number of lawns mowed
each day of the week. Find and interpret the
range, interquartile range, and mean absolute
deviation of the data. Round your answer to
the nearest tenth, if necessary.
Which data set do you think would have the greater mean absolute
deviation? Explain your reasoning.
8. numbers of bicycles parked in a garage
numbers of bicycles parked at a school
9. the number of miles driven each day
the number of miles walked each day

Weights of Bookbags
(pounds)
12 15 9 10
7 8 13 14
Numbers of Fish in the
Aquarium
14 23 30 17
24 20 21 19
Numbers of Pages in a
Book
186 205 192 189
226 212 198 200
Gallons of Gas in
Container
4.8 3.4 5 3.5
4.2 2.6 4.3 2.6
Lawns Mowed
5 7 10 9 6
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Name _________________________________________________________ Date _________
Find the average distance each data value in the set is from the mean.
Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
1. Numbers of marbles in a bag: 25, 42, 61, 33, 45, 50, 34, 42
2. Square footages of homes: 2052, 1250, 2200, 1856, 1442
Find and interpret the mean absolute deviation of the data. Round your
answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. The data shows the prices of five shirts and five pairs of pants.
Shirts: $15, $21, $18, $19, $24
Pants: $25, $32, $40, $36, $29
Find the MAD of each data set. Then compare their variations.
8. Add or subtract the MAD from the mean in the data set in Exercise 5.
a. What percent of the values are within one MAD of the mean?
b. What percent of the values are within two MADs of the mean?
c. Find the range and interquartile range for the data set. Use these values
to give a possible explanation for the answer to part (b).

Numbers of Squares in a
Quilt
8 20 16 12
24 18 32 30
Numbers of Desks in a
Classroom
25 25 25 25
25 25 25 25
Heights of Bleachers (feet)
110 105.4 97.8 100
98.6 112.5 104.6 99.1

Weights of Wrestlers
(pounds)
131.4 130.7 131.2 131.8
130.6 131.9 130.1 129.5
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Median Absolute Deviation
Finding the median absolute deviation of a set of data is similar to finding the
mean absolute deviation.
Example: Find the median absolute deviation of the set of data.
1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5
Follow the same method for finding the mean absolute deviation, but substitute
the Median for the Mean.
1, 1, 2 , 3, 3, 4 , 5, 5 Step 1: Median = 3
2, 3, 1, 0, 0, 1, 2, 2
0 , 0 , 1, 1, 2, 2 , 2 , 3
1 2
1.5
2
+
=

Find the median absolute deviation for each set of data and compare it
to the mean absolute deviation. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.
1. 3, 1, 4, 3, 15
2. 7, 9, 7, 8, 8, 4, 5, 6
3. 57, 77, 91
4. 2, 2, 3, 5, 9, 8, 11, 4
5. 1, 2, 5, 3, 0, 1, 4, 8, 2, 6, 1
6. 0, 1, 1, 50, 10
7. Review the answers calculated in Exercises 16. Do you think the mean
absolute deviation is more useful than the median absolute deviation?
Explain.
Step 3: Find the median of the values found in Step 2.
Median = 1.5
Step 2: Find the distance between each data value
and the median.
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How Do You Measure Poison Ivy?
Write the letter of each answer in the box containing the exercise number.
Use the tables to find the mean and the MAD.
1. Find the mean of the data.
2. Find the mean absolute
deviation of the data.
3. Find the mean of the data.
4. Find the mean absolute
deviation of the data.
5. Find the mean of the data.
6. Find the mean absolute
deviation of the data.
7. Find the mean of the data.
8. Find the mean absolute
deviation of the data.

5 8 1 7 6 3 2 4

Answers
Y.
1
19
3

H. 78
C.
1
19
2

I. 4
S. 11.8
T. 54
E. 2.5

B. 150
9.5
Number of Strikes During
a Bowling Game
3 2 6 9
2 7 3 0

Scores on a Test (percent)
63 70 95 88 84
59 76 92 63 90

Number of Library Patrons
124 120 140 165
147 156 141 207

Prices of Skateboards (dollars)
44 63 24 99 58 36

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Chapter
9
Technology Connection
For use after Section 9.4
Name _________________________________________________________ Date __________
Using Spreadsheet Formulas
Most spreadsheet applications contain built-in programs called formulas that
allow you to quickly perform complicated calculations. When using a formula
in a spreadsheet, you are able to quickly find and interpret the results instead of
spending your time performing calculations.
EXAMPLE Use spreadsheet formulas to find the mean,
median, mode, and mean absolute deviation for
the following set of data:
83, 94, 76, 98, 89, 72, 89, 90, 85, 86, 79
SOLUTION
Step 1 Enter the list of data in cells A1 through A11 in your spreadsheet.
Step 2 To find the mean, in cell B1 type: =AVERAGE(A1:A11) and then
press Enter. The mean is 85.55.
Step 3 To find the median, in cell B2 type: =MEDIAN(A1:A11) and then
press Enter. The median is 86.
Step 4 To find the mode, in Cell B3 type: =MODE(A1:A11) and then
press Enter. The mode is 89.
Step 5 To find the mean absolute deviation, in cell B4 type:
=AVEDEV(A1:A11) and then press Enter. The MAD is 5.95.
Use a spreadsheet program and formulas to find the mean, median, mode,
and mean absolute deviation of the data.
1. The table below lists the monthly average high temperatures (in degrees
Fahrenheit) for San Diego, California, and Denver, Colorado.
Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
San Diego, CA 65 66 66 68 69 71 76 78 77 75 70 66
Denver, CO 43 47 51 61 71 82 88 86 78 67 52 40