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. Jill was 14 years old. Jack was 16 years old. How old was Marmaduke if the mean of all of their ages was 17?

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

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

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

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5. What is the average number of legs of all the people in the world?

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This question was suggested by Mr Demeo, WMYC, Wodonga

6. What is the median of all the whole numbers from 1 to 25?

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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 range of the number of letters in the names of each of the months?

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

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Try your best to answer the questions above. Choose one of the five possible answers. When you have finished click the "check" button. If you have any questions wrong, do your best to do corrections but if there is anything you don't understand, please ask your teacher for help.

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