Worksheet directions

Grade 6 • Guided Practice • Work with your teacher or a partner. Discuss the model or strategy, then complete each problem.

Sample questions

1. For the data 7, 3, 10, 5, 5, a student picks the middle number before sorting. Explain when that method fails, then state the correct median and mean.
2. The data are 4, 6, 6, 8, 11. Interpret the mean as an equal-share amount and compare it with the median. Does the mean have to be one of the actual observations?
3. For the data 13, 9, 16, 11, 11, a student picks the middle number before sorting. Explain when that method fails, then state the correct median and mean.
4. Five students read 2, 4, 4, 6, 9 books. Find the mean and median. Show how each uses the data differently.
5. Five students read 5, 7, 7, 9, 12 books. Find the mean and median. Show how each uses the data differently.
6. The data are 10, 12, 12, 14, 17. Interpret the mean as an equal-share amount and compare it with the median. Does the mean have to be one of the actual observations?

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Common Core connections

Source labels: 6.SP.A.3, 6.SP.B.5c. Review the learning goals below to check the fit for your class.

• 6.SP.A.3 — Measures of center and variation
• 6.SP.B.5 — Summarize numerical data sets

Bring it into your lesson

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