Unit 1: Collection, Display, And Interpretation Of Data Worksheet - 6th Grade Page 14

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LESSON
Comparing the Median and Mean
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Math Message
Salaries at Fancy Font
Office Supplies
A small office supply company has 12 employees.
Their yearly salaries appear in the table, as
Job
Annual Salary
well as the mean, median, and mode salaries.
President
$275,000
Does the mean, the median, or the mode best
1.
Vice-President: Marketing
$185,000
represent the typical salary at the company?
Explain.
Vice-President: Sales
$185,000
Marketing Manager
$62,500
Product Manager
$59,000
Sales Manager
$55,500
Promotions Manager
$52,500
Salesperson 1
$45,000
Salesperson 2
$43,500
Salesperson 3
$43,000
Administrative Assistant 1
$39,500
Administrative Assistant 2
$36,000
Mean salary
$90,125
Median salary
$54,000
Mode salary
$185,000
Median and Mean
Find the median and mean for each of the following sets of numbers.
6, 9, 10, 15
median
mean
2.
a.
b.
0.50, 0.75, 1, 1.25, 0.80
median
mean
3.
a.
b.
123, 56, 92, 90, 88
median
mean
4.
a.
b.
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