IXL | Measures of center and spread

Rick plays on the Sliders baseball team. His coach asked him to track how many runs the team scored during each game this season.

Sliders' baseball games

number line label

Number of runs

Complete the sentences.

The median of the data is

runs. It describes the

spread

of the distribution.

3 ... center

3 ... spread

4 ... center

4 ... spread

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Bob worked the ring toss game at the Sheffield School's carnival. He tracked the number of rings each person got around the pegs he set up.

Ring toss game

number line label

Number of rings

Complete the sentences.

The median of the data is

rings. It describes the

spread

of the distribution.

3 ... center

3 ... spread

4 ... center

4 ... spread

The mean and median describe the center of a distribution.

The range describes the spread of a distribution.

To find the median, write the data from the line plot in an ordered list. Then, find the middle value.

The median is 4 rings. It describes the center of the distribution.

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