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SAT Statistics Mean Median Mode Range Standard Deviation Practice Questions (Free + Explanations) | Quiz 6

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Question 1 of 5

A park manager measures the circumferences, in feet, of 5 circular garden beds and records the values , , , , and . After a sixth garden bed is added, the mean circumference of the 6 garden beds is feet, and the range of the 6 circumferences remains feet. What is the circumference, in feet, of the sixth garden bed?

Explanation

First find the total of the 5 recorded circumferences: . If the mean of 6 garden beds is , then the total for all 6 must be . So the sixth circumference is . Check the range: the original minimum is and maximum is , so the original range is . Adding a circumference of does not change the minimum or maximum, so the range stays . Therefore, the sixth circumference is feet.

Concept summary

Use the mean to find a missing data value by working with the total sum, then verify that the added value also satisfies the stated range condition.

Question 2 of 5

A city park tracked the number of visitors on 6 Saturdays. The counts were 120, 135, 135, 150, 165, and 180. After a community event, the park manager says that adding one more Saturday with 135 visitors would change the mean number of visitors but would not change the median. Which of the following gives the new mean number of visitors and correctly describes the median?

Explanation

First find the original total: . After adding one more Saturday with 135 visitors, the new total is . There are now 7 Saturdays, so the new mean is . Next, list the 7 values in order: . With 7 numbers, the median is the 4th value, which is 135. So the new mean is about 145.7, and the median stays 135.

Concept summary

To update a mean after adding a data value, add that value to the total and divide by the new number of data points. To find the median, order the data and locate the middle value; with 7 values, it is the 4th value.

Question 3 of 5

A data set consists of the six numbers and . A new data set is formed by adding 3 to each number in the original set. Which expression represents the standard deviation of the new data set in terms of , the standard deviation of the original data set?

Explanation

Adding the same constant to every value in a data set shifts the entire set without changing how spread out the values are. Standard deviation measures spread, so it stays the same.

The original data set has standard deviation .
The new data set is formed by adding 3 to each value, so its standard deviation is also .

Therefore, the correct expression is .

Concept summary

When the same constant is added to every value in a data set, the mean changes by that constant, but measures of spread such as range and standard deviation stay the same.

Question 4 of 5

The dot plot shows the values in a data set:

If one additional value of is added to the data set, which statement must be true?

Explanation

The original data set is . Its sum is , so the mean is . After adding one more , the new sum is and the new number of values is , so the new mean is . Therefore, the mean increases.

For the median, the original data set has 8 values, so the median is the average of the 4th and 5th values. Those are both , so the original median is . After adding another , the data set has 9 values: . The median is now the 5th value, which is also . So the median stays the same.

Therefore, the statement that must be true is that the mean increases and the median stays the same.

Concept summary

When a new value is added to a data set, compare that value to the current mean to predict how the mean changes, and reorder the data to check whether the middle value(s) change for the median.

Question 5 of 5

A researcher recorded the number of hours 6 students slept the night before an exam, as shown in the table.

If the student who slept 10 hours is removed from the data set, which statement about the mean and median of the remaining data is true?

Explanation

The original data set is . Its mean is . Its median is the average of the 3rd and 4th values: .

After removing 10, the remaining data are . The new mean is , so the mean decreases. The new median is the middle value of the 5 numbers, which is , so the median also decreases.

Therefore, the correct answer is B.

Concept summary

To compare statistics after removing a data value, recalculate both measures: the mean uses the total divided by the number of values, and the median depends on the middle position(s) after the data are ordered.

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