Median, Mode and Range from a 6 August 2024

Frequency Table

Quiz for 5 Do Next:

Learning Objectives

To know:
- How to find the mode from a frequency table

- How to find the range from a frequency table

- How to find the median from a frequency table

Recap of Learning

Mode = Yellow

Median Range
 Recap: I do Recap: We do
Find the mode, median and range of the Find the mode, median and range of the
following set of numbers: following set of numbers:

8, 9, 5, 8, 3, 6, 10 12, 4, 5, 9, 3, 1, 10
Order the data always:
2, 2, 7, 13, 16
-4, 3, 5, 6, 18, 18
What is the range of the following numbers?

8 2
New Learning
The table below shows the number of goals scored by a football team in one
season.

Goals () Frequency ()
0 3
1 4
2 7
3 3
4 2
5 1
Totals
 Pause Point

Frequency refers to the……

A frequency table is a table that…..

To know:
• That mean is the sum of the values divided by the number of values
• How to find the mean from a frequency table
• How to find missing values from a frequency table given its mean
Pause Point

Frequency refers to the number of _________ an

event or a __________ occurs.

A frequency table is a table that ____________

items and shows the number of times
(_________) the items occur.
Pause Point

Frequency refers to the number of times an event

or a value occurs.

A frequency table is a table that lists items and

shows the number of times (frequency) the items
occur.
I do
The table below shows the number of goals scored by a football team in one season.

Goals () Frequency ()
a) Work out the mode
0 3
b) Work out the range 1 4
2 8
3 3
a) Mode = most common number of goals scored 4 2
=2
5 1

b) Range = difference between highest number of goals scored and lowest number of
goals scored
=5–0
=5
AFL Check
The table below shows the age in years of dogs that a dog walker looks after.

What is the mode?

A B C D
2 2 and 5 years 7 years 5 years
AFL Check
The (same) table below shows the age in years of dogs that a dog walker looks after.

What is the range?

A B C
3 years 4 years 7 years
AFL Check
The table below shows the number of hours spent revising for a maths test.

What is the mode?

A B C D
1 and 2 2 hours 1 hour 7 hours
AFL Check
The table below shows the number of hours spent revising for a maths test.

What is the range?

A B C
5 hours 6 hours 7 hours
Independent Practice
1) Find the mode and range from each of the frequency tables below.

2) Find the mean from each of the frequency tables. Leave your answer to 1dp
Challenge

Mr Lynch is collecting data for the number of pets 30 students

have. He knows that
the mean number of pets is 1.6.
the mode number of pets is 1
the range of the number of pets is 7
Create a possible frequency table for the number of pets the
30 students have.
 Answers
1.
a) Mode = 20, Range =3
b) Mode = 6, Range = 4
c) Mode = 1, Range = 4

2.
d) 19.7
e) 6.6
f) 1.8

To know:
- How to find the mode from a frequency table
- How to find the range from a frequency table
- How to find the median from a frequency table
In pairs…on MWBS
A dog walker walks 10 dogs a day.

The age of the dogs that she walks are listed below.

5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8

1) Find the median age for the dogs Age Frequency

they walk. 5
6
2) Copy and complete the frequency 7
table 8
 In pairs…
A dog walker walks 10 dogs a day.

The age of the dogs that she walks are listed below.

5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8

1) Find the median age for the dogs

they walk. 7

2) Copy and complete the frequency

table

To know:
- How to find the mode from a frequency table
- How to find the range from a frequency table
- How to find the median from a frequency table
 I do The table below shows the age
(in years) of dogs that a dog
We do The table below shows the
number of goals scored by a
walker looks after. football team in one season.
Goals () Frequency ()
0 3
1 4
2 8
3 3
4 2
5 1
Mode:
Range: Mode:

Total dogs looked after: Range:

Median: Total goals scored in season:

Median:

To find the median from a frequency table, I need to create a new column for the cumulative frequency.
Cumulative frequency is the ______________________ total of frequencies in a set of data
AFL Check Add your cumulative frequency
column on your MWBS

The table below shows the number of pets of a group of students

Cumulative frequency:

What is the median?

A B C
1.5 20.5 2
AFL Check
The table below shows the number of hours spent revising for a test.

What is the median?

A B C
2.5 2 1
AFL Check
The table below shows the number of cars on each level of a car park.

What is the median?

A B C
5 2 4.5
Independent Practice 2 Challenge
Find the median of the sets of data below:
Independent Practice
 Indepnedant practice c) Work out the modal shoe size

b) Work out the range of pets

c) Work out the modal number

of pets owned

b) What is the mode amount of

money spent

c) What is the range of money

withdrawn.

b) Work out the range of pets

c) Work out the modal number of

pets owned
Printing
 I do The table below shows the age
(in years) of dogs that a dog
We do The table below shows the
number of goals scored by a
walker looks after. football team in one season.
Goals () Frequency ()
0 3
1 4
2 8
3 3
4 2
5 1
Mode:
Range: Mode:

Total dogs looked after: Range:

Median: Total goals scored in season:

Median:

To find the median from a frequency table, I need to create a new column for the cumulative frequency.
Cumulative frequency is the ______________________ total of frequencies in a set of data
Independent Practice 2 Challenge
Find the median of the sets of data below:
 Indepnedant practice c) Work out the modal shoe size

b) Work out the range of pets

c) Work out the modal number

of pets owned

b) What is the mode amount of

money spent

c) What is the range of money

withdrawn.

b) Work out the range of pets

c) Work out the modal number of

pets owned