Yr 6 Unit 3 Test (Averages)

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Cambridge Primary Unit Three (3) Test for Year 6


STUDENT
NAME
SECTION PERSONAL
NUMBER C 2 …. P C J NUMBER
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MATHEMATICS 0096

30 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.


You may ask for permission to use a calculator where need be.

Revisitation questions (Averages) to check your progress:


1. What colour flower is the mode in each picture? (Grey, Black or White)
(a)

Mode = _________________ colour flower.

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(b)

Mode = _________________ colour flower.

(c)

Mode = _________________ colour flower.

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2. Some children have been put into groups.
What is the median age of each group?

(a) Group A (b) Group B


5 years old 8 years old
6 years old 4 years old
7 years old 7 years old

Median age = _________ years Median age = _________ years

(c) Group C (d) Group D


11years old 12 years old
9 years old 10 years old
6 years old 12 years old
10 years old 11 years old
7 years old 9 years old

Median age = _________ years Median age = _________ years

3. A shop sells tops in sizes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.


These are the sizes that were sold this week.

5, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 5, 4, 5

The shopkeeper wants to work out the average size sold so that he knows
which top to stock more of in the shop.

Should the shopkeeper use the median average or mode average ?


Tick.

Explain why?
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4. Hari wants to find out if he is tall for his age.

He measures the heights of 6 children that are the same age as him.
He chooses to calculate the mean of the heights to find the average height of
the children so that he can compare his height to the average height.

138cm, 140cm, 136cm, 141cm, 142cm, 137cm

What is the mean of these heights?

________________ cm

5. Write the mode, median, mean and range for each set of numbers.
(a) 4, 7, 5, 4, 10

Mode Range

Median Mean

(b) 7, 3, 13, 1, 7, 5

Mode Range

Median Mean

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(c) 21, 29, 31, 40, 29, 30

Mode Range

Median Mean

(d) 6, 9, 12, 15, 11, 14, 11, 6

Mode Range

Median Mean

6. Seven buckets were put out to collect money for a charity.


The amounts on the buckets show how much was collected in that bucket.

$34 $0 $42 $51

$0 $263 $37

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(a)

Work out the mode, median and mean of the amounts collected.

Mode
_______________
Median

_______________
Mean

_______________

(b)
Which best describes the average amount of money collected?
_____________________________ (mode, median, mean)

Explain why?
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