Question

In a mathematics class, half of the students scored 86 on an achievement test. With the exception of a few students who scored 46, the remaining students scored 77. Which of the following statements is true about the distribution of scores

Answer 1

B. The mean is less than the median.

Explanation:

Say there was 20 kids: 10 kids(half) scored 86's, 3 kids(a few) scored 45's, and 7 kids(the remaining) scored 77's.

The median would be- 81.5 (chronological order, find the middle number)

The mean would be- 76.85 (sum of all the scores divided by the number of scores)

The mode would be- 86 (most frequent number)

The mean(76.85) is less than(<) the median(81.5)