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Which statement explains why?\u003Cbr>A. One value appears more often than any other.\u003Cbr>B. One value is much less than all of the others.\u003Cbr>C. One value is much greater than all of the others.\u003Cbr>D. The values are all different, and none is far from the rest. |  | Answers |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  | 1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |\n| 2) The list shows the number of push-ups Jerry did each workout.\u003Cbr>9, 9, 9, 27, 29\u003Cbr>The mode best describes this data. Which statement explains why?\u003Cbr>A. The values are all different, and none is far from the rest.\u003Cbr>B. One value is much greater than all of the others.\u003Cbr>C. One value appears more often than any other.\u003Cbr>D. The mean, the median, and the mode are all the same number. |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.   |  |  |  |\n| 3) The list shows the number of stickers each student earned.\u003Cbr>17, 8, 5, 13, 14\u003Cbr>The mean best describes this data. Which statement explains why?\u003Cbr>A. One value appears more often than any other.\u003Cbr>B. One value is much greater than all of the others.\u003Cbr>C. The values are all different, and none is far from the rest.\u003Cbr>D. The values increase by the same amount each time. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) The list shows the number of apples each tree produced.\u003Cbr>36, 18, 34, 38, 23\u003Cbr>The mean best describes this data. Which statement explains why?\u003Cbr>A. One value appears more often than any other.\u003Cbr>B. The values are all different, and none is far from the rest.\u003Cbr>C. One value is much less than all of the others.\u003Cbr>D. One value is much greater than all of the others. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) The list shows the number of birds each student counted at the feeder.\u003Cbr>6, 7, 9, 3, 44\u003Cbr>The median best describes this data. Which statement explains why?\u003Cbr>A. One value appears more often than any other.\u003Cbr>B. The values are all different, and none is far from the rest.\u003Cbr>C. The values increase by the same amount each time.\u003Cbr>D. One value is much greater than all of the others. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 1-5 | 80 | 60 | 40 | 20 | 0 |\n\n[www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com 2)[ 2](www.CommonCoreSheets.com 2)  \nMath  \nJustifying a Measure of Center  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Choose the statement about the data that explains why the measure was chosen.\u003Cbr>1) The list shows the number of paper cranes each student folded.\u003Cbr>15, 70, 14, 11, 7\u003Cbr>The median best describes this data. Which statement explains why?\u003Cbr>A. One value appears more often than any other.\u003Cbr>B. One value is much less than all of the others.\u003Cbr>C. One value is much greater than all of the others.\u003Cbr>D. The values are all different, and none is far from the rest. |  | Answers |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  | 1.  C \u003Cbr>2.  C \u003Cbr>3.  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