Solve each problem. You will need Centimeter Graph Paper.

  1. John bowled three games. His scores were 120, 87, and 123. Find his median score.
  2. Ming and his friends were playing basketball. They had a contest to see how many baskets each person can make in fifteen minutes. Here is a list of the number of baskets made: 33, 30, 17, 27, 22, 17, 29, 17, 24, 29, and 31.
    1. Find the median number of baskets.
    2. Find the mode.
    3. Which average, the median or the mode, do you think better represents the number of baskets made by Ming and his friends? Explain your thinking.
    4. Ming started to make the line plot below to display the data collected. Draw the line plot on your paper and add the missing information.