Unit 18 Section 3 : Measures of Central Tendency

Dispersion is how spread out a set of data are. One measure of dispersion is the range.
The range is the difference between the highest and lowest values in the data set.

Range = Highest Value - Lowest Value

Example
Look at this data:

The highest value is 22 and the lowest value is 3, so the range is 22 - 3.
The range of this data is 19

Example Questions
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(a) What is the range of the data illustrated in the vertical line diagram on the right?

(b) Look at the values below.
-5, -3, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9
What is the range of these data?

 

 

Exercises

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Question 1
Calculate the range of each of the sets of data below:
(a) 4763912712 Range =
(b) 655161221427 Range =
(c) 0241306 Range =
(d) 37894711 Range =

Question 2
Look at the vertical line diagram below.

What is the range of the data illustrated in the diagram?

Question 3
The heights of 10 students were measured to the nearest centimetre.
The results are below:

What is the range for this data?
cm

Question 4
The range of a set of data is 12 and the smallest number in the set of data is 5.

What is the largest number in the set of data?

Question 5
The largest number in a set of data is 86. The range of the set of data is 57.

What is the smallest number in the set of data?

Question 6
Look at this set of temperatures:

What is the range?
ºC

Question 7
The range of a set of temperatures is 8 °C. The maximum temperature in the set is 6 °C.

What is the minimum temperature in the set?
ºC

Question 8
The range of a set of temperatures is 7 °C. The minimum temperature in the set is -11 °C.

What is the maximum temperature in the set?
ºC

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