6th Grade Math Textbook, Fundamentals

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Sample Test Item
What is the median of these six monthly salaries:
$4000, $2800, $3200, $6200, $3200, $4600?
A.$3200 C.$3600
B.$3400 D.$4000

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Test Prep: Multiple-Choice Questions


Strategy: Understand Distractors


Distractors in multiple-choice questions often seem correct because
they are related to information given in the problem. Be sure to
answer the question askedwhen choosing your answer.


Test-Taking Tips



  • Underline important words.

  • Restate the question.

  • Apply appropriate rules,
    definitions, or properties.

  • Analyze and eliminate
    answer choices.


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Choose the correct answer. Explain how you used strategies.


Read the whole test item carefully.



  • Reread the test item, including all the answer choices.

  • Underline important words.
    What is the median salary?
    The medianis the middle number in a set of ordered data.

  • Restate the question in your own words.
    When the salaries are put in numerical order, what is the middle salary?


Solve the problem.



  • Distinguish the median from the range, mode, and mean.

  • Order the data. Find the median.
    $2800, $3200, $3200, $4000, $4600, $6200
    The median is $3200  2 $4000$3600.


Choose the answer.



  • Analyze and eliminate answer choices. Watch out for distractors.


A.$3200 This is the mode of the data. Eliminate this choice.
B.$3400 This is the range of the data. Eliminate this choice.
C.$3600 This is the correct choice!
D.$4000 This is the mean of the data. Eliminate this choice.

1.What is the range of the data shown
in the box-and-whisker plot?
A. 16 C. 24
B. 20 D. 28

2.What is the least common multiple
of 8, 16, and 24?
F. 4 H. 48
G. 8 J. 192
20 24 28 32 36

Think
When there is an even number
of data, the median is the mean
of the two middle numbers.
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