
A histogram is drawn to illustrate a set of continuous data whose mean and median are equal. Make sketches of the different types of curve that could be drawn to represent the shape of the histogram.

Important Questions on Measures of Central Tendency
Students' marks in a Biology examination are shown by percentage in the following table.
Marks | |||||||
Frequency |
Without drawing an accurate histogram, describe the shape of the set of marks. What does the shape suggest about the values of the mean, the median and the mode?

Students' marks in a Biology examination are shown by percentage in the following table.
Marks | |||||||
Frequency |
Information is provided about the marks in examinations in two other subjects:
Chemistry: mode median mean
Physics: mean median mode
Sketch a curve to show the shape of the distribution of marks in each of these exams.

For each of the following sets of data, decide whether you would expect the mean to be less than, equal to or greater than the median and the mode.
The ages of patients receiving long-term care at a hospital.

For each of the following sets of data, decide whether you would expect the mean to be less than, equal to or greater than the median and the mode.
The numbers of goals scored in football matches.

For each of the following sets of data, decide whether you would expect the mean to be less than, equal to or greater than the median and the mode.
The heights of adults living in a particular city.


Nine values are and
Write down the value of the measure of central tendency that can be found without knowing the value of

Nine values are and
If it is known that is greater than which measure of central tendency other than mode can be found and what is its value?
