Range and outliers

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Lessons
  1. What is the range of each set of data?
    1. 3, 8, 6, 12, 10, 14, 9, 4
    2. -4, 3, -8, 9, 11, -11, 0
    3. 41, 23, 54, 21, 37, 33, 19, 22, 17
  2. Kate was given a Nancy Drew mystery computer game for her birthday. The following times indicate how long it took her to complete the game the first 5 times she did it:

    10 hours, 6 hours, 5 hours, 3 hours, 2 hours
    1. What is the range?
    2. Which time may be an outlier?
    3. If the outlier is removed, what is the new range?
  3. Four athletes completed a 50m freestyle race at a swim competition.
    • The fastest time was 28 seconds.
    • The mode was 31 seconds.
    • The mean was 30 seconds.
    1. What were the finishing times for the 4 athletes?
    2. What is the range of times?