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Grade 3 · Foundation · free GCSE maths worksheet

Mean from a list

Adding and dividing.

15 original questions, 47 marks. Print the worksheet, mark it with the answers sheet, and use the solutions to see every step written out by hand.

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The questions

1

Here are four numbers.

6  11  9  14

Work out the mean of these numbers.

2 marks
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10
2

Here are five numbers.

4   9   6   2   9

Work out the mean of the numbers.

2 marks
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6
3

Owen watches five videos. Here are the lengths of the videos, in seconds.

210  185  240  195  230

Work out the mean length of the videos. Give your answer in minutes and seconds.

3 marks
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3 minutes 32 seconds
4

Here are the midnight temperatures, in °C, on five nights.

−5   2   −3   4   −3

Work out the mean temperature.

2 marks
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-1
5

There are 10 boys and 15 girls in a class.

The mean score of the 10 boys in a test was 6.2.

The mean score of the 15 girls in the same test was 5.8.

Mr Field says, "The mean score for the whole class was 6."

Show that Mr Field is wrong.

3 marks
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Whole-class mean = 5.96, not 6
6

The mean of 8 numbers is 12.

The mean of 5 of these numbers is 9.

Work out the mean of the other 3 numbers.

3 marks
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17
7

Here are the temperatures, in °C, at noon on six days.

8   12   9   14   10   13

  1. Work out the mean temperature.
  2. Work out the range of the temperatures.
3 marks
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a) 11 b) 6
8

Kofi records how long he spends on homework each evening, in minutes.

35   50   45   60   40   30

Work out the mean time he spends on homework each evening.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

3 marks
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43.3
9

Freya plays six rounds of a quiz. Her mean score for the six rounds is 15.

Here are her scores for the first five rounds.

12  18  9  21  14

Work out her score in the sixth round.

4 marks
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16
10

The mean of 7 numbers is 14.

One of the numbers is removed.

The mean of the remaining 6 numbers is 12.5.

Work out the number that was removed.

4 marks
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23
11

Sasha saves some money each week for 4 weeks. Her mean saving per week is £15.

In the first 3 weeks she saves £12, £18 and £9.

How much does she save in week 4?

3 marks
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£21
12

The table shows the points scored by two netball teams in five matches.

TeamMatch 1Match 2Match 3Match 4Match 5
Lions47595
Hawks63826
  1. Work out the mean number of points scored by the Lions.
  2. Work out the mean number of points scored by the Hawks.
  3. Which team has the higher mean, and by how much?
4 marks
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a) 6 b) 5 c) Lions, by 1 point
13

A running club has m men and w women.

The mean age of the men is 38.

The mean age of the women is 26.

The mean age of all the members of the club is 30.

Find the ratio m : w. Give your answer in its simplest form.

5 marks
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1 : 2
14

Here are five numbers.

3   8   8   x   12

The mean of the five numbers is 8.

Work out the value of x.

3 marks
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9
15

Five pens cost a mean of £2.40 each. Three other pens cost a mean of £1.60 each.

Work out the mean cost of all eight pens.

3 marks
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£2.10

Every question here is original and written by Robinson Tuition. The grade follows the Edexcel grade descriptors and suits AQA and OCR too; this is not an exam-board paper.

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