Impact of Outliers While Calculating Mean, Median, and Mode

Q. Meghan records the cost of bread (in $) from all the bakeries in her neighborhood as shown:
3.3, 3.8, 4.0, 4.2, 9.5, 3.5, 4.0, 4.15, 3.6, 4.3, 4.0

What is the mean cost of bread she records after ignoring the outlier?

1. $4.0
2. $3.88
3. $4.39
4. $4.83

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DIG DEEPER!

At a restaurant, when a customer buys 4 pretzels, the fifth pretzel is free. Soft pretzels cost $3.90 each. You order 12 soft pretzels. What is your mean cost per pretzel?

Q. Miss Claire recorded the scores her students obtained in the last math quiz as follows:
65, 62, 67, 71, 71, 73, 95

What is the mean score without the outlier?

1. 62.1
2. 68.16
3. 73.15
4. 60

Q. The heights (in ft) of eight orange trees are:
39, 40, 42, 39, 62, 41, 38, 39

What is the mode of the given data before and after ignoring the outlier, respectively?

1. 39, 40
2. 39, 39
3. 40, 39
4. 38, 62