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Find the outlier in a data set

Year 6 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Find the middle half of the numbers. Then look for the one value that sits far outside it.

  1. Weight in kilograms of pumpkins at a farm stand: 15, 13, 3, 15, 15, 16. Which value is an outlier?
  2. Height in centimetres of seedlings in a garden: 35, 18, 19, 19, 19, 21. Which value is an outlier?
  3. Minutes a bus was late on different mornings: 14, 28, 17, 16, 14, 15. Which value is an outlier?
  4. Minutes Maya spent on homework each night: 14, 12, 27, 14, 15, 13. Which value is an outlier?
  5. Points scored by a team in its games: 22, 23, 26, 24, 6, 26, 24. Which value is an outlier?
  6. Points scored by a team in its games: 34, 29, 5, 31, 32, 32, 34. Which value is an outlier?
  7. Number of books on each classroom shelf: 24, 23, 23, 44, 26, 24, 24. Which value is an outlier?
  8. Seconds it took students to run 100 metres: 43, 44, 47, 40, 38, 39, 81. Which value is an outlier?
  9. Number of cars passing a corner each hour: 43, 86, 48, 46, 50, 47, 49, 45. Which value is an outlier?
  10. Height in centimetres of seedlings in a garden: 22, 22, 22, 22, 23, 23, 22, 39. Which value is an outlier?
  11. Minutes Maya spent on homework each night: 35, 42, 38, 74, 39, 43, 40, 41. Which value is an outlier?
  12. Height in centimetres of seedlings in a garden: 58, 49, 56, 60, 58, 95, 53, 54. Which value is an outlier?
  13. Number of books on each classroom shelf: 23, 21, 21, 22, 22, 39, 23, 21, 22, 21. Which value is an outlier?
  14. Number of cars passing a corner each hour: 17, 16, 17, 18, 15, 15, 17, 18, 32, 15. Which value is an outlier?
  15. Minutes a bus was late on different mornings: 31, 31, 32, 32, 57, 32, 34, 32, 32, 37. Which value is an outlier?
  16. Minutes a bus was late on different mornings: 52, 53, 51, 48, 51, 50, 52, 55, 50, 99. Which value is an outlier?
  17. Weight in kilograms of pumpkins at a farm stand: 43, 42, 49, 43, 44, 45, 48, 43, 48, 48, 48, 83. Which value is an outlier?
  18. Number of songs on each playlist: 46, 43, 73, 41, 45, 46, 45, 41, 42, 41, 46, 43. Which value is an outlier?
  19. Number of visitors to a library each day: 66, 66, 69, 64, 61, 63, 69, 65, 60, 62, 108, 61. Which value is an outlier?
  20. Number of books on each classroom shelf: 57, 57, 51, 51, 21, 57, 55, 52, 51, 49, 57, 56. Which value is an outlier?
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Answer key: Find the outlier in a data set

  1. 3
  2. 35
  3. 28
  4. 27
  5. 6
  6. 5
  7. 44
  8. 81
  9. 86
  10. 39
  11. 74
  12. 95
  13. 39
  14. 32
  15. 57
  16. 99
  17. 83
  18. 73
  19. 108
  20. 21