6th grade mean, median, mode & range worksheets
Sixth grade statistics worksheets range from classifying statistical questions to constructing dot plots and describing distributions by their center, spread, and shape. Students also evaluate precise claims about symmetry, right skew, clusters, gaps, and outliers.
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The kind of problems you'll get
Read each display and answer every question.
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Find the summaries of 2, 3, 3, 8.
Answer: Mean 4; median 3; mode 3; range 6.
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What's on a 6th grade sheet
- Mean, median, mode and range. Read each display and answer every question. 10 problems per page.
- Statistical questions. Classify each question. Choose the explanation that correctly describes whether its answers vary. 5 problems per page.
- Shape of a distribution. Use the dot plots to check symmetry, right skew, clusters, gaps, and outliers. 5 problems per page.
- Making dot plots. Use the data to complete each line plot. Draw one dot for each measurement. 4 problems per page.
- Mean and median from dot plots. Read each display and answer every question. 5 problems per page.
- Describing distributions. Describe the center (mean and median), spread (IQR and MAD), and shape. Give numerical evidence for a shape feature in each sample. 4 problems per page.
- Comparing distributions. Choose the answer supported by the question and its data. 4 problems per page.
Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key after the problems.
How to teach this
Sorting is the whole battle for median: have your child rewrite the data least to greatest every time, even when it looks ordered. For mean, estimate first: the answer has to land between the smallest and largest values. For MAD, find each value's distance from the mean, then average those distances. One word per measure helps it stick (middle, balance, repeat, span, distance). For a written distribution summary, name the context and unit, describe the center and spread, and then note a cluster, gap, or unusual value that the display actually supports.
Watch for: Kids take the middle number of the list as written without sorting first. Order the data from least to greatest, then find the middle. Kids mix up mode and median: the mode is the value that appears most often; the median is the one in the middle after sorting.
Common questions about 6th grade mean, median, mode & range
- What do the problems look like?
- Some worksheets calculate measures from short data sets. Others classify statistical questions, construct dot plots, or analyze displayed distributions. Mean questions provide the dot plot; construction questions provide the measurements and an empty axis.
- Will the mean come out even?
- Yes. Mean and MAD questions have whole-number answers, and mode questions have one clear mode. The point is understanding each measure, not wrestling with remainders.
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Aligned to Common Core 6.SP.A.3, 6.SP.B.5.c. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 240, updated September 2026.
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