Question

Which set of data has a range with the greatest difference?

A. 40, 31, 28, 34, 23
B. 26, 36, 41, 30, 48
C. 12, 24, 35, 16, 30
D. 12, 21, 32, 8, 15

Answer 1

So you take the lowest and highest values of each set and subtract the lowest value from the highest one (to calculate the range).

A. Range is 17
B. Range is 22
C. Range is 23
D. Range is 24

Therefore D’s set of data has a range with the greatest difference