Football Maths – Mode, Mean and Median
Name Age Club Caps (goals) Position
David James 38 Portsmouth 45 GK
Paul Robinson 29 Blackburn Rovers 41 GK
Scott Carson 23 West Bromwich Albion 3 GK
John Terry 28 Chelsea 48 DF
Wayne Bridge 28 Manchester City 32 DF
Matthew Upson 29 West Ham United 12 DF
Micah Richards 20 Manchester City 11 DF
Glen Johnson 24 Portsmouth 10 DF
Joleon Lescott 26 Everton 6 DF
Curtis Davies 23 Aston Villa 0 DF
Michael Mancienne 21 Chelsea 0 DF
Gareth Barry 27 Aston Villa 26 MF
Shaun Wright-Phillips 27 Manchester City 22 MF
Stewart Downing 24 Middlesbrough 21 MF
Michael Carrick 27 Manchester United 15 MF
Ashley Young 23 Aston Villa 4 MF
Scott Parker 28 West Ham United 3 MF
Jimmy Bullard 30 Hull City 0 MF
Jermain Defoe 26 Tottenham Hotspur 32 FW
Peter Crouch 27 Portsmouth 30 FW
Darren Bent 24 Tottenham Hotspur 4 FW
Gabriel Agbonlahor 22 Aston Villa 1 FW
Mode -the number which occurs most often.
Median -the middle number. First list the set of numbers in size order. Then
count in from both sides until you find the middle number in the set.
Mean -the average calculated by adding all the numbers together and then
dividing the total by the number of numbers in the set
1. Work out the modal age of the England team.
2. Work out the median age of the England team.
3. Work out the mean age of the England team.
4. Work out the average number of goals scored by the England team by finding
the mean, mode and median. Which average is a better reflection of the data?