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AVERAGES AND RANGE

Averages
The three types of average that you need to know are:

MEAN MEDIAN MODE

The total of all The middle


The value
the values value when the
(or item) that
divided by the data is
occurs most
number of arranged in
often.
values. order.
Examples

1 3 9 9 8 6
Find the mean, median and mode for these numbers.

total of all values 39986 35


mean   
total number of values 5 5

mean = 7

median  the middle number when the data is arranged in order

3 6 8 9 9

median = 8

mode  the number that occurs most often

mode = 9
Examples

2 9 8 4 1 8 3 6 5
Find the mean, median and mode for these numbers.

total of all values 9  8  4  1 8  3  6  5 44


mean   
total number of values 8 8

mean = 5.5

median  the middle number when the data is arranged in order

1 3 4 5 6 8 8 9
note: median = 5  6
median = 5.5 2

mode  the number that occurs most often

mode = 8
Examples

3 9 4 9 4 9 3
Find the mean, median and mode for these numbers.

total of all values 949493 38


mean   
total number of values 6 6

mean = 6⅓

median  the middle number when the data is arranged in order

3 4 4 9 9 9
note: median = 4  9
median = 6.5 2

mode  the number that occurs most often

mode = 9
Examples

4 The mean height of five men is 1.87 m.


The heights of four of the men are 1.69 m, 2.04 m, 1.85 m and 1.91 m.
Find the height of the fifth man.

total height of the five men  5  1.87  9.35 m

let height of fifth man  x m

x  1.69  2.04  1.85  1.91 9.35

x  7.49  9.35

x  1.86

The height of the sixth man = 1.86 m


The range is a measure of spread.

RANGE

Range = highest value − smallest value

Example
Find the range of the numbers 3 9 9 8 5

range = highest value − smallest value = 9 − 3 = 6

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