Common Core: 6th Grade Math : Find Measures of Center, Variability, and Patterns in Data: CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.5c
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Example Question #48 : How To Find Mean
Find the mean, rounded to the nearest hundredth, of the data set provided:
In order to answer this question correctly, we need to recall the definition of mean:
Mean: The mean of a data set is the average of the numbers in a data set.
In order to calculate the mean we must first add up all of the numbers in the data set:
Next, we need to divide by the number of addends, or the number of numbers in the data set:
The mean, rounded to the nearest hundredth, for this data set is
Example Question #49 : How To Find Mean
Find the mean of the data set provided:
In order to answer this question correctly, we need to recall the definition of mean:
Mean: The mean of a data set is the average of the numbers in a data set.
In order to calculate the mean we must first add up all of the numbers in the data set:
Next, we need to divide by the number of addends, or the number of numbers in the data set:
The mean for this data set is
Example Question #1 : Mean
Give the median of the following eight scores:
Arrange the scores from least to greatest.
There are an even number (eight) of scores, so the median is the arithmetic mean of the middle two scores, 72 and 73. This makes the median
Example Question #41 : Find Measures Of Center, Variability, And Patterns In Data: Ccss.Math.Content.6.Sp.B.5c
Find the median of this set of numbers:
753, 159, 456, 654, 852, 963, 741.
First, order the numbers from least to greatest.
Then, identify the middle number:
Example Question #1 : Find Median
Find the median of this set of numbers:
60, 74, 51, 43, 91,62, 65
First, place the numbers in order from least to greatest:
Then, identify the middle number: 62.
Example Question #1 : Find Median
Give the median of the following nine scores:
Arrange the scores from least to greatest.
There are an odd number (nine) of scores, so the median of the scores is the one that falls in the center - namely, 72.
Example Question #3 : Find Median
What is the median of the following set of numbers:
No number is the median for this set of numbers
The median is the number with an equal number of other items both above and below it. There are 9 total numbers in the list, 4 of them are below 7, and 4 of them are above 7.
Example Question #1 : Median
What is the median of the values 
The median of a set of values is the value that is in the middle when you rearrange the values from least to greatest. In this set, the values can be rearranged as 
Example Question #11 : Median
On a math test that the teacher gave her students, the scores were as follows:
What was the median score?
The median is the middle number in a set when the set of numbers is ordered sequentially.
When the intial set is reordered sequentially, you get the bottom set. (The top set is the original ordering of the numbers.)
In this sequential set of 7 numbers, the number 89 is in the fourth posiiton and exactly in the middle. Therefore, it is the mean.
Example Question #1 : How To Find Median
What is the median of this set of numbers?
To find the median of a set of numbers, you must first reorder them from smallest to largest. Below is the set reordered as such:
The median is the middle number of the set. Here, 57 is the middle number. Therefore, it is the median and the correct answer.
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