Mean, Median, and Mode
Grade 6 · Math · Statistics and Data · Virginia, USA
Lesson Summary
Mean, median, and mode are three ways to describe the center of a data set.
Explanation
The mean is the average: add up all the numbers and divide by how many there are. The median is the middle value when the numbers are listed in order. If there is an even number of values, the median is the average of the two middle numbers. The mode is the value that appears most often. A data set can have no mode, one mode, or more than one mode. Each measure tells you something different about your data, and choosing the right one depends on the situation.
Practice Questions
Q1: Find the mean of 4, 8, 6, 10, and 2.
Answer: 6 (the sum is 30, divided by 5 values).
Q2: Find the median of 3, 7, 1, 9, and 5.
Answer: 5 (ordered: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and the middle value is 5).
Q3: Find the mode of 2, 4, 4, 6, 7, 4, 8.
Answer: 4, because it appears three times, more than any other number.
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Mean, Median, and Mode is a lesson in the Statistics and Data chapter of Grade 6 Math. It is part of the Virginia, USA school curriculum and covers key concepts that students need to understand at this level.
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Mean, Median, and Mode is taught in Grade 6 as part of the Math curriculum in Virginia, USA.
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