Data Analysis

We find the mean by...

• subtracting everything

• adding all numbers together and dividing by the number of numbers

• a number somewhere is the middle

• looking at the data

We find the median by...

• adding all the numbers

• looking at the data

• ordering our numbers from least to greatest and choosing the number in the middle

• subtracting everything

We find the mode by...

• looking at the middle of the numbers

• adding all the number together

• subtracting all the numbers

• finding the number that appears the most

Find the median: 3, 2, 6, 4, 5

Answer explanation

2, 3, 4, 5, 6

2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Find the mode: 2, 6, 3, 1, 6, 4

Answer explanation

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6

Find the mean: 3, 2, 1

Answer explanation

3+2+1=6

6/3=2

The mean is

• the one in the middle

• the 'mean' one, it takes the longest

• the one we see the most

• the smallest one

Find the mean: 3, 2, 3, 5, 7

Answer explanation

3+2+3+5+7=20

20/5=4

The MOde is...

• the one we see the MOst

• the one that takes the longest

• the one in the middle

• a subtraction answer

Find the mode: 4, 14, 44, 14, 54

Answer explanation

4, 14, 14, 44, 54

4, 14, 14, 44, 54