Average or Mean

You ride your bike the following trips over the course of a month. Trip 1 = 14 miles, Trip 2 = 4 miles Trip 3 = 6 miles and Trip 4 = 12 miles. How many miles did you average in each trip?

Every week you are given an allowance based on how much you work. Here is what you have earned. Week 1 = $17.60 ; Week 2 = $10.54 Week 3 = $0.55 ; Week 4 = $9.07; Week 5 = $48.00. What is the average amount of money earned per week rounded to the nearest whole dollar?

You earn $77.00 per week. What is the average amount of money you earn per day?

What is the mean of these numbers?
4,5,5,2,3,3,2,8

• 40

• 24

• 4

• 256

What is MEAN value?

• It's the value that occurs the most.

• It's the biggest minus the lowest value.

• It's the average value.

• It's the middle value.

What is the MEAN or AVERAGE value of these numbers:

2, 6, 4, 8, and 5?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

To calculate the mean value or average, we add up all the scores from a given set of data, then we divide the total by what?

• Two

• The lowest score

• The highest score

• The number of individual scores

The statements below are all correct about the MEAN value, except one. What is it?

• It gives the average.

• It determines the gap or difference between the lowest and highest value.

• All data is being considered and given importance.

• It can be used for comparison and determine which group performs better.

A basketball player scored 6 in the 1st quarter, 10 in the 2nd quarter, 9 in the 3rd quarter, and 15 in the 4th and last quarter. What's the average point of the player?

• 8.4

• 9.5

• 10.0

• 11.6

If you scored 3 in your 1st quiz and 7 in your 2nd quiz, then what should be your score in the 3rd quiz to get an average score of 10?

• 20

• 15

• 12

• 10