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Focus Question: What is central tendency, and what are some common measures of it?
• What do the following terms mean?• Mean• Median• Mode• Range
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Measures of central tendency:
• Different methods used to find the "middle" value or perhaps a typical value of the data.
• Today we are going to focus on
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Vocabulary Review
•Sum – the answer to an addition problem.
•Addend – the numbers you added together to get the sum.
6 + 9 = 15
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Definition
MeanMean
MeansMeans
AverageAverage
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Definition
•MeanMean – the average of a group of numbers.
2, 5, 2, 1, 5Mean = 3Mean = 3
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Mean is found by evening out the numbers
2, 5, 2, 1, 5
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Mean is found by evening out the numbers
2, 5, 2, 1, 5
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Mean is found by evening out the numbers
2, 5, 2, 1, 5mean = 3
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How to Find the Mean of a Group of Numbers
•Step 1 – Add all the numbers.
8, 10, 12, 18, 22, 26
8+10+12+18+22+26 = 96
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How to Find the Mean of a Group of Numbers
•Step 2 – Divide the sum by the number of addends.
8, 10, 12, 18, 22, 26
8+10+12+18+22+26 = 96 How many addends are there?
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How to Find the Mean of a Group of Numbers
•Step 2 – Divide the sum by the number of addends.
6)96 sum# of addends1
636
6
63
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How to Find the Mean of a Group of Numbers
The mean or average of these numbers is 16.
8, 10, 12, 18, 22, 26
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What is the mean of these numbers?
1, 2, 7, 11, 19
8
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What is the mean of these numbers?
26, 33, 41, 52
38
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Definition
ModeMode
is the mostis the most
PopularPopular
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Definition•A la modeA la mode – the most popular or that which is in fashion.
Baseball caps are a la mode today.
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Definition•ModeMode – the number that appears most frequently in a set of numbers.
1, 1, 3, 7, 10, 13
Mode = Mode = 11
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How to Find the Mode in a Group of Numbers
•Step 1 – Arrange the numbers in order from least to greatest.
21, 18, 24, 19, 18
18, 18, 19, 21, 24
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How to Find the Mode in a Group of Numbers
•Step 2 – Find the number that is repeated the most.
21, 18, 24, 19, 18
18, 18, 19, 21, 24
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Which number is the mode?
29, 8, 4,19, 8,19
8 & 19 Please note: There can be more than one mode
4, 8, 8, 19,19, 29
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Which number is the mode?
1, 2, 2, 9, 9, 4, 9, 10
9
1, 2, 2, 4, 9, 9, 9, 10
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Which number is the mode?
22, 21, 27, 31, 23, 32
There is no mode.. It is possible not to have a mode in a set of numbers
21, 22, 23, 27, 31, 32
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Real life example:
• Dameon wants to know what his homework average is in math class.
If he has the following scores what is his homework average?
95, 100, 100, 50, and 75
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Independent Practice: Worksheet
• Share Reflection: How can we use mean in the real world?
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