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You are trying to do a mean problem but you have 2 numbers in the middle what do you do?
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∙ 14y ago
You may be confusing mean with median.
An arithmetic mean is, the sum of all the values ÷ the number of values. Consequently the number of values can be either odd or even.
After arranging a set of values in ascending (or descending) order, the median is the value that lies half way along the series. When there are an even number of values the median is found by taking the mean of the middle two values.
Example : 3, 5, 5, 7, 8, 8 The median of this set is (5 + 7) ÷ 2 = 6
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What if i have an even set of numbers when I'm trying to work out the median?
Take the mean (or average) of the two middle numbers.
What does the math term out of mean?
Mean is the average of numbers. For example, if you were trying to get the mean of 24 and 12, you would first add the numbers (which is 36) and you divide them by how many numbers are in the problem (which is 2). So the answer would be 18.
What does list the numbers in expanded form mean when trying to figure a less than greater than problem?
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The middle number or the mean of the two middle numbers in an ordered set of data?
That is the Median of the numbers.
How would you get the median of 20 numbers if there's 2 middle numbers?
You take the arithmetic mean of the two middle numbers.
How do you remember the difference between the mean median and mode?
the mean is when you add the numbers and divide the answer by how many numbers is in the problem, the median is when you arrange the numbers from smallest to largest or from largest to smallest and find the middle number and the mode is how many times a number repeats itself.
How does the mean and the median compare?
mean is the average of a bunch of numbers. the median is the middle number of the bunch. if the bunch has an even amount of numbers, you average the middle 2 numbers to get the median.
What does problem mean in a science fair?
The problem in a science fair project just mean what are you trying to figure out in your experiment? Say your trying to figure out how smell affect taste that would be your problem.
How do you get the middle number?
The middle number is the number in the middle. If you mean average, you add up all the numbers then divide by how many numbers there are and that is the average.
How do you find the mean if there are 2 middle numbers?
Average them.
How does the mean compare to the median?
The mean and the median are both involved with a set of numbers. The mean refers to the average of the numbers. The median refers to the middle number of the numbers
What is the relation between mean median?
mean = all the numbers added together, divided by the number of numbers median = the middle number - get the numbers in chronological ( smallest 2 biggest) order, then if its odd number of numbers, its the middle one if its even number of numbers, then its the middle two, added together divided by two
