Average - the central tendency of a data set is a measure of the "middle" or "expected" value of the data set (mean, median, mode)
Layman's terms - the average of a math problem is the middle number, usually found by taking the highest number and subtracting the lowest number, or taking the highest and lowest numbers and finding the middle number.
the mean (in math) is the average of all the numbers in the problem
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the mean (in math) is the average of all the numbers in the problem
the mean is the average
the mean is an average of a set of numbers
The word "mean" in math means the same thing as average. Mean is just a nickname for average.
In math in general MEAN means average. an average of say, five events would be divided by five and form the average reading. Mean has no negative connotation in Math. By the way, in Algebra, two wrongs do make a right- a Negative times a Negative produce a positive product. I know it sounds crazy went to summer school TWICE for Math, no Einstein, but Mean in Math means average or even Normal like Greenwich Mean Time!
the mean
the mean means the average
the mean means the average
it mean the average
mean: average
the mean means the average
"Mean" is the same as "average". It's equal to (sum of all the items in the group) divided by (number of items in the group).