Calculating the mean

The  exercise appears under the 6th grade (U.S.) Math Mission. This exercise calculates the mean of a data set.

Types of Problems
There is one type of problem in this exercise:


 * 1) Find the mean of the data set: This problem has a collection of data and a command to find the center of the data set. The student is asked to calculate the mean and write it in the space provided.Calthemea1.png

Strategies
Knowledge of statistical vocabulary and the method to read and create frequency tables are encouraged to ensure success on this exercise.
 * 1) The mean is a common measure of center for a data set.
 * 2) The mean is found by adding up all the data values and dividing by how many there are.
 * 3) The problems in this exercise will list the data as raw pieces of information or in a list, or in a chart.

Real-life Applications

 * 1) Data and statistics appear in news reports and in the media every day.
 * 2) Many of the problems in this exercise could be viewed as real-life applications.
 * 3) Statistics can be seen more frequently than calculus in every day life.
 * 4) The mean is a very common measure of center useful for inferential statistics.