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Averages: Mean, Median, Mode & Range

Four numbers that summarise a whole data set, and when each one lies.

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What this lesson covers

Averages: Mean, Median, Mode & Range is a 10-part Class 6 Mathematics lesson. Each part makes one point and then hands over to the next, so it can be read in a sitting or picked up again at the part you stopped on. It defines the idea in plain words before using it, works through an example step by step, breaks the topic into its parts and compares them, shows where it is used outside the textbook, names the mistakes that cost marks in an exam, ends with a recap of what to remember.

How it begins

An average is a single number standing in for a whole set of data, a typical value. There are three kinds: mean, median and mode. The range is not an average at all; it measures spread.

The 10 parts

  1. Why we need an average
  2. The mean
  3. The median
  4. The mode
  5. The range
  6. When the mean misleads
  7. Choosing the right one
  8. Where marks go
  9. What to remember
  10. Watch one worked through

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