How to Calculate the Mean, Median, Mode and Range
Learn how to calculate the mean, median, mode, and range to describe data. Let's get started! 🚀

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🛎️ How to Calculate the Mean?
- Add up all the values.
- Divide by how many values there are.
🛎️ How to Find the Median?
- Put the numbers in order from smallest to largest.
- Find the middle value (or average the two middle values).
🛎️ How to Find the Mode?
- The mode is the value that appears most often.
- There can be more than one mode, or no mode.
🛎️ How to Calculate the Range?
- Range = largest value − smallest value.
- A small range means the data is more consistent.
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Your scores are 3, 5, 9, 5, 8. What is the mean?
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To find the mean, add all the scores and divide by the number of scores: .
These are your scores: 10, 3, 7, 6, 5. What is the range?
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The range is found by subtracting the smallest value from the largest value: .
Here are your scores: 5, 8, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 10. What is the mode?
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The mode is the value that occurs most often. Here, 7 appears three times, so it is the mode.
Your scores are 3, 8, 5, 6, 10, 8. What is the median?
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First, sort the scores: . Since there are an even number of scores, the median is the average of the two middle values: .
Your scores are: 9, 7, 10, 7, 6, 7, 8. What is the median if the lowest score (6) is removed?
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After removing 6, the scores are . Sorted: . There are 6 scores, so take the average of the two middle values: .
Here are your scores: 6, 7, 7, 9, 5, 8. If you add another score of 100, how will the mean, median, and mode change?
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The new scores are . The mean increases because the total score increases significantly. The middle value remains 7, so the median stays the same. The mode also stays the same since 7 is still the most frequent value.
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