MEAN, MEDIAN AND MODE
MEAN
In normal language the term 'average' is used for arithemetic mean.
If a 3 year old ate jelly babies for a week and ate the following amounts of Jelly babies per day, Mon 4 JB's, Tues 10 JB's, Wed 6 JB's, Thu 8 JB's, Fri 10 JB's, Sat 1 JB and Sun 10 JB's.
What was the mean amount of Jelly Babies consumed by the 3 year old each day.
( take 2 mins to work out the answer)
The answer is 7
Basically (4+10+6+8+10+1+10)Jelly Babies
7days
MEDIAN
Rank the scores in order from lowest to highest and then read off the middle score
Find out the median for the jelly babies 4,10,6,8,10,1,10
(take 2 mins to work out the answer)
The answer is 8
Basically 1,4,6,8,10,10,10
MODE
The mode is the most frequently occuring number in a set of numbers
Find out the mode for eaten jelly babies 4,10,6,8,10,1,10
(take 2 mins to work out the answer)
The answer is 10
Basically 1,4,6,8,10,10,10