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TOPIC3.

4 Average
■Averages
An average has three types: mode, mean and median.
𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥  𝐨𝐟  𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞 = 𝐭𝐡𝐞  𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭  𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭  𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞                                      𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧 =  
𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫  𝐨𝐟  𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬
𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 = 𝐭𝐡𝐞  𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞  𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞  𝐢𝐧  𝐚  𝐬𝐞𝐭  𝐨𝐟  𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚
Example: Answer the mode, mean and median from the data below.
4, 3, 5, 4, 1, 6, 3, 5, 5

To find an average, need to list the


date in order from the smallest value
【Answer】
4, 3, 5, 4, 1, 6, 3, 5, 5 ⇒ 1, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6

Mode: 5 --- 5 is the most frequent value. (Because there are three “5”)
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Mean: 4 --- !
= !
=4 Median: 4 --- 4 is the middle value.

The column graph below shows the number of students classified by test scores.

Score of students The number of students who took


4
Number of students

9 marks are 3 people.


3

2 Common questions
1 (1) What is the mode of the test?
(2) What is the mean of the test?
0
6 7 8 9 10 (3) What is the median of the test?
Score

Answers of common questions


(1) Mode = 9 marks Ans. 9 marks
(2) total of values = 6×2 + 7×1 + 8×2 + 9×3 + 10×1 = 72 marks
number of values = 2+1+2+3+1 = 9 students
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Mean = !
= 8  marks Ans. 8 marks

(3) Line up all marks in score order and find the middle value.
6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10
Meadian = 8  marks Ans. 8 marks

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Exercise
■ Ⅰ.Basic
1.1 Answer the mode, mean and median about the following data.
(A) 1, 2, 2, 3, 5 (B) 5, 6, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10 (C) 3, 6, 2, 6, 8, 9, 3, 3, 5,
mode = mode = mode =
mean = mean = mean =
median = median = median =

■ Ⅱ.Important
2.1 The column graph below represents the number of dogs per household in a village.
(A) How many households have 6 dogs?
number of dogs per houshold
Number of household

7 (B) What is the total number of households?


6
5 (C) What is the total number of dogs?
4 (D) What is the value having the most common
3
2 number (mode)?
1 (E) What is the average of the data (mean)?
0
3 4 5 6 7 8 (F) What is the middle value in a set of data
dogs (median)?

■Ⅲ.Challenge
3.1 A class of 20 students was given a test which was out of 10 marks. The table below shows the
number of students at each mark.
Marks 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number of students 1 1 3 6 4 2 2 1

Test score of students


7 (A) Complete a column graph on the left side to
Number o of students

6
show the above data.
5
4 (B) What is the mode of the data?
3
2
(C) What is the mean of the data?
1 (D) What is the median of the data?
0
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Marks

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