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Defining Averages and Range in GCSE Math

The document explains the concepts of mean, median, mode, and range in GCSE Math. It provides definitions, calculation steps, and examples for each type of average and the range of a dataset. Additionally, it highlights the importance of these measures in understanding data variability.

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Defining Averages and Range in GCSE Math

The document explains the concepts of mean, median, mode, and range in GCSE Math. It provides definitions, calculation steps, and examples for each type of average and the range of a dataset. Additionally, it highlights the importance of these measures in understanding data variability.

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Defining Averages and

Range in GCSE Math


by cristine Bunales
Types of Averages: Mean, Median, Mode
Mean Median Mode

The sum of all values divided by The middle value in a sorted dataset. The value that appears most
the number of values. frequently in a dataset.
• The middle value when the data set is ordered
Mean=∑values/ number of values from least to greatest. If the number of values is Mode
even, the median is the average of the two
Example: For the data set Definition: The value that appears
• middle numbers.
Steps to Find the Median:
{2,4,6,8}\{2, 4, 6, 8\}: most frequently in the data set. A
1. Arrange the data in ascending order. data set may have one mode, more
Mean=2+4+6+84=5
2. Find the middle value. than one mode, or no mode at all.

3. If the data set has an even number of values, Example: For the data set
calculate the mean of the two middle values. {2,4,4,6,8}\{2, 4, 4, 6, 8\}:
xample: For the data set {2,4,6,8,10}\{2, 4, 6, 8, 10\}:

Median=6\text{Median} = 6

For the data set {2,4,6,8}\{2, 4, 6, 8\}:

Median=4+62=5
Calculating the Mean
Step 1
Add up all the values in the dataset.

Step 2
Count the total number of values in the dataset.

Step 3
Divide the sum from Step 1 by the count from Step 2.
Calculating the Median
Step 1
Order the values in the dataset from smallest to largest.

Step 2
If there's an odd number of values, the median is the
middle value.

Step 3
If there's an even number of values, the median is the
average of the two middle values.
Calculating the Mode
Identify Count
The value that appears most The number of times each
often in the dataset. value occurs in the dataset.

Determine
The value with the highest frequency is the mode.
Defining and Understanding Range

Difference
2
It's the difference between the
highest and lowest values in the
Spread dataset.

The range measures how spread 1


out the data is in a set.
Context
The range gives a sense of the
3
variability within a dataset.
Calculating the Range
with sample problem

Dataset Highest Value Lowest Value


10, 5, 15, 20, 8 20 5

Calculation
20 - 5 = 15
Range

Definition: The difference between the highest and lowest values in the data set.
• Formula:

Range=Highest value−Lowest value\text{Range} = \text{Highest value} - \text{Lowest value}

Example: For the data set {2,4,6,8}\{2, 4, 6, 8\}:

Range=8−2=6

Examples and Practice Problems Mean: Data Set: { 10 , 15 , 20 , 25 , 30 }

Mean
10 + 15 + 20 + 25 + 30 5 = 20 Median: Data Set: { 3 , 5 , 7 , 9 , 11 }

Median
7 Data Set: { 3 , 5 , 7 , 9 }

Median
5 + 7 2 = 6 Mode: Data Set: { 1 , 2 , 2 , 3 , 4 }

Mode
2 Data Set: { 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 }

Mode
No mode Range: Data Set: { 12 , 18 , 22 , 26 }

Range
26 − 12 = 14

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