Application of averages
All You Need in One PlaceEverything you need for Year 6 maths and science through to Year 13 and beyond. | Learn with ConfidenceWe’ve mastered the national curriculum to help you secure merit and excellence marks. | Unlimited HelpThe best tips, tricks, walkthroughs, and practice questions available. |
Make math click 🤔 and get better grades! 💯Join for Free
Examples
Lessons
- A school collected gifts from students to give to needy children in the community over the Christmas holidays. The following numbers of gifts were collected.
Grade
Total number of gifts collected
1
65
2
100
3
70
4
54
5
45
6
54
7
43
- The following table represents the sizes of winter boots that were sold last week.
Size
5
6
7
8
9
10
Number Sold
3
2
4
4
0
1
- In a running race, the mean time was 2 minutes; the mode time was 2 minutes and 10 seconds; and the median time was 1 minute and 55 seconds. Jack had a time of 2 minutes. Which measure of central tendency (mode, median or mean) would you use to make Jack feel like he could do better?