GRADE 6 MATH · CHAPTER 6

Data, statistics & probability

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  1. Statistics & probability

    Find an arithmetic mean

    Add data values and divide by the number of values.

  2. Statistics & probability

    Find the median

    Order five values and identify the middle one.

  3. Statistics & probability

    Describe spread with mean absolute deviation

    Measure typical distance from a data set’s mean using mean absolute deviation.

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Find the mean of 4, 7 and 10.

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7

Their sum is 21; 21 ÷ 3 = 7.

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