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Small Whale · Reading worksheet

Average

High school (ages 12+)
Mathematics & Numbers

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Date: 

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/average

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. What is the statistical measure?

  2. 2. What is the robust alternative?

  3. 3. How do you calculate the arithmetic mean?

  4. 4. Why do we sometimes use the median instead of the mean?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Arithmetic Mean

  • Median

  • Mode

  • Outlier

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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