It may be easier to calculate the mean, median, mode, and range if you rearrange the numbers first.
Mean: 340 Median: 450 Mode: 0 Range: 750
Practice makes perfect
The first thing that should be done when finding the key features of a data set is rearranging the numbers from least to greatest.
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0 & 0 & 450 & 500 & 750
Let's proceed to finding the mean, median, mode, and range.
Mean
The mean of a data set is calculated by finding the sum of all values in the set and then dividing by the number of values in the set. In this case, there are 5 values.
To identify the median, we observe the middle value.
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0 & 0 & 450 & 500 & 750
We can see that the middle value in this set is 450, so this is our median.
Mode
The mode of a data set is the value that occurs most frequently.
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0 & 0 & 450 & 500 & 750
We can see that 0 occurs more frequently than any other value in the set, so this is the mode.
Range
The range is the difference between the greatest and least values in a set of data. For our exercise, the greatest value is 750 and the least value is 0.
Range: 750- 0=750
