Four ways to summarize a set of numbers.
- 1
Mean (average)
Add them all, divide by how many.
2,4,6,8 → 20 ÷ 4 = 5
- 2
Median
Sort, then take the middle one.
3,7,9,12,15 → 9
- 3
Mode
The value that appears most often.
2,3,3,4,5 → 3
- 4
Range
Largest − smallest.
4,9,2,10 → 10 − 2 = 8