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LESSON 7 Mean or Median
Another Average: The Mean
Romesh is on the basketball team.
Here are the points he scored for the first five games.
Remember, the average is one number that represents a typical value in a set of data. The median is the number that is exactly in the middle of the data. The median is often used as the average because it is easy to find. Another kind of average, called the mean, is also used. Sometimes the mean describes the data better.