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    Averages: 4 Exactly in The Middle

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    The document provides information about different types of averages: - The average is calculated by adding all quantities and dividing by the total number of quantities. - The median is the middle number in a sorted list of numbers. If there is an even number of items, the median is the average of the two middle numbers. - The mode is the number that occurs most frequently in a set. Not all sets have a mode. - A fraction represents a part of a whole. Simplifying fractions involves dividing the top and bottom numbers by their greatest common factor.

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    The document provides information about different types of averages: - The average is calculated by adding all quantities and dividing by the total number of quantities. - The median is the middle number in a sorted list of numbers. If there is an even number of items, the median is the average of the two middle numbers. - The mode is the number that occurs most frequently in a set. Not all sets have a mode. - A fraction represents a part of a whole. Simplifying fractions involves dividing the top and bottom numbers by their greatest common factor.

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    The document provides information about different types of averages: - The average is calculated by adding all quantities and dividing by the total number of quantities. - The median is the middle number in a sorted list of numbers. If there is an even number of items, the median is the average of the two middle numbers. - The mode is the number that occurs most frequently in a set. Not all sets have a mode. - A fraction represents a part of a whole. Simplifying fractions involves dividing the top and bottom numbers by their greatest common factor.

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    Averages

    The average of any set of quantities can be found by adding all the numbers together then dividing by the number of quantities in the set. i.e. average = total of quantities / number of quantities e.g. A darts player throws the following scores during a match: 80, 100, 62, 180, 21, 55 Her average score per throw = (80 + 100 + 62 + 180 + 21 + 55) 6 = 83

    Median
    The median is another useful type of average. It can be tricky to work out, as it is the number found in the middle of the set when they are listed in numerical order! e.g. The median of {1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 8, 9} is 4 as it is the 4th number in a set of 7, so is exactly in the middle. What about a set of numbers with an even total? e.g. What is the median of {1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 20}? There are two numbers in the middle: 5 and 7. Neither of these can be the median. We choose instead their mean average and settle for that: The mean of the two middle numbers is (5+7) 2 = 6.

    Mode
    The mode is a useful type of average as it tells you the number that occurs the most in a set of numbers. e.g. The mode of {1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 8, 9} is 4 as it occurs the most. Not every set of numbers has a mode. Furthermore, some sets have more than one mode making its use somewhat limited!

    Mode History
    Why's it called the mode? The mode is the "most popular" number in a set. The expression comes from the French "a la mode" meaning "fashionable".

    Fractions Basics
    Let's start by splitting up a circle (cake). Here we've cut it in half so there are two pieces: Each piece of cake is exactly half of the original. We write this in numbers as . The number on the bottom (denominator) tells us how many pieces we've split something up into. The top number (numerator) tells us how many pieces we have. If the top and bottom are the same, we have a whole cake (1)!

    Simplifying Fractions
    Simplifying fractions is important. You could go into a cake shop and ask for 50/200 of a cake, but you'd probably get a funny look! 50/200 is, of course, the same as a quarter! Let's see why:

    Firstly we can remove a power of ten from the top and bottom of the fraction. In other words, cross off a zero. Next, and this can be tricky (know your times tables!), we have to see if the top and bottom number have a common factor. In this case, both 5 and 20 have 5 as a factor: so we can divide top and bottom by 5... giving 1/4 as the simplest fraction. Simplifying fractions is sometimes called cancelling down.

    Measurement
    The sizes of distances and objects are measured in metres, multiples of metres (e.g. km), and fractions of metres (e.g. cm). 1,000 m = 1 km 1 m = 100 cm The k and c letters are prefixes. The k stands for kilo - meaning 1,000 - so a km is a kilometre or 1,000 m. The c stands for centi - meaning 1/100 - so a cm is a centimetre or 001 m.

    Using Percentages
    Here's a question: Fraser scored 75% on a physics test. If there were 80 marks in total, how many marks did he lose? Well, 75% means 75/100. So 25/100 would be wrong, which is 1 in every 4 marks - in other words one quarter. One quarter of 80 is 20. In general, we can solve questions like this by making the percentage equivalent to a decimal and multiplying it by the total. e.g. 30% of 50 is 0.30 50 = 15.

    Equivalent Fractions
    Two quarters is the same as a half. We call these equivalent fractions:

    It is important to realise that all fractions may be written in many different ways. Although 1/2 is the same as 2/4, it's simpler to use 1/2.

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