Central Tendency

Show scholars the three ways to find an average: mean, median, and mode. They reference a guided example before doing these on their own. There are three sets of data and learners find the three averages for each. All...

Introduce mean, median, and mode and post these bright posters in your classroom. The posters focus on the vocabulary and highlights the answer choice. Each one is colorful, which will engage and attract your learners. 

Young scientists explore the concept of surface tension at is applies to water. In this activity, learners use a dropper to place drops of water on a penny. Each group guesses how many drops a heads-up penny will hold, then conducts the...

After reviewing the process of finding the mean, median, mode, and average of a given data set, learners work through several practice problems. There are five problems related to mode, and five related to finding the mean. Great as...

Your class can view this resource to discover the wonders of averages. The mean, median, mode, and range are all defined, exemplified, and demonstrated. Practice problems to be completed as a class make this a really handy presentation.

Students analyze a set of data. They work in cooperative groups and use chain links to identify the mean, median, and mode of the chain.

Students explore websites and the included PowerPoint presentation to gain a better understanding of mean, median and mode. A weather worksheet is included for in-class work and assessment.

Here are some teacher resources to aid in teaching mean, median, mode and range. Includes worksheets, games, and PowerPoint presentations.

In this numbers learning exercise, students study 6 different sets of numbers. Students, for each set of numbers, find the mean, median, mode and range. Students put their answers in the boxes provided.