Question

What is the largest possible value of this set of numbers?
2, 5, 6, 8, 9

Answer 1

9 ?

Answer 2

Is that the same question as what I thought this was going to be? I thought this was about finding averages

Answer 3

I was trying to generalize the question. It was actually two separate questions. The first questions was "EXPLAIN how you would find the answer to: The average of five different positive whole numbers is ..."
The next question was "What is the largest possible value of any of these numbers?"

Answer 4

I know how to find the average. I just don't know what largest possible value means.

Answer 5

I think you have to add them all up to find the largest possible value

Answer 6

But don't quote me on that

Answer 7

Ok, so it's basically the sum of all the numbers? I was worried that the largest would be found by multiplying them all?

Answer 8

Seems like a trick question to me. If they mean what is the largest value amongst each individual number, then obviously 9 is correct. But if they mean to simply add them, then that would be the largest value.

Answer 9

It's not that clear of a question

Answer 10

I agree. Our teacher is a pain in the butt!

Answer 11

But if I had to answer, I'd just say 9

Answer 12

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