Maria has the following scores on her exams in social studies class: 86, 75, 97, 58, 94, and 58.
a. find the mean median and mode of the scores.
b. should Maria's social studies teacher use the mean, median, or mode of the exam scores to convince Maria that she needs to study more regularly for her exams?

Question

Maria has the following scores on her exams in social studies class: 86, 75, 97, 58, 94, and 58.
a. find the mean median and mode of the scores.
b. should Maria's social studies teacher use the mean, median, or mode of the exam scores to convince Maria that she needs to study more regularly for her exams?

anonymous · Answer

a)mean: regular meaning of "average"
   median: middle value
   mode: most often