Question

What is the mean of (-2), (-3), 0, 2, 1, 3? Can you explain the answer in steps please? I'm having a touch time understanding!

Answer 1

Count them,
how many numbers have you got ?

Answer 2

6

Answer 3

good, add them up, what do you get ?

Answer 4

Do you subtract the negatives?

Answer 5

yes, but do see that you're just adding :
(-2) + (-3) + 0 + 2 + 1 + 3

Answer 6

The last 3 was also supposed to be a negative, haha. I got -5.

Answer 7

Okay, so the mean is -5/6

Answer 8

As you can see, to find mean of a bunch of numbers,
we simply add them and divide by the count

Answer 9

Ahhh okay, so the answer is -5/6?

Answer 10

Wait, but how am I supposed to divide?