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5th grade math · Unit 10: Data

Four measures from a line plot

What this lesson shows

Pies eaten by 10 contestants: the mean, median, mode, and range.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: Pies eaten by each contestant: 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 8, 8. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Mode: tallest stack
  2. Median: the middle
  3. Range and mean

Helping at home

The mode is the tallest stack. The median is where the Xs counted in from both ends meet. The range is the greatest minus the least. The mean adds every X and shares the total out.

If your kid gets stuck

Mode, median, range, then mean.

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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