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the mean is the average of all the values
you calculate it by adding all the values together and then dividing that number by the number of values you have
ex. if you have numbers 4 and 6
you would find the mean by adding them together
which equals 10 and then divide it by 2 because you had two numbers so the answer would be 5

the median is the middle number of all your values
you calculate it by putting all your values in numeric order and then find the number in between
ex. if you had numbers 7, 5, and 6
you would put them in order 5, 6 ,7
and find the middle number which is 6

the mode is the number that occurs the most in the values
so if you have values 5, 6, 6, 8, 9, 6, 7
the number that comes up the most is 6 so the mode is 6

and average and mean are the same thing

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