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An average in mathematics can mean any kind of representative number, but in everyday language the word ‘average’ usually refers to the arithmetic mean. To find the average (that is, the arithmetic mean) we add all the quantities together (money, weights, runs, people, etc.) and then divide by the number of quantities.
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© 1996 F. E. Penketh
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Penketh, T. (1996). Averages. In: Work Out Numeracy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14099-2_8
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