The table shows the ages of the swimmers on Dion's swim team.
The mean age of the swimmers is 10.
What does the mean represent?
The mean is the balancing point of the
swimmers' ages.
Swim Team
Name Age (years)
Maddox 9
Enrique
13
Gloria
9
McKenna 10
Asher
10
The mean is the age you would get if you order
all of the swimmers' ages from youngest to
oldest and choose the middle swimmer.
Hannah
9
10
10
Danielle
Katy
Timothy
Gentry
The mean is the age that occurs most often.
11
9