Name:_______________________

Date:_______________________

MEAN

INSTRUCTIONS: Solve the following problems.

1. What is the mean of these numbers: 3, 9, 7, 7, 4? ________________

2. What is the mean of these numbers: 147, 116, 148, 128, 116? ________________

3. What is the mean of these numbers: 30, 10, 20, 10, 10? ________________

4. What is the mean of these numbers: 12, 28, 42, 19, 24, 12, 10? ________________

5. There are five children in Diana’s family. Diana is 18-years old. Diana’s three sisters are
15, 10, and 6-years old. Her brother is 11-years old. What is the mean of the five children’s ages? ________________

6. Students in Ms. Price’s class brought in bags of popcorn for the movie basket. Samantha brought in
12 bags of buttered popcorn. Alanis brought 36 bags of kettle corn and Jonathan brought 18 bags of extra
butter popcorn. What is the mean of popcorn bags that the three students brought for the basket? ________________

7. Troy played in a basketball tournament this past weekend. In the first game, Troy scored 18 points.
In the next two games, he scored 14 points each. In his last game, Troy scored 10 points. What is Troy’s
mean for the basketball tournament? ________________

8. On her spelling tests Renee scored 100, 100, 90, 85, 95, and 70. What is the mean of her scores? ________________

9. Peter went bowling with some friends last Saturday. He bowled a 111, 123, 108, and 134. What is the
mean of Peter’s bowling scores? ________________

10. Virginia’s mom picked up dinner at a local fast food restaurant. She purchased 6 burgers, 4 fries,
5 drinks, 12 cookies, and 3 sundaes. What is the mean for the amount of items she bought? ________________

INSTRUCTIONS: Use the information from the table to help answer the following question.

Carnival Attendance
Booth Number of
Students
Dunking Tank 223
Bowling 107
Ring Toss 183

11. What is the mean for the number of students who attended the carnival? ________________
 MEAN

INSTRUCTIONS: Use the information from the table to help answer the following question.

Karen’s Allowance
Amount
Week
Earned
1 $20.00
2 $30.00
3 $20.00
4 $15.00
5 $25.00
6 $10.00

12. Karen does chores to earn her allowance. She keeps track of what she earns each week. What is
the mean for the amount she earns each week? ________________

HINT VOCABULARY

To find the Mean (Average): Mean

1. Add all the numbers.
2. D
 ivide the sum of the numbers by how many numbers you
have.
Ex:
What is the mean of 11, 2, 31, 14, and 12?
11 + 2 + 31 + 14 + 12 = 70
14
5 70
-5
20
-20
0

The mean is 14.

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