Lesson: Mean, Median, and Mode Mathematics

Students will be able to

• understand the definitions of the mean, median, and mode of a data set and the phrases “measures of center” and “central tendency”,
• recall and apply the formula for the mean of data set,
• understand that a quantitative data set has only one mean and median but can have zero, one, or many modes,
• compare the measures of central tendency for multiple data sets,
• calculate the mean, median, and mode in a variety of real-world examples where the data can be given as a list of values or as a frequency table.