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Briggs  \nProduct Manager Post 16 English, Maths and Digital Skills  \nWhat Learners Need To Know | The Basics  \nWhat Learners Need To Know  \nThe Basics  \nLearners need to knowhow to workout the mean, mode, median and range.  \nMean – the total divided by how many Mode – the most common number  \nMedian-the middle number if they are put in numerical order lowest to highest Range – the difference between the highest and lowest number  \nSkills that power potential | Pearson Skills  \nWhat Learners Need To Know  \nThe Basics  \nExample assessment questions:  \nHere are the times, in seconds, five athletes took to finish a 100m race.  \n11.05 10.94 11.12 10.91 11.12  \nFind the median  \nHere are the times, in seconds, five athletes took to finish a 100m race.  \n11.05 10.94 11.12 10.91 11.12  \nFind the mode  \nSkills that power potential | Pearson Skills  \nWhat Learners Need To Know  \nHigher Tariff Questions  \nObviously, higher tariff questions will be more involved than these. To solve these, learner need more understanding of the subject. This includes:  \n• Why we have more than one typeof average.  \n• When to use the different types of averages.  \n• How the mean, mode and median can lead to different outcomes.  \n• What the purpose of the range is.  \nSkills that power potential | Pearson Skills  \nWhat Learners Need To Know  \nHigher Tariff Questions  \nLet’s take a look at some questions in detail.  \nThis question uses the word average, not a specific average. This give the learners free choice over which average to use.  \nIn this instance, it could be more straightforward to use the median than the mean.  \nSkills that power potential | Pearson Skills  \nWhat Learners Need To Know  \nHigher Tariff Questions  \nLet’s take a look at some questions in detail.  \nAgain, this question uses the word average. 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