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Jorge is doing experiments about snails. He has measured the mass of many different kinds of snails, and he wants to come up with a number to represent the average mass of each kind of snail.

Which value should he calculate to do this?
A. mean
B. mode
C. range
D. median

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Answer: A. Mean

Explanation: "Mean" is basically the other name for "average". (Mode is the number that shows up the most in the set, range is a difference between the largest and the smallest, median is a mid number, when you lined up all the numbers from smallest to largest)

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The answer is A. Mean

Hope this helps :)

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