Question

Each year, a school committee sells donated cakes to raise money for a trip. The table shows the number of cakes sold each year for 5 years.Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Number of Cakes Sold 21 28 19 26 21Which measure of center best summarizes the number of cakes sold each year, and what is the value of the chosen measure?Move a word and a value to the lines to complete the sentences.The best measure of center for this data is the, which has a value ofmeanmedianmode212223 Please help me

Answer 1

The table shows the number of cakes sold each year for 5 years.

To find the approximate number of cakes sold each year, the average of the number of cakes sold for the five years has to be found.

This referred to as the mean.

It is calculated by dividing the total number of cakes sold by the number of years

`\text{Mean = }\frac{Total\text{ number of cakes sold}}{\text{Number of years}}`

Total number of cakes sold = 21 + 28 + 19 + 26 + 21

Total number of cakes sold = 115

Number of years = 5

Mean = 115/5

Mean = 23