Question

A 64‐acre coconut farm is arranged in an 8‐by‐8 array. Mika wants to know the average number of coconut palms on each acre. Each cell in the table represents an acre of land. The number in each cell tells how many coconut palms grow on that particular acre.

45 54 40 34 44 66 32 65 66 33 42 36 33 51 50 35 51 45 66 33 47 43 66 61 46 35 48 67 60 59 52 67 46 32 64 35 55 47 61 59 45 48 53 62 55 58 51 41 48 38 47 48 43 34 64 54 53 67 44 59 58 48 62 45
The numbers in green represent Mika's random sample of 10 acres. What is the average number of coconut palms on the randomly selected acres? Round your answer to the nearest tenth. The average number of coconut palms is

A. 44.3

B. 44.30

Answer 1

The answer is A. To do the average you add all the numbers then divide by how ever many numbers there are. I remember this through a rhyme:
Hey fiddle fiddle the medians the middle
You add and divide for the mean
The mode is the one you so the most
And the range is the difference betweeennnn

Answer 2

A. 44.3

Explanation:

When rounding to a tenth the second decimal place is removed.