Each of 5 students reported the number of movies they saw in the past year. Here is what they reported. 15, 16, 11, 10, 8
Find the mean number of movies that the students saw.
If necessary, round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Mean = 12 movies

Skills needed: Determining the Average

Step-by-step explanation:

1) We need to first understand what the mean is. It is a very important math vocab word that is used frequently.

- The mean is the average of a set of terms.

The formula for average is:

is the sum of all terms

is the number of terms

- The average is used widely as a good statistic for a set of data.

2) In this scenario, we are given 5 terms/numbers, and we need to find the sum below:

60 is the sum.

The number of terms is 5.

The average (MEAN) would be:

the correct answer is 5 6 and 7