Some seventh-grade students at Michaelson Middle School were surveyed to find the amount of time they spent doing homework over the past two nights. What is the mean amount of time spent on homework per student?

Amount of Time Spent Number of

on Homework (Hours) Students

2 4

3 5

4 6

5 3

6 3

7 0

8 1

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Mathematics

Bernard Baldwin

6 February, 06:41

Some seventh-grade students at Michaelson Middle School were surveyed to find the amount of time they spent doing homework over the past two nights. What is the mean amount of time spent on homework per student?

Amount of Time Spent Number of

on Homework (Hours) Students

2 4

3 5

4 6

5 3

6 3

7 0

8 1

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Andreas Moreno · Answer 1

The word mean is a synonym for average. To find the average, you add all of the data, then divide by the amount of data received.

So, we add 2+4+3+5+4+6+5+3+6+3+7+0+8+1. That totals to 57. Then, we divide by 14 because there are 14 answers. The end result is 4.07, because we round up.

Some seventh-grade students at Michaelson Middle School were surveyed to find the amount of time they spent doing homework over the past two nights. What is the mean amount of time spent on homework per student?Amount of Time Spent Number ofon Homework (Hours) Students2 43 54 65 36 37 08 1