Describe a typical value
4th Grade Math practice: The lengths are 4, 5, 5, 6, and 20 inches. Is 20 inches a typical value for the set. Part of data and graphs (Data and Graphs).
~9 min
Students begin to notice the middle or average-like value that describes a data set.
Identifying Frequent Values
Apples in Baskets
A typical value is often a number that appears more than once in a data set. Finding the value that shows up most often helps you describe what the set is usually like.
💡 Look for the number that shows up the most times in the list.