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What is the range of a list of numbers?

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If you're given a set of data, find the smallest number, then the largest number. Subtract them from each other to get the range.

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What would be the range of these numbers - 8, -6, 0, 1, 3, 4, 20 be?

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First order the data from least to greatest, then subtract the smallest value from the largest value in the set.

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How do I calculate mean, median and mode?

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For mean, add all numbers up and divide them by how many numbers there are. For median, place all numbers in ascending order then find the middle number. For mode, find the most commonly-occurring number.

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What is the range of 12,400?

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You have to have multiple numbers to calculate the range.

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How can I find the range with negative and positive numbers?

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You know that if a negative number is higher, it is less (eg -4 < -2), so the negative with the "highest" number would be the lowest part, and you would then take the highest positive number, and then subtract the lower part from the higher. Eg: Your numbers are -9, -4, 0, 3, and 7. Well, you take the negative with the "highest" positive number, ie., -9, and then the highest positive number, 7. Subtract 7 - (-9), and you get 16.

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Why do we measure the range?

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It gives us an overview of a set of data, an idea of how much "space" is contained within those data points.

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How do I calculate domain?

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See Find the Domain of a Function .

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The range is a data set is 14. If the smallest number in the set is 24, what is the largest number?

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Add the range to the smallest number.

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How do I calculate mean?

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Add all the numbers and divide the sum by the number of entries in the range.

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How do I create range from mean?

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If all you know is the mean, you don't have enough information to find the range.

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If the lowest number is 0, is it still subtracted from the highest when calculating the range?

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Yes. When zero is the lowest number, the highest number is the range.

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What is the range for the numbers 12, 8, 17, 12, 15, 18, 30?

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Subtract the lowest number from the highest number: 30 - 8 = 22.

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What if I have multiple low numbers and a multiple like 2, 2, 4, 5, 6, 14,14?

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Repeats don't matter. You still have a minimum (2) and a maximum (14) and the range is the difference between them, 14 - 2 = 12.

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How do I turn decimals into a fraction?

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Use the numbers in the decimal as the numerator, and choose a multiple of ten as the denominator. For example, if the decimal is .35, the numerator would be 35, and the denominator would be 100. For the decimal .842, the numerator would be 842, and the denominator would be 1,000. In each case you would reduce the fraction if possible. If the decimal were 2.25, the numerator would be 25, the denominator would be 100, and the mixed number would be 2 25/100, or 2¼.

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What is the range of 4.8 and 4.9?

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The range is 4.9 - 4.8 = 0.1

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Can 0 be used as a number when working out the range?

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Yes. Even though zero seems to have no value, it actually has a relative value and its own place on a number line. Therefore, it takes up space in a data set and must be considered when calculating range.

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What is the range for measurement 200 +/- 3%?

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3% of 200 is 6. 200 + 3% = 200 + 6 = 206. 200 - 3% = 200 - 6 = 194. 206 - 194 = 12 (the range).

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How do I calculate median?

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See Find the Median of a Set of Numbers .

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What Is the domain and range of f(x) = 3 - x²?

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See Find the Domain and Range of a Function .

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What would be the range of these numbers: 1,1,1,1,2,3,3,4,5,5,6?

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Subtract the smallest number in the set from the largest number in the set: 6 - 1 = 5. The range is 5. (The fact that a number may appear more than once in the set makes no difference.)

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How do you calculate mean?

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Calculate the mean (or average) of a set of numbers by adding all the numbers together and then dividing that sum by the number of numbers in the set. For example, the mean of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 is (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5) / 5 = 15/5 = 3. (The mean does not have to be a whole number.)

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How do you find the range when negative numbers are involved? For example: 241, -86, -42, -33, -46, -18, - 6, -2, -1, 3, 6, 9, 14, 26, 308.

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It's the same process: subtract the lowest number from the highest number. In your example, it's 308 - (-86) = 308 + 86 = 394. That's the range. (When subtracting a negative number, change it to a positive number and add it.)

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How do you calculate median?

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Arrange the numbers in either ascending or descending order. Then find the middle number. For example, if the numbers are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, the middle number is 5. That's the median. If there is an even number of numbers, there will be two middle numbers, in which case you take the average of those two. For example, if the numbers are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, there are two middle numbers, 5 and 6. The average of those two numbers is (5 + 6) / 2 = 5½. That's the median.

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What would be the range of scores: 490, 560, 3?

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Subtract the highest score to the lowest score. In this scenario, 560-3. This should give you 557 and this data set's range.

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How do you calculate the median?

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See Find the Median of a Set of Numbers .

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The range of scores 10, 18, 15, 12, 13, 15, and 16 is what?

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Subtract the smallest number from the highest number: 18 - 10 = 8. The range is 8.

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What if there's two of the highest number like: 1 2 3 6 9 9?

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It doesn't matter. All you'll need is one of two of the highest and the lowest numbers. 9 - 1 = 8. The range is 8.

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How do I find the range of 10, 2, 8, 20, 9, 3, 15?

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From the highest number, subtract the lowest number. The highest is 20, and the lowest is 2. 20 - 2 = 18, so the range is equal to 18.

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What is the range of 12,400?

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There can’t be a range with only one number. There has to be two or more numbers to calculate range. Re-read the introduction above.

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What is the range of 3.15, 3.30, 3.25, 3.15, 3.25 and 3.20?

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The biggest number is 3.30, and the smallest is 3.15. 3.30 - 3.15 = 0.15. The range is 0.15.

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