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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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Can you subtract 0 from 9?

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Sure! 9 - 0 = 9. If 9 and 0 are the highest and lowest numbers in a data set, the range is 9.

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What is the range of y=12, 13, 20 x=15, 3, 4?

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Treat the x-values and the y-values separately. The y range is 20 - 12 = 8. The x range is 15 - 3 = 12.

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What is the range of 86, 19, 25, 76 and 35?

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Subtract the lowest number from the highest number: 86 - 19 = 67. The range is 67.

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What is the range of 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 10?

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The range is 7. 10 - 3 = 7.

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What we do in our observation if the lowest value is zero and the highest value is 96? For example, 23, 45, 47, 87, 96, 0, 12, then what is range?

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The range is 96 - 0 = 96.

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If you have two small numbers in a range what do you do?

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Same as usual: subtract the smaller number from the larger.

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What about 3 numbers? Like 14, 90, 69, 14, and 40?

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The range is 90 - 14 = 76.

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How do I find the range of 50, 76, 88, 93, 99, and 58 if 30 were added to the set?

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The new range is 99 - 30 = 69.

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What if the smallest number is 0, do you still subtract it form the biggest number for range?

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Yes. In this case the highest number is the range.

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How will I calculate the range of these numbers 3, 3, 5, 7, 8?

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8 - 3 = 5.

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Twice a certain number x is greater than 4 find the range of values of x?

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Twice 2 equals 4, so x can be any number greater than 2.

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