Name ________________________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________

Finding the Mean: Demonstrating with Blocks

When we find the mean, we need to

level out the stacks so that every
stack has the same amount.
The number in each stack is the mean.
In this example, 6 is the mean.
6

Use blocks to find the mean from the data sets below.
Draw a picture before
1.) 4, 2, 6
Mean = ______

2.) 7, 6, 3, 8
Mean = _______

3.) 2, 0, 5, 1, 2
Mean = _______

4.) During spring break, Ms.

Jaeger read 5 books, Ms.
Symons read 7 books and Mrs.
Erickson read 3 books. What is
the average number of books?
Mean = _______
5.) Students bought 6 Shopkins, 3
Shopkins, 2 Shopkins and 5
Shopkins. How many Shopkins
did the students buy, on
average?
Mean = _______

Draw a picture after

Calculate the mean from the data sets below. Show your work!

Hint: You add up all the numbers and divide it by the number of addends!
Work Space
1.) 11, 20, 17, 17, 15, 4
Mean = _______

2.) 6 , 15 , 16 , 14 , 6 , 6 , 7
Mean = _______

3.) 84, 24, 65, 65, 24, 26

Mean = _______

4.) 24, 34, 32, 16, 45, 38, 28

Mean = _______

5.) In a 5- person group, one person is 10

years old, another person is 11 years
old, another person is 25 years old,
another person is 32 years old and
another person is 27 years old. What is
the average age of the group?
Mean = _______
6.) Students earned the following scores
on a recent math test: 79, 65, 50, and
94. What is the mean of their scores?
Mean = _______

7.) Lionel Messi is on a roll! He scored 2

goals, 3 goals, 0 goals, 1 goal, 4 goals,
and 2 goals in his past 6 games. What
is his average number of goals?
Mean = _______