Average Calculator
In colloquial language, an average is a single number taken as representative of a list of numbers. Different concepts of average are used in different contexts. Often "average" refers to the arithmetic mean, the sum of the numbers divided by how many numbers are being averaged.
In statistics, mean, median, and mode are all known as measures of central tendency, and in colloquial usage any of these might be called an average value.
Mean, Average, Arithmetic Mean
Mean is the usual average or arithmetic average of numbers.
n1 + n2 + n3 + ... + nN
Mean = ------------------------------
N
Geometric Mean
Geometric average of numbers.
Geo. Mean = (n1 x n2 x n3 x ... x nN)1 / N
Harmonic Mean
Harmonic average of numbers.
1
Har. Mean = -------------------------------------
1 1 1 1
----- + ----- + ----- + ... + -----
n1 n2 n3 nN
Mode
Mode is the maximum repeated number.
Median
Median is the middle value.
Minimum
Minimum of numbers.
Maximum
Maximum of numbers.
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