There are three boxes of apples on the table.
Box A contains 22 apples.
Box B contains 24 apples.
Box C contains 14 apples.
How many apples are there on average in each box?
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There are three boxes of apples on the table.
Box A contains 22 apples.
Box B contains 24 apples.
Box C contains 14 apples.
How many apples are there on average in each box?
To calculate the average number of apples in each box, we need to find the total number of apples in all the boxes and then divide by the number of boxes.
20
\( 9 \times (2 \times 1) = \)
Because there are 3 boxes! The average spreads the total equally across all boxes. If you don't divide, you get the total amount, not the average per box.
That's normal! Many averages are decimals or fractions. For example, if the total was 61, the average would be
Yes! If each box had exactly 20 apples, you'd have 20 × 3 = 60 total apples. This matches our original sum, so 20 is correct!
Always! The order matters in averages. First find the total sum, then divide by the count of values. Never divide individual numbers first.
Average means equal sharing. If you took all 60 apples and divided them equally among the 3 boxes, each box would get 20 apples.
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