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OCR: HE AVERAGE ofa set of figures isa figure that is most typical of that set. There are three types of average THE MEAN The mean the figure obtained by dividing the sum of the figures by the number figures i1 the set find the mean average of22 add the figures together (192) and divide by the num ber of Figures 7 192 27.43 THE MODE The mode is the figure that appears most often in set The mode of the set 0, which occurs S1X times) THE MEDIAN The median the middle figure in a set of figures when they are arranged in ascending order If there no middle figure (because of an even number of figures) the median 1e Figure exactly halfway between the two middle figures. The median of2 10 14, 16 is 11