Five classes of undergraduate students are assessed for their understanding of the word 'gratitude'.These results are,by class,given a grade of 1-10,0 being no understanding and 10 being full understanding.The results are given for each class as 2,4,8,8,9.The average is 6.2.This average is the?
A)Median
B)Mean
C)Middle
D)Mode

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The average given (6.2) is calculated by adding all the grades together and then dividing by the number of classes, which is the definition of the mean.

Five Classes of Undergraduate Students Are Assessed for Their Understanding