The parks department compared how many soccer fields there are at each park. What is the mean of the numbers?
Park | Number of soccer fields
Juniper Park | 8
Windy Hill Park | 4
Middle Park | 4
Crane Park | 5
Elmhurst Park | 7
Lighthouse Park | 2
Read the numbers from the table.

8, 4, 4, 5, 7, 2

First, count how many numbers are in the group.

There are 6 numbers.

Now add all the numbers together:

8 + 4 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 2 = 30

Now divide the sum by the number of numbers:

30 ÷ 6 = 5

The mean is 5.