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Year 6 Maths — Averages

Find the average of a small set of numbers by sharing the total out equally.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Find the average of 10, 12, 14 and 16.

  2. 2.Match each pair of numbers to its average.

    • 2, 4
    • 4, 6
    • 6, 10
    • 10, 14
    • 14, 20
    • 12
    • 3
    • 17
    • 8
    • 5

  3. 3.The average of four numbers is 7. What do the four numbers add up to?

  4. 4.Five numbers have an average of 6. A sixth number, 12, is added to the set. What happens to the average?

    • a) It stays the same
    • b) It becomes 12
    • c) It goes up
    • d) It goes down

  5. 5.Find the average of 4, 6 and 8.

  6. 6.A player scores 20, 30 and 40 points in three games. What is the average score?

  7. 7.Three children have 5, 8 and 11 stickers. They share them all out equally. How many does each child end up with?

  8. 8.Work out each average, then put the sets in order, smallest average first.

    • 2, 4, 6
    • 1, 2, 3
    • 8, 10, 12
    • 5, 6, 7

Answer key — Year 6 Maths — Averages

  1. 1. 13
  2. 2. 2, 4 → 3; 4, 6 → 5; 6, 10 → 8; 10, 14 → 12; 14, 20 → 17
  3. 3. 28
  4. 4. c) It goes up
  5. 5. 6
  6. 6. 30
  7. 7. 8
  8. 8. 1. 1, 2, 3 2. 2, 4, 6 3. 5, 6, 7 4. 8, 10, 12