Question

Jesse had 3 long jumps during a track meet of 17 feet,18 feet and 15 feet. Andrew had 3 long jumps during a track meet of 17 feet,15 feet and 18 feet. Overall, who had a greater total jump distance?which addition property can you use to find this answer?

Answer 1

Both have the same jumping distance, I used mean to find the answer which is the average of the number.  First, you add all the numbers and then divided by how many numbers the operation had. In this case, 17+18+15= 50 divided by 3 equals to 16.67.