Question

To determine student's final grade for a math class, Mr. Abbot throws out the lowest test score and takes the average of the remaining scores. Phil earned the following test scores in the class: 80, 76, 84, 91, and 95. What was Phil's final grade?

Answer 1

First, eliminate the lowest grade (76).  Now, find the average/mean of the remaining 4 test grades.  To do so, add up all the test grades, then divide them by the total number of test grades:

80+84+91+95=350

350/4=87.5

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