Mathematics and Science

Building Vocabulary Match each definition by drawing a line with the term in the left column. estimate how close a group of measurements are to each other accuracy the number that appears most often in a list of numbers precision the digits in a measurement include all digits measured exactly, plus one estimated digit significant figures the numerical average of a set of data percent error how close a measurement is to the true or accepted value mean an approximation of a number based on reasonable assumptions median a calculation used to determine how accurate an experimental value is mode the middle number in a set of data range data that do not fit with the rest of a data set anomalous data the difference between the greatest value and the least value in a data set