The handford high school basketball team scored 79, 68, 86, 91 and 72 points in their first five games. what was the average number of points scored in these five games?

79.2 points

Step-by-step explanation: The word "average" is the same as the word "mean" so to find the average of the points scored in their first 5 games, we want to add up all the points and divide them by the number of games they played which is 5 games.

Let's begin by adding the numbers.

79 + 68 + 86 + 91 + 72

Adding these numbers, we get a sum of 396.

This will be divided by how many games they played which is 5.

396 ÷ 5 = 79.2

This means that the average number of points scored is 79.2 points which could round down to 79 points but don't round unless the problem asks.

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