With penalties and minimum withdrawal requirements to consider, timing is of the utmost importance when taking money from your IRA. (Getty Images) Individual retirement accounts, commonly known as IRAs, are retirement fund staples for many people.
In statistics, the mean is the mathematical average of a set of numbers. The average is calculated by adding up two or more scores and dividing the total by the number of scores. Consider the following number set: 2, 4, 6, 9, 12. The average is calculated in the following manner: 2 + 4 + 6 + 9 + 12 = 33 / 5 = 6.6.
Definition of score for English Language Learners. : 1  the number of points, goals, runs, etc., that each player or team has in a game or contest. : 2  the number of points that someone gets for correct answers on a test, exam, etc. : 3  a document showing all the notes of a piece of music.