What are key figures?

Key figures are like special numbers that tell us something important about a group or situation.

Imagine you have a bag full of jellybeans, some red, some blue, and some green. If you want to know how many jellybeans there are in total, or maybe how many are red compared to the others, you can use key figures to help you figure it out.

1. Total number: This is like counting all the jellybeans in the bag, it tells you how many there are altogether.
2. How many of each kind: If you count only the red jellybeans, that's another key figure. It helps you know which color is more common or if they're all the same.

You might also use average, like if you want to know how many jellybeans each person would get if you shared them equally. That’s a kind of special number too!

So, key figures are just important numbers that help us understand what's going on in a group or situation, like counting jellybeans or figuring out who has more candies!