Median

Example 1:

Find the median of 12, 34, 8, 16, 25, 3 and 10

Arrange the data in an increasing order.

3, 8, 10, 12, 16, 25, 34

The middle number is 12

What is the median?

Find the median for the set of numbers:

23, 37, 11, 58, 13, 45

• 30

• 23

• 37

• 28

Find the median for the set of numbers:

85, 42, 64, 71, 39, 56, 26

• 71

• 42

• 56

• 60

Find the median for the set of numbers:

41, 13, 21, 83, 54, 37, 18, 66, 72

• 44

• 37

• 54

• 41

Find the median for the set of numbers:

53, 22, 76, 46, 68, 32, 15, 29

• 32

• 41

• 39

• 46

Find the median for the set of numbers:

17, 24, 8, 19, 6, 34, 10, 28, 48, 12

• 17

• 19

• 18

• 20

Find the median for the set of numbers:

60, 52, 11, 29, 46, 9, 33

• 39

• 33

• 29

• 46

The average temperatures across Washington, Texas, Oklahoma, New York, Missouri, Hawaii and Michigan are 48°F, 65°F, 60°F, 45°F, 54°F, 64°F, 70°F, and 45°F respectively. Find the median.

Jack'd Science book has ten chapters. The numbers of pages in each chapter is given below. What is the median?

25, 11, 9, 18, 21, 24, 16, 13, 30, 12