Question

What is the median of 48 46 52 57 58 5261 56?

Answer 1

48 46 52 57 58 52 61 56
The first step to find the median is the put the number set in numerical order from least to greatest.

46 48 52 52 56 57 58 61
Now that the numbers are ordered, you just find the middle number. If you are two middle numbers, find their mean and that is the median.

46 48 52 52 56 57 58 61
The two middle numbers are 52 and 56.
Because there are two, you must find their mean in order to find the median.

To find the mean of 52 and 56, add them together and then divide by 2, since the amount of numbers is 2.
(52 + 56) / 2
52 + 56 = 108
108 / 2 = 54

The median of this data set is 54.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

The median is 54
You have to list the numbers from greatest to least and the middle number is the median, or in this case the average of the 2 middle numbers.