Question

Charlotte recorded the number of minutes she spent exercising in the past ten days: 9, 13, 5, 2, 9, 1, 14, 3, 5, 7. Find the median of the data.

Answer 1

Answer:

The median is 7.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find the median, you need to ut the numbers in either least to greatest form, or greatest to least (FIRST).

I'm gonna do both as an example.

Greatest to least:

14, 13, 9, 9, 7, 5, 3, 2, 1

Least to greatest:

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 9, 13, 14

It is REALLY important that you use ALL of the numbers you are given, even if there are two or more of the same number.

The next thing you need to do is find the number that is in the middle.

It will be the same for both least to greatest AND greatest to least.

You can either count one from either side, going in a pattern, OR you can count how many there is, divide it by 2, and whatever answer you get, count that many times over from one side.

In this case, your answer goes like this:

since there are 9 numbers, and 9 is not an even number, you will have only one median. Having 2 medians IS normal and it IS ok.

In this case, you want to go down one number (from 9) and divide that. So you do 8 divided by 2, which is 4. Count that many times over and you have your answer, 7.

I hope this helped you!

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