Question

Find the mean and median of the set of numbers: 5,9,3,5,3,5?

Answer 1

Both the median and mean are 5. If you line them up least to greatest (3,3,5,5,5,9), the one in the middle (the median) is 5. If you add them all up (30) and divide by the amount of original numbers (6) you get 5.