Practice Median in Statistics
Use these practice problems to test your method after reviewing the concept explanation and worked examples.
Quick Recap
The middle value when data is arranged in order. Half the values are above it, half below.
If you lined up your whole class by height, the median height is the person standing exactly in the middle. It's not affected by whether the tallest kid is 5'5" or 7 feet - the middle person stays the same.
Example 1
easyFind the median of: 12, 5, 8, 3, 15, 7, 10.
Example 2
mediumFind the median of: 4, 9, 2, 7, 11, 6.
Example 3
easyFind the median of: 20, 35, 15, 40, 25.
Example 4
mediumThe ordered data set is 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 18. What is the median, and if 30 is added to the set, does the median change?