Median, mode, and range word problems
The question
Find the median.
In five days one week, a library lent out 17, 27, 17, 16 and 24 books.
given:1727171624
given:1727171624
sorted:1617172427
given:1727171624
sorted:1617172427
asked:Find the median.
17 books
- Read it through. The five numbers in the story are the data — the question asks for their median.
- The median is the middle number once they are in order.
- So put them in order, smallest first.
- Count in from both ends. 17 is the one left in the middle, so that is the median.
- So the median is 17 books — that answers "Find the median."
How it works.
- 01
Read it through. The five numbers in the story are the data — the question asks for their median.
- 02
The median is the middle number once they are in order.
- 03
So put them in order, smallest first.
- 04
Count in from both ends. 17 is the one left in the middle, so that is the median.
- 05
So the median is 17 books — that answers "Find the median."