2006-10-01 06:26:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
The median is just the middle number in a set of numbers placed in order.
so if you had a set of numbers:
3, 13, 7, 5, 21, 23, 39, 23, 40, 23, 14, 12, 56, 23, 29
you place them in order and get:
3, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 21, 23, 23, 23, 23, 29, 39, 40, 56
and the middle number is 23
2006-10-01 06:31:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
basically a median is the middle number of a group of numbers. For example. 1 5 7 8 3 4 6 2
if you put that in order: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
the middle number is five, meaning that is a median.
2006-10-01 13:30:48 · answer #2 · answered by Roxy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Median usually refers to the average of various amounts or numbers. If I traveled 50 miles then stopped for a rest, 70 miles & stopped then 90 miles before stopping, the median distance of those trips would be (50+70+90)/3 or 210/3=70
2006-10-01 13:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by wallywamper 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Take the highest reading and the lowest, add them and divide by two. From the web: "A type of average. The median is the number in the middle of a sequence of numbers."
2006-10-01 13:29:19 · answer #4 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there are 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
then you add 1,10 and divide by 2
2006-10-01 13:32:16 · answer #5 · answered by newyork123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
line up the # from < to > then find the middle #.
ex. 3, 6, 9, 5, 1, 8
so first put the # in least to greatest.
1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9. then find the middle #
this would be 5.5 because it is in between 5 and 6
2006-10-01 13:34:50 · answer #6 · answered by sabine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the middle number or if there are two middle numbers you add them together then divide by two
2006-10-01 13:35:04 · answer #7 · answered by P.B.Willow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋