Mr. Shenton received scores of 58, 72, 74, 92, 84, 40, 74, 81, 76, and 83 on his exams. What is the median score?

1 Answer
Jan 8, 2016

First, sort the data from lowest value to highest ...

Explanation:

40
58
72
74
74
76
81
83
84
92

Now, the median is the middle value. In this problem, there are 10 scores, so the middle value will be the average of the 5th and 6th score:

median #=(74+76)/2=75#

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