How to Find the Median of a Set of Numbers
Sort your set of numbers from least to greatest., Find the number that is exactly in the middle., Finished.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Sort your set of numbers from least to greatest.
If they're scrambled, line them up, starting with the lowest number and ending with the highest number. -
Step 2: Find the number that is exactly in the middle.
This means that median number has the same amount of numbers in front of it as it does behind it.
Count them to make sure.
There are two numbers in front of the 3, and two numbers behind it.
This tells us that 3 is the number exactly in the middle. , The median of an odd-numbered sequence is always a number in the sequence itself.
It is never a number that is not in the sequence. -
Step 3: Finished.
Detailed Guide
If they're scrambled, line them up, starting with the lowest number and ending with the highest number.
This means that median number has the same amount of numbers in front of it as it does behind it.
Count them to make sure.
There are two numbers in front of the 3, and two numbers behind it.
This tells us that 3 is the number exactly in the middle. , The median of an odd-numbered sequence is always a number in the sequence itself.
It is never a number that is not in the sequence.
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