Investigation 2 - Determining the median
1 The median is indicated in each of the following sets of data. Study each
data set and figure out how to determine its median.
Data
3, 5, 7, 8, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14
Median
8
10, 10, 10, 14, 17, 18, 24, 24, 26, 31, 35
18
12,9,5
9
3,5, 2, 7, 18, 10, 14, 21, 15
10
6.2, 8.5, 9.3, 6.2, 8.7, 11.4, 9.3, 7.6, 8.5
8.5
10
0 1 223
12
123
344 557
124
13 2 2 2 3 4 89
Key: 13|2=132
4589
0
1
0
1
2
2257
12
12
02348
Key: 1|1=11
2 Write down a rule for finding the median of a set of data.