Question

Part 1 out of 2
Find the mean and the median of this data set: 10, 7, 7, 5, 46, 9, 6, 2.

The mean is ______ and the median is ______.

Answer 1

Find the mean by first, adding all of the numbers together
What is the sum?

Answer 2

170?

Answer 3

Are you sure?
Use a calculator

Answer 4

92?

Answer 5

Yep.
And how many number are there in all?

Answer 6

8?

Answer 7

So divide 92/8

Answer 8

11.5

Answer 9

Yep, so there's your mean

Answer 10

For median, you'll have to write your numbers from smallest to biggest
can you do that?

Answer 11

2,5,6,7,7,9,10,46

Answer 12

Okay, now, which number is int he middle?

Answer 13

Both 7's

Answer 14

Okay, so 7 is your median
(usually, if there's 2, you find the middle of the two)

Answer 15

(7 + 7) /2

Answer 16

Uh, the two numbers are the same right now....
But yes, that ^^^^^ is how you would do it

Answer 17

So the median is 7?

Answer 18

Yep