Question

The following list contains the number of hours that a sample of
9
middle-school students spent watching television last week.
19
,
15
,
8
,
9
,
16
,
7
,
20
,
18
,
15
Find the median number of hours for that sample.
hours

Answer 1

A group of
10
students from the same middle school have been asked to record how much time they spent this morning traveling from home to school. Here are the results (in minutes).
16
,
12
,
8
,
7
,
4
,
7
,
13
,
5
,
14
,
5
Find the median travel time for that group of students.
minutes

Answer 2

Here are the weights (in pounds) of a sample of
13
male eleventh graders.
162
,
149
,
145
,
155
,
172
,
170
,
148
,
168
,
142
,
145
,
144
,
162
,
143
Find the median weight of these students.
pounds