Question

15 students are randomly selected from two different classes they were asked how many books they read during this summer their responses are as follows find the median number of books read by each class which class has a higher median number of books read

Class one: 0,5,3,6,7,8,10,1,1,4,5,6,4,5,6
Class 2: 2,2,4,3,0,0,6,7,10,9,6,5,3,1,2

The median number of books read during the summer by class 1 is blank.
The median number of books read during this summer by class 2 is blank.
Class blank has the higher median and number of books read during the summer.

Answer 1

To find the median, we first need to arrange the data in each class in ascending order:

Class 1: 0, 1, 1, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 8, 10
Class 2: 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 9, 10

Since each class has 15 students, the median will be the average of the 8th and 9th numbers in the ordered list.

For Class 1:
Median = (5 + 6) / 2 = 5.5

For Class 2:
Median = (3 + 4) / 2 = 3.5

Therefore, the median number of books read during the summer by Class 1 is 5.5 and by Class 2 is 3.5.
Class 1 has a higher median number of books read during the summer.