Question
Noah was asked to find the median of the following numbers.
Noah’s work is shown below.
115x, 117x, 109, 127, 136x, 131x
= 109 + 127/2
=236/2
=118
What error, if any, did Noah make?
(1 point)
Responses
He left out a number when putting the numbers in order.
He left out a number when putting the numbers in order.
He did not make any error.
He did not make any error.
He forgot to put the numbers in order first.
He forgot to put the numbers in order first.
He crossed off the high/low number pairs incorrectly.
Noah’s work is shown below.
115x, 117x, 109, 127, 136x, 131x
= 109 + 127/2
=236/2
=118
What error, if any, did Noah make?
(1 point)
Responses
He left out a number when putting the numbers in order.
He left out a number when putting the numbers in order.
He did not make any error.
He did not make any error.
He forgot to put the numbers in order first.
He forgot to put the numbers in order first.
He crossed off the high/low number pairs incorrectly.
Answers
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
Noah made an error by not putting the numbers in order first. To find the median, the numbers must be arranged in ascending or descending order before identifying the middle value(s). Therefore, the correct response is:
**He forgot to put the numbers in order first.**
**He forgot to put the numbers in order first.**