Question

Chloe volunteered to stamp hands at the entrance of a museum 10 times this year. The number of visitors each time was:
6 visitors6 visitors5 visitors3 visitors1 visitor2 visitors1 visitor3 visitors6 visitors8 visitors
What was the median number of visitors?

visitors

Answer 1

First sort the counts: 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 6, 6, 8.
With 10 values, the median is the average of the 5th and 6th values: (3 + 5)/2 = 4.

Median = 4 visitors.