Question

The company Acceptance had employees with monthly salaries of $1,700, $1400, $7,000, $1550, and $2,500. Find the median of these salaries.

How do I answer this?
Kelsey
median is the middle number. so put the numbers in descending or ascending order and find the middle number. It would be 1,700
Ruby
I figured that but I thought I had to do some adding then divide it by two. Idk I think I'm a bit confused. Thank you
Ms. Sue
When you have an odd number in the set, you take the middle number, as Kelsey said. However, when you have an even number, there are two numbers in the middle. That's when you find the average.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/median.html

Ruby
Ah yay! Thanks miss sue!!
Ms. Sue
You're very welcome, Ruby.