Use the table to answer the question.

Question

Number of Siblings Number of 6th Graders
0 3
1 12
2 5
3 2
4 0
5 2
Kaylen wants to know how many siblings 6th graders have. She surveys the 6th graders on her soccer team. Her results are given in the table. What is the median number of siblings for the 6th graders that she surveyed?

(1 point)
Responses

1.58 siblings
1.58 siblings

2.5 siblings
2.5 siblings

3 siblings
3 siblings

1 sibling
1 sibling
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Answer 1

The median is the middle value when the data is arranged in ascending order.

0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 5

Since there are 13 data points, the middle value is the 7th value, which is 1.

Therefore, the median number of siblings for the 6th graders surveyed is 1 sibling.