Question 1 of 5
A small bookstore recorded the number of books sold on each of 5 days: 12, 15, 9, 15, and 19. What was the median number of books sold per day?
Explanation
To find the median, first write the numbers in order from least to greatest: 9, 12, 15, 15, 19. Since there are 5 values, the median is the middle value, which is the third number in the ordered list. The third number is 15, so the median number of books sold per day is 15.
Concept summary
The median is the middle value in a data set after the values are arranged in order. For an odd number of values, it is the single middle number.