Question 1 of 5
The table shows the number of minutes 5 students spent reading on Saturday.
What is the median number of minutes spent reading?
Explanation
To find the median, list the data values in order and identify the middle value. The minutes are already in order: . Since there are 5 values, the median is the 3rd value. The 3rd value is , so the median is .
Concept summary
The median is the middle value in an ordered data set. For an odd number of data points, it is the single value exactly in the center.