Question

Last week’s and this week’s daily high temperatures are shown in the table below.

High Temperatures for This Week and Last Week
High Temperatures
This Week (Degrees Fahrenheit)

65

73

73

74

73

75

71
High Temperatures
Last Week (Degrees Fahrenheit)

68

51

62

66

85

72

72

How much greater is this week’s median temperature than last week’s median temperature?
2 degrees
3 degrees
4 degrees
5 degrees

Answer 1

5 degrees

Explanation:

Answer 2

5 degrees

Explanation:

This week in order:

65, 71, 73, 73, 73, 74, 75 (Median= 73)

Last week in order:

51, 62, 66, 68, 72, 72, 85 (Median= 68)

73-68 is 5