Question

The shoe sizes of a group of middle school girls are shown.

If a shoe size of 9 is added to the data, how does the median change?
The median stays 6.75.
The median increases to 6.75.
The median stays 7.
The median increases to 7.

Answer 1

The median increases to 7

Explanation:

List the numbers in chronological order,

5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8, 8.5

As of now, the median is 6.75.

When a shoe size of 9 is added, we have

5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8, 8.5, 9

Now, the median is 7.