Question

The following is a list of scores for a recent exam. What is the median score?56, 67, 55, 88, 71, 53, 70, 83, 50

Answer 1

The median of a set of numbers is the quantity that separates the higher half from the lower half of a data set.

To find it, list the numbers from smallest to greatest:

`50,53,55,56,67,70,71,83,88`

There are 9 numbers in total. Since there are 4 numbers before and after the 5th number, then the median is the number in the 5th place, which is 67.

Therefore, the median score is 67.