Question

The table gives information about the number of points scored by each of 16 students in a game.

number of points - frequency
0 - 1
1 - 3
2 - 5
3 - 4
4 - 3

tina worked out the median of the number of points scored to be 5.

a) explain why it is not possible for the median to be 5?

Answer 1

0,1,1,2,3,3,3,4,4,5
3+3= 6/2= 3
The median is 3
It is not possible for the median to be 5 because the median is the middle number which is 3