Lesson: Finding the Median of a Data Set

The given table shows the temperatures, in Fahrenheit, of some cities in January. Find the median of the three cities with the highest temperatures.

39	27	24	23	36
43	30	39	26	16
21	41	5	22	12

The table shows the players on a soccer team who scored goals during a season. Suppose a player that scored 15 goals was added to the table. What would the median number of goals scored be?

Calculate the median of the values in the table.

13

13

23

20

21

13

23

13

15

22

15

19

20

18

15