Question

The breakdown of scores of 60 students is as follows: 15 students got 4 points, 18 students got 3 points, 12 students got 2 points, 9 students got 1 point, and 6 students got 0. What is the median score? a) 2 b) 3 c) 1 d) 0

Answer 1

Answer: 3 is the median of the set. Choice B. 3

Explanation:

The median of a set of numbers is the middle number of the ordered set of numbers.

60 numbers :

4,4,4,4,4, 4,4,4,4,4, 4,4,4,4,4,

3,3,3,3,3, 3,3,3,3,3, 3,3,3,3,3,

3 (middle),3,3

2,2,2,2,2, 2,2,2,2,2, 2,2

1,1,1,1,1, 1,1,1,1,

0,0,0,0,0, 0

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