Question

A group of 8 students was asked, "How many hours did you watch television last week?" Here are their responses.

7,5, 4, 5, 9, 8, 11, 7
Find the median and mean number of hours for these students.
If necessary, round your answers to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Mean = 7
Median = 7

Explanation: To find both The median and the mean, you must order the numbers from least to greatest. To find the median, you need to find the number in the middle of the list of numbers. In this case, both of the middle numbers are 7 so the median is 7. To find the mean, you need to add all of the numbers together and then divide by how many numbers that are listed. In this case, the sum of the listed numbers is 56. 56 divided by 8 equal 7 which means the mean is 7.