Question

Question 5

This dot plot shows the number of cakes sold each day in Aunt
Alice's Cake Shop last month.
What is the median number of cakes sold each day?
Aunt Alice's Cake Shop
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2
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Cakes Sold (each day)

Answer 1

2

Explanation:

Use the dot plot to make a list of the numbers it represents, sorted from smallest to largest.

0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 9

There are 23 numbers in this list. The median is the one in the middle, so there will be 11 numbers to the left of it and 11 to the right.

The median is 2