Mathematics
Grade6
Easy

Question

Each of five different stores sells a quart of milk for the following prices:
$1.50, $1.55, $1.80, $1.70, $1.50
Find the median.

  1. 1.50
  2. 1.80
  3. 1.55
  4. 1.70

hintHint:

We simply follow the algorithm of finding the median of a dataset. Note that, since there are 5 data points so we have to find median for an odd number of observations:
Step 1: Order the values from low to high.
Step 2: Calculate the middle position.
If n is odd, then use the formula fraction numerator left parenthesis n plus 1 right parenthesis over denominator 2 end fraction, where n is the number of values in your dataset.
Step 3: Find the value in the middle position.

The correct answer is: 1.55


    Step 1 of 1:
    Given the dataset, $1.50, $1.55, $1.80, $1.70, $1.50
    Arrange the data set in order (ascending), $1.50, $1.50, $1.55, $1.70, $1.80
    There are 5 (odd no. of) data points in the dataset.
    So, the median is (5+1)/2 = 3rd data point
    Mid value is the median, $1.50, $1.50, $1.55, $1.70, $1.80
    1.55 is the median of the data set.
    Final Answer:
    The right choice is-- d. 1.55

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