Understanding Median
A Grade 3 math worksheet to help students understand and identify the median in a set of numbers.
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Understanding Median
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to find the median of the given numbers. The median is the middle number when the numbers are listed in order from least to greatest.
1. Put the numbers in order from least to greatest, then find the median.
Numbers: 5, 2, 8, 1, 6
Ordered:
Median:
2. Put the numbers in order from least to greatest, then find the median.
Numbers: 10, 4, 12, 7, 9
Ordered:
Median:
3. What is the median of these numbers: 3, 9, 2, 7, 5?
2
5
7
9
4. Which number is the median of this set: 15, 11, 18, 13, 10, 20, 12?
10
13
15
20
5. Sarah's test scores are 78, 92, 85, 90, 88. What is the median score? Explain how you found your answer.
6. The median is always the smallest number in a set of data.
True
False
7. To find the median, you must first arrange the numbers in order.
True
False
8. Plot the following numbers on the number line below. Circle the median number.
Numbers: 10, 5, 15, 20, 0
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