Median Practice Worksheet
This worksheet helps grade 5 students understand and calculate the median of a data set. Includes multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer questions.
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Median Practice Worksheet
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show your work where necessary.
1. What is the median of the following set of numbers: 5, 2, 8, 1, 7?
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5
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2. The median is the number in a data set when the numbers are ordered from least to greatest.
smallest
largest
middle
average
3. To find the median, you must first arrange the numbers in order.
4. If there is an even number of data points, the median is the of the two middle numbers.
5. Find the median of the following data set: 10, 3, 15, 7, 12, 18.
6. Sarah scored 85, 92, 78, 95, and 88 on her math tests. What is the median of her scores?
7. Plot the following numbers on the number line and identify the median: 4, 9, 2, 7, 5.
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