Grade 7 Math: Understanding Median
This worksheet helps seventh-grade students practice calculating and understanding the median of a data set, including data presented in various forms.
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Grade 7 Math: Understanding Median
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to find the median of the given data sets. Show your work where necessary.
1. The median is the value in a data set when the values are ordered from least to greatest.
2. If there is an even number of values in a data set, the median is the of the two middle values.
3. Find the median of the following data set: 12, 8, 15, 10, 13.
4. What is the median of the data set: 25, 30, 20, 35, 28, 22?
5. Which of the following data sets has a median of 7?
5, 6, 8, 9
7, 7, 7, 7
4, 7, 10, 12
3, 5, 7, 9, 11
6. A set of temperatures in degrees Celsius is: 18, 22, 16, 20, 24. What is the median temperature?
16°C
20°C
22°C
24°C
7. To find the median, you must first order the data set.
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False
8. The median is always one of the numbers in the data set.
True
False
9. The number of goals scored by a soccer team in their last 6 games were: 3, 1, 0, 4, 2, 2. What is the median number of goals?
10. Sarah recorded the following daily temperatures (in °F) for a week: 72, 75, 68, 70, 73, 75, 71. What was the median temperature for the week?
11. Plot the following numbers on the number line below and then identify the median: 3, 7, 1, 8, 5.
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