Grade 5 Math · Data

Median and mode of a data set

Sort a data set to find its median, or identify its mode. Unlimited questions, five difficulty levels, and a full worked solution every time, included free with weekly lessons.

Practice this skill Curriculum: G5-D1.5

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Here are the books read this month by each student: 7, 10, 2, 2, 4. What is the median?

Answer: 4

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Here are the minutes spent on homework each night: 3, 8, 3, 13, 5, 3, 12. What is the median?

📘 Worked solution
1Sorted: 3, 3, 3, 5, 8, 12, 13Line up the values from least to greatest before finding the median.
2Middle value: 5With 7 values, the median is the one exactly in the middle of the sorted list.

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