Fifteen students are randomly selected from two different classes. They were asked how many books they read during the
summer. Their responses are as follows. Find the median number of books read by each class. Which class has a higher
median number of books read?
Class 1: 0, 5, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 1, 1, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6
Class 2: 2, 2, 4, 3, 0, 0, 6, 7, 10, 9, 6, 5, 3, 1, 2
The median number of books read during the summer by Class 1 is ? .
The median number of books read during the summer by Class 2 is ? .
Class ? has a higher median number of books read during the summer.
To find the median for each class, we first need to arrange the data in ascending order.
For Class 1: 0, 1, 1, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 8, 10
There are 15 data points, so the middle value is the 8th data point, which is 5. Therefore, the median number of books read by Class 1 is 5.
For Class 2: 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 9, 10
Again, there are 15 data points, so the middle value is the 8th data point, which is 3. Therefore, the median number of books read by Class 2 is 3.
Class 1 has a higher median number of books read during the summer.