Question

Edwin's scores on his final exams are listed in the table. Find the median.

Maths	Science	History	Geography	English	French
$90$	$86$	$89$	$75$	$60$	$99$

• A. $89$
• B. $90$
• C. $87.5$
• D. $90.5$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$87.5$

First arrange the data in order:
$60,75,86,89,90,99$
The median is the middle number.
Here, the two numbers that fall in the middle need to be averaged.
$=$ $\frac{86+89}{2}=87.5$
So, the median is $87.5$.