Mean - Is Equal To The Sum of The: Quantities Divided by The Number of Quantities Under Consideration

Mean - is equal to the sum of the
quantities divided by the number of

quantities under consideration.
σ𝑋
In formula: 𝑥ഥ =
𝑁
What is the mean of the
following data :
12, 24, 36, 48, 60 ?
σ𝑋
𝑥ഥ =
𝑁
σ 180
𝑥ഥ =
5
𝑥ҧ = 36
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BY: MARIVIC DEL ROSARIO CACAL
Sonya‘s Kitchen received an invitation to a food exposition for one person. The
service crew of 7 members is very eager to go. To be fair to all, Sonya decided
to choose a person whose age is also the median age of her seven members.
Sonya’s Kitchen Crew
Service Crew Age
Waiter 18
Cook B 20
Waiter B 18
Cashier 19
Cook A 21
Waitress 18
Manager 47
a) Arrange the ages in numerical order.
 18 , 18, 18, 19, 20, 21, 47 - ASCENDING
 47, 21, 20, 19, 18, 18, 18 – DESCENDING
b) What is the middle value?

 18 , 18, 18, 19, 20, 21, 47 - ASCENDING
 47, 21, 20, 19, 18, 18, 18 - DESCENDING
c) Is there a crew with this representative age?
 Yes.
d) How many are younger than this age? Older than
this age?
 3 crews are younger than 19 and 3 crews are older
than 19.
e) Who is the representative of Sonya’s Kitchen in
the Food Fair?
 The cashier.
At the end of the month, Sonya’s kitchen hired another crew
member whose age is 22. The data now consist of eight ages: 18,
20, 18, 19, 21, 18, 47, and 22, an even number. How many middle
entries are there?
Sonya’s Kitchen Crew
a) Arrange the crew’s ages in numerical order.
 18 , 18, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 47 – ASCENDING
 47, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 18, 18 – DESCENDING
b) Find the two middle values (ages).

 19 and 20
c) Get the average of the two middle values.

 19.5
d) What is now the median age?
 19.5
e) How many are below this age? Above this age?

 4 crews are younger than the median age and 4
crews are older than the median age.
Median – is the middle value or
term in a set of data arranged in
either ascending or descending
order.
It separates an ordered set of
data into two equal parts.
𝑛+1 𝑡ℎ
• If 𝑛 is odd, the median is the ( ) quantity.
2
• If 𝑛 is even, the median is the mean of

𝑛 𝑡ℎ 𝑛 𝑡ℎ
( + 1) and ( ) .
2 2
Group1. Find the median of the following data.
Andrea’s scores in 10 quizzes during the first quarter
are 8, 7, 6, 10, 9, 5, 9, 6, 10, and 7.
Group 2. The library logbook shows that 58, 60, 54,

35 and 97 books, respectively, were borrowed from
Monday to Friday last week.
Group 3. The front row in a movie theatre has 23

seats. If you were asked to sit in the seat that
occupied the median position, in which seat would
you have to sit?
Group1. Find the median of the following data. Andrea’s scores in
10 quizzes during the first quarter are 8, 7, 6, 10, 9, 5, 9, 6, 10, and
7.
 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10
𝑛 10
 ( + 1) = ( + 1)𝑡ℎ
𝑡ℎ
= 6𝑡ℎ
2 2
𝑛 𝑡ℎ 10 𝑡ℎ
 ( ) = ( ) = 5𝑡ℎ
2 2
7+8
 Median = 7.5
2
Group 2. The library logbook shows that 58, 60, 54, 35 and 97
books, respectively, were borrowed from Monday to Friday last
week.
 35, 54, 58, 60, 97

𝑛+1 𝑡ℎ 5+1 𝑡ℎ
 Median ( ) = ( ) = 3𝑡ℎ
2 2
 58
Group 3. The front row in a movie theatre has 23
seats. If you were asked to sit in the seat that
occupied the median position, in which seat would
you have to sit?
𝑛+1 𝑡ℎ 23+1 𝑡ℎ
 Median ( ) = ( )
2 2
24 𝑡ℎ
 ( )
2
 12𝑡ℎ seat
Find the median of the following data.
1. 83, 84, 85, 86, 82
2. 80, 82, 84, 86
3. 79, 81, 80, 80, 81
4. 85, 75, 82, 78
5. 75, 83, 82, 80, 76
1. 83, 84, 85, 86, 82
 82, 83, 84, 85, 86
2. 80, 82, 84, 86
 80, 82, 84, 86 = (82+84)/2 = 83
3. 79, 81, 80, 80, 81
 79, 80, 80, 81, 81
4. 85, 75, 82, 78
75, 78, 82, 85 = (78+82)/2 = 80
5. 75, 83, 82, 80, 76

75, 76, 80, 82, 83
ASSIGNMENT
Compute for the median score of 20

students in a math quiz.
25, 33, 35, 45, 34, 26, 29, 35, 38, 40, 45, 38,
28, 29, 25, 39, 32, 37, 47, 45.

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quantities divided by the number of

b) What is the middle value?

b) Find the two middle values (ages).

c) Get the average of the two middle values.

e) How many are below this age? Above this age?

• If 𝑛 is even, the median is the mean of

Group 2. The library logbook shows that 58, 60, 54,

Group 3. The front row in a movie theatre has 23

 35, 54, 58, 60, 97

5. 75, 83, 82, 80, 76

Compute for the median score of 20

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