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Question 1 of 11

1. Question
Find the median score.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative
Frequency

0 6

1 10

2 6

3 4

4 3

5 0

6 1

$\text(Total)=30$
- $\text(Median )=$ (1)
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The median is the middle value in an ordered set of data.

To find the median, fill in the Cumulative Frequency column by adding the frequency, as seen below.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

0 6 6

1 10 6+10=16

2 6 16+6=22

3 4 22+4=26

4 3 26+3=29

5 0 29+0=29

6 1 29+1=30

$\text(Total)=30$

To check, the last entry in the Cumulative Frequency column must be equal to the
Total Frequency.

Since the total number of scores is $30$ , the middle score should be the average of the $15$ th and $16$ th score.

Find the row that includes the $15$ th and $16$ th scores.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

0 6 6

1 10 6+10=16

2 6 10+6=16

3 4 6+4=10

4 3 4+3=7

5 0 3+0=3

6 1 0+1=1

$\text(Total)=30$

The second row covers all scores between the $6$ th and $16$ th position — this includes the $15$ th and $16$ th.

Hence, the median is $1$ .

$\text(Median)=1$
Question 2 of 11

2. Question
Find the median score.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative
Frequency

5 4

6 8

7 10

8 6

9 3

10 2
- $\text(Median )=$ (7)
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The median is the middle value in an ordered set of data.

First, get the sum of the Frequency column.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

5 4

6 8

7 10

8 6

9 3

10 2

$\text(Total)=33$

To find the median, fill in the Cumulative Frequency column by adding the frequency, as seen below.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

5 4 4

6 8 4+8=12

7 10 12+10=22

8 6 22+6=28

9 3 28+3=31

10 2 31+2=33

$\text(Total)=33$

To check, the last entry in the Cumulative Frequency column must be equal to the
Total Frequency.

Since the total number of scores is $33$ , the middle score should be the $17$ th score.

Find the row that includes the $17$ th score.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

5 4 4

6 8 4+8=12

7 10 12+10=22

8 6 22+6=28

9 3 28+3=31

10 2 31+2=33

$\text(Total)=33$

The third row covers all scores between the $12$ th and $22$ nd position — this includes the $17$ th.

Hence, the median is $7$ .

$\text(Median)=7$
Question 3 of 11

3. Question
Find the median score.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative
Frequency

2 2

3 5

4 10

5 12

6 8

7 5
- $\text(Median )=$ (5)
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The median is the middle value in an ordered set of data.

First, get the sum of the Frequency column.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

2 2

3 5

4 10

5 12

6 8

7 5

$\text(Total)=42$

To find the median, fill in the Cumulative Frequency column by adding the frequency, as seen below.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

2 2 2

3 5 2+5=7

4 10 7+10=17

5 12 17+12=29

6 8 29+8=37

7 5 37+5=42

$\text(Total)=42$

To check, the last entry in the Cumulative Frequency column must be equal to the
Total Frequency.

Since the total number of scores is $42$ , the middle score should be the average of the $21$ st and $22$ nd score.

Find the row that includes the $21$ st and $22$ nd score.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

2 2 2

3 5 2+5=7

4 10 7+10=17

5 12 17+12=29

6 8 29+8=37

7 5 37+5=42

$\text(Total)=42$

The fourth row covers all scores between the $17$ th and $29$ th position — this includes the $21$ st and $22$ nd.

Get the average of the two scores to get the median.

$\text(Median)$ $=$ $(5+5)/2$

$=$ $10/2$

$=$ $5$

$\text(Median)=5$
Question 4 of 11

4. Question
Find the median score.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative
Frequency

1 1

2 3

3 6

4 7

5 2

6 1
- $\text(Median )=$ (3.5)
Hint

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The median is the middle value in an ordered set of data.

First, get the sum of the Frequency column.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

1 1

2 3

3 6

4 7

5 2

6 1

$\text(Total)=20$

To find the median, fill in the Cumulative Frequency column by adding the frequency, as seen below.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

1 1 1

2 3 1+3=4

3 6 4+6=10

4 7 10+7=17

5 2 17+2=19

6 1 19+1=20

$\text(Total)=20$

To check, the last entry in the Cumulative Frequency column must be equal to the
Total Frequency.

Since the total number of scores is $20$ , the middle score should be the average of the $10$ th and $11$ th score.

Find the row that includes the $10$ th and $11$ th score.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

1 1 1

2 3 1+3=4

3 6 4+6=10

4 7 10+7=17

5 2 17+2=19

6 1 19+1=20

$\text(Total)=20$

The third row covers all scores between the $5$ th and $10$ th position, which includes the $10$ th, and the fourth row covers all scores between the $11$ th and $17$ th position, which includes the $11$ th.

Get the average of the two scores to get the median.

$\text(Median)$ $=$ $(3+4)/2$

$=$ $7/2$

$=$ $3.5$

$\text(Median)=3.5$
Question 5 of 11

5. Question
Find the median score.

Games per World Series

Games $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$

4 2

5 2

6 3

7 4
- $\text(Median )=$ (6)
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The median is the middle value in an ordered set of data.

First, get the sum of the Frequency column.

Games $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$

4 2

5 2

6 3

7 4

$\text(Total)=11$

Next, add a Cumulative Frequency column to the table.

To find the median, fill in the Cumulative Frequency column by adding the frequency, as seen below.

Game $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

4 2 2

5 2 2+2=4

6 3 4+3=7

7 4 7+4=11

$\text(Total)=11$

To check, the last entry in the Cumulative Frequency column must be equal to the
Total Frequency.

Since the total number of scores is $11$ , the middle score should be the $6$ th score.

Find the row that includes the $6$ th score.

Game $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

4 2 2

5 2 2+2=4

6 3 4+3=7

7 4 7+4=11

$\text(Total)=11$

The third row covers all scores between the $5$ th and $7$ th position — this includes the $6$ th.

Hence, the median is $6$ .

$\text(Median)=6$
Question 6 of 11

6. Question
Find the median score.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative
Frequency

7 4 4

8 2 6

9 3 9

10 2 11
- $\text(Median )=$ (8)
Correct

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The median is the middle value in an ordered set of data.

Since the total number of scores is $11$ , the middle score should be the $6$ th score.

Find the row that includes the $6$ th score.

Game $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

7 4 4

8 2 6

9 3 9

10 2 11

The second row covers all scores between the $5$ th and $6$ th position — this includes the $6$ th.

Hence, the median is $8$ .

$\text(Median)=8$
Question 7 of 11

7. Question
Find the median score.

Academy Awards Won by Movie

No. of Awards $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$

2 1

3 3

4 4

5 3

7 1

8 2

9 1
- $\text(Median )=$ (4)
Correct

Great Work!

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The median is the middle value in an ordered set of data.

First, get the sum of the Frequency column.

No. of Awards $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$

2 1

3 3

4 4

5 3

7 1

8 2

9 1

$\text(Total)=15$

Next, add a Cumulative Frequency column to the table.

To find the median, fill in the Cumulative Frequency column by adding the frequency, as seen below.

No. of Awards $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

2 1 1

3 3 1+3=4

4 4 4+4=8

5 3 8+3=11

7 1 11+1=12

8 2 12+2=14

9 1 14+1=15

$\text(Total)=15$

To check, the last entry in the Cumulative Frequency column must be equal to the
Total Frequency.

Since the total number of scores is $15$ , the middle score should be the $8$ th score.

Find the row that includes the $8$ th score.

No. of Awards $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

2 1 1

3 3 1+3=4

4 4 4+4=8

5 3 8+3=11

7 1 11+1=12

8 2 12+2=14

9 1 14+1=15

$\text(Total)=15$

The third row covers all scores between the $5$ th and $8$ th position — this includes the $8$ th.

Hence, the median is $4$ .

$\text(Median)=4$
Question 8 of 11

8. Question
Find the median score.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative
Frequency

12 1 1

13 2 3

16 2 5

17 4 9

22 1 10
- $\text(Median )=$ (16.5)
Correct

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The median is the middle value in an ordered set of data.

Since the total number of scores is $10$ , the middle score should be the average of the $5$ th and
$6$ th scores.

Find the row that includes the $5$ th and $6$ th scores.

Game $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

12 1 1

13 2 3

16 2 5

17 4 9

22 1 10

The third row covers all scores between the $4$ th and $5$ th position and the fourth row covers all scores between the $6$ th and $9$ th position.

Get the average of the two scores to get the median.

$\text(Median)$ $=$ $(16+17)/2$

$=$ $33/2$

$=$ $16.5$

$\text(Median)=16.5$
Question 9 of 11

9. Question
Find the median score.

Age at First Job

Age $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$

12 1

13 3

14 2

15 2

16 2

17 5

18 1
- $\text(Median )=$ (15.5)
Correct

Excellent!

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The median is the middle value in an ordered set of data.

First, get the sum of the Frequency column.

Age $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$

12 1

13 3

14 2

15 2

16 2

17 5

18 1

$\text(Total)=16$

Next, add a Cumulative Frequency column to the table.

To find the median, fill in the Cumulative Frequency column by adding the frequency, as seen below.

Age $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

12 1 1

13 3 1+3=4

14 2 4+2=6

15 2 6+2=8

16 2 8+2=10

17 5 10+5=15

18 1 15+1=16

$\text(Total)=16$

To check, the last entry in the Cumulative Frequency column must be equal to the
Total Frequency.

Since the total number of scores is $16$ , the middle score should be the average of the $8$ th and
$9$ th scores.

Find the row that includes the $8$ th and $9$ th scores.

Age $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

12 1 1

13 3 1+3=4

14 2 4+2=6

15 2 6+2=8

16 2 8+2=10

17 5 10+5=15

18 1 15+1=16

$\text(Total)=16$

The fourth row covers all scores between the $7$ th and $8$ th position and the fifth row covers all scores between the $9$ th and $10$ th position.

Get the average of the two scores to get the median.

$\text(Median)$ $=$ $(15+16)/2$

$=$ $31/2$

$=$ $15.5$

$\text(Median)=15.5$
Question 10 of 11

10. Question
Use this cumulative frequency histogram to find the median.
- $\text(Median )=$ (15)
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The median is the middle value in an ordered set of data.

Create a cumulative frequency polygon by connecting the top-right corners of each bar using straight lines, as shown here.

Find the middle value in the cumulative frequency axis (left side).

Since the highest value is $60$ , simply divide it by $2$ .

$60/2$ $=$ $30$

Trace a horizontal line from $30$ until it touches part of the polygon.

Notice that it touches the polygon across the bar for the score $15$ .

Hence, the median is $15$ .

$\text(Median)=15$
Question 11 of 11

11. Question
Complete the following cumulative frequency table and draw a polygon and histogram. Then, find the median.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative
Frequency

2 3

3 2

4 5

5 6

6 9

7 12

8 3

$\text(Total)=40$
- $\text(Median )=$ (6)
Hint

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The median is the middle value in an ordered set of data.

First, fill in the Cumulative Frequency column by adding the frequency, as seen below.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

2 3 3

3 2 3+2=5

4 5 5+5=10

5 6 10+6=16

6 9 16+9=25

7 12 25+12=37

8 3 37+3=40

$\text(Total)=40$

To check, the last entry in the Cumulative Frequency column must be equal to the
Total Frequency.

Next, create a graph with the Score $(x)$ values on the bottom side and the Cumulative Frequency values on the left side.

Next, add bars to the graph corresponding to the cumulative frequency per score.

Score $(x)$ Frequency $(f)$ Cumulative Frequency

2 3 3

3 2 3+2=5

4 5 5+5=10

5 6 10+6=16

6 9 16+9=25

7 12 25+12=37

8 3 37+3=40

$\text(Total)=40$

Continue adding bars until all the scores are accounted for.

Next, create a cumulative frequency polygon by connecting the top-right corners of each bar using straight lines, as shown here.

Find the middle value in the cumulative frequency axis (left side).

Since the highest value is $40$ , simply divide it by $2$ .

$40/2$ $=$ $20$

Trace a horizontal line from $20$ until it touches part of the polygon.

Notice that it touches the polygon across the bar for the score $6$ .

Hence, the median is $6$ .

$\text(Median)=6$

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Score $(x)$	Frequency $(f)$	Cumulative Frequency
0	6	6
1	10	6+10=16
2	6	16+6=22
3	4	22+4=26
4	3	26+3=29
5	0	29+0=29
6	1	29+1=30
	$\text(Total)=30$

Score $(x)$	Frequency $(f)$	Cumulative Frequency
0	6	6
1	10	6+10=16
2	6	10+6=16
3	4	6+4=10
4	3	4+3=7
5	0	3+0=3
6	1	0+1=1
	$\text(Total)=30$

Score $(x)$	Frequency $(f)$	Cumulative Frequency
5	4	4
6	8	4+8=12
7	10	12+10=22
8	6	22+6=28
9	3	28+3=31
10	2	31+2=33
	$\text(Total)=33$

Score $(x)$	Frequency $(f)$	Cumulative Frequency
2	2	2
3	5	2+5=7
4	10	7+10=17
5	12	17+12=29
6	8	29+8=37
7	5	37+5=42
	$\text(Total)=42$

Score $(x)$	Frequency $(f)$	Cumulative Frequency
1	1	1
2	3	1+3=4
3	6	4+6=10
4	7	10+7=17
5	2	17+2=19
6	1	19+1=20
	$\text(Total)=20$

No. of Awards $(x)$	Frequency $(f)$	Cumulative Frequency
2	1	1
3	3	1+3=4
4	4	4+4=8
5	3	8+3=11
7	1	11+1=12
8	2	12+2=14
9	1	14+1=15
	$\text(Total)=15$

Age $(x)$	Frequency $(f)$	Cumulative Frequency
12	1	1
13	3	1+3=4
14	2	4+2=6
15	2	6+2=8
16	2	8+2=10
17	5	10+5=15
18	1	15+1=16
	$\text(Total)=16$

Score $(x)$	Frequency $(f)$	Cumulative Frequency
2	3	3
3	2	3+2=5
4	5	5+5=10
5	6	10+6=16
6	9	16+9=25
7	12	25+12=37
8	3	37+3=40
	$\text(Total)=40$

$\text(Median)$	$=$	$(5+5)/2$

	$=$	$10/2$

	$=$	$5$

$\text(Median)$	$=$	$(3+4)/2$

	$=$	$7/2$

	$=$	$3.5$

Games $(x)$	Frequency $(f)$
Games per World Series
4	2
5	2
6	3
7	4

$\text(Median)$	$=$	$(16+17)/2$

	$=$	$33/2$

	$=$	$16.5$