A GP surgery records nine patients' waiting times in minutes: 12, 7, 15, 9, 21, 7, 11, 14, 8.
Find the median waiting time.
Practice
Median and mode
The lesson: Mean, median, mode and range
A bar worker's tips over six shifts were £6, £9, £4, £8, £7, £10.
Find the median amount of tips.
A shoe shop records the sizes sold one morning: 7, 9, 8, 7, 10, 7, 9, 8, 6, 7.
What is the mode?
A survey asked tenants how many pets they keep.
| Number of pets | Number of tenants |
|---|---|
| 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 |
What is the modal number of pets?
The table shows the glove sizes of 15 volunteers.
| Glove size | Number of volunteers |
|---|---|
| 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 1 |
Find the median glove size.
Five staff earn £22,000, £24,000, £23,000, £25,000 and £96,000 a year.
Which average best describes a typical salary here?
A helpline manager claims the median wait is under 10 minutes. Eight calls waited 8, 14, 11, 9, 13, 12, 10, 15 minutes.
Is the manager right? Show your working.
A five-a-side team scored 2, 3, 1, 3, 0, 2, 4 goals in seven games.
What can you say about the mode?