Use the table to answer the question.
Number of Siblings: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Number of 6th Graders: 3, 12, 5, 2, 0, 2
Kaylen wants to know how many siblings 6th graders have. She surveys the 6th graders on her soccer team. Her results are given in the table. What is the median number of siblings for the 6th graders that she surveyed?
Responses:
2.5 siblings
3 siblings
1.58 siblings
1 sibling
To find the median number of siblings, we first need to arrange the number of siblings in ascending order.
0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5
Since there are 9 data points, the median will be the middle value. In this case, the middle value is the 5th data point, which is 2 siblings.
Therefore, the median number of siblings for the 6th graders surveyed is 2 siblings.
So, the correct response is: 3 siblings.