Question
Use the table to answer the question.
Day of the Week Temperature
Sunday 45 degrees
Monday 52 degrees
Tuesday 44 degrees
Wednesday 62 degrees
Thursday 55 degrees
Friday 49 degrees
Saturday 50 degrees
Find the mean and median of the past week’s temperatures.
(1 point)
To find the mean of the temperatures, add all the temperatures together and then divide by the total number of temperatures.
45 + 52 + 44 + 62 + 55 + 49 + 50 = 357
Mean = 357 / 7 = 51 degrees
To find the median of the temperatures, first arrange them in numerical order:
44, 45, 49, 50, 52, 55, 62
Since there are 7 temperatures, the median will be the 4th temperature in the ordered list, which is 50 degrees.
Therefore, the mean temperature of the past week was 51 degrees and the median temperature was 50 degrees.