Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Numerical Ability

Topic

Mean, Median and Mode

Question:

The marks obtained by 13 students in an examination are 54, 65, 12, 94, 64, 28, 54, 12, 78, 75, 20, 82, and 40. Find the median for the given data.

Options:

54

20

65

12

Correct Answer:

54

Explanation:

Arranging the marks obtained by students in ascending order 12, 12, 20, 28, 40, 54, 54, 64, 65, 75, 78, 82, 94

Since the total number of given observations is 13 (odd)

So the median will be 7th observation = 54