Welcome to the Math Salamanders Median Worksheets.
Here you will find our range of free median worksheets,
which will help your child learn how to find the median of a range of numbers,
including positive integers, negative integers and decimals.
The median is the midpoint (or middle value) of a set of numbers.
It is found by ordering the set of numbers and then finding the middle value in the set.
How to find the median
Step 1) Order the numbers in the set from smallest to largest.
Step 2) Find the middle number.
- If there is an odd number of values in the set, then the median is the middle value.
- If there is an even number of values in the set, then the median is the average of the two middle values.
Examples
Example 1) Find the median of 5, 7, 8, 2 and 4
Step 1) Put the numbers in order: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
Step 2) There is an odd number of values in the set so the median is the middle value which is 5.
Answer: the median is 5.
Example 2) Find the median of 23, 27, 16, 31
Step 1) Put the numbers in order: 16, 23, 27, 31
Step 2) There is an even number of values in the set, so the median is the average of the middle two values.
(23+27) ÷ 2 = 25
Answer: the mean is 25
Example 3) Find the median of 7, -4, 9, -7, -2, 5
Step 1) Order the numbers: -7, -4, -2, 5, 7, 9
Step 2) There is an even number of values in the set, so the median is the average of the middle two values.
To get the average, simply add the two values together and divide by 2:
(-2 + 5) ÷ 2 = 1.5
Answer: the mean is 1.5
These printable median sheets have been carefully graded to ensure a progression in the level of difficulty.
The first set of sheets involve finding the median of odd numbers of data points only, there is only one middle value.
The second set of sheets involve finding the median of both odd and even numbers of data points.
In each set of sheets, the first sheet involves only positive numbers, the second sheet involves both positive and negative values, and the third sheet involves decimals.
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There are easier sheets involving fewer data points, and harder ones with more data points.
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