Question

Jeremy is a snowboarder. One of his best tricks is catching big air, jumping off the ramp while holding on to the snowboard. Jeremy did this trick 20 times, the heights (in meters) of which were {18, 23, 15, 16, 15, 17, 22, 16, 19, 11, 24, 14, 12, 16, 20, 18, 14, 13, 21, 11}. What is the median value of Jeremy’s big air trick?

Answer 1

Write down all of the #'s on a piece of paper
18,23,15,16,15,17,22,16,19,11,24,14,12,16,20,18,14,13,21,11

Put them in order
11,11,12,13,1414,15,15,16,16,16,17,18,18,19,20,21,22
Cross em off on eah side until you reach the middle 
16, 16
Since there's 2 instead of 1 middle # Add up the 2 (16+16 = 32) 
Then divide by 2 (32/2 = 16)

You're answer is 16