The Median WORKSHEET
Suitable for Year groups: Year 7, Year 8
GCSE Tier: Foundation
Targeting grades: 1- 3
Prerequisite knowledge: Order numbers from smallest to largest. Calculate a simple mean. Read and interpret a simple frequency table.
Learning Objective: Describe, interpret and compare distributions using appropriate measures of central tendency and spread.
The Median WORKSHEET DESCRIPTION
This worksheet builds confidence with finding and interpreting the median in a wide range of contexts.
Learners begin by checking quick true/false statements determining whether 7 is the median of given data sets, and calculating the median from unordered data sets, including examples with larger ranges and decimals.
They then tackle common misconceptions, such as forgetting to order the values and choosing a single middle value for even-sized data sets, by spotting, explaining, and correcting worked errors.
Contextual questions involving time, money, and mass help students apply the median to real-life situations, before they reason about when the median is or is not an appropriate average to use.
An extension task introduces finding the median from an ungrouped frequency table, supporting progression towards GCSE statistics.
Learners begin by checking quick true/false statements determining whether 7 is the median of given data sets, and calculating the median from unordered data sets, including examples with larger ranges and decimals.
They then tackle common misconceptions, such as forgetting to order the values and choosing a single middle value for even-sized data sets, by spotting, explaining, and correcting worked errors.
Contextual questions involving time, money, and mass help students apply the median to real-life situations, before they reason about when the median is or is not an appropriate average to use.
An extension task introduces finding the median from an ungrouped frequency table, supporting progression towards GCSE statistics.
All worksheets are created by the team of experienced teachers at Cazoom Maths.
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Describe, interpret and compare distributions using appropriate measures of central tendency and spread.