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ACT Math Section: Pre-Algebra Drill 1, Problem 4. Can you find the median?

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00:03

A little birdie told us you wanted to shmoop a math problem...

00:08

A half dozen super-smart Martians took an IQ test to see how

00:12

they matched up with the average human brain.

00:15

Find the median of their IQ scores.

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Here they are: 120, 206, 138, 198, 150, and 175.

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And here are the potential answers...

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So what's this problem asking?

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Well, it's really more of a vocab question than a math problem.

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The word of the day...

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MEDIAN Uh... the mathematical median.

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But the idea comes from the same place -- road medians divide things in the middle.

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For median calculations we first put the numbers in order, low to high.

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We sing the song: you know how it goes...

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C'mon now sing it with me... Throw out the high.... throw out the low...

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throw out the high... throw out the low....

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And uh... here we stop. Works great on campfire with marshmallows.

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We have two left -- 150 and 175.

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To get the median, we just average the last two.

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150 plus 175 is 325... divided by two and you get 162.5.

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So the answer is C.

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"As in, "Come in peace."

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