7, AND THEN, CHOOSE THE MIDDLE VALUE

5, 7, and then, choose the middle value: 3. The

answer is 3.

the whole numbers is the set of the whole numbers

itself. This is because the elements (numbers) that they

If the set contains an even number of elements,

simply average the two middle values.

have in common are {0, 1, 2, 3, . . . .}. Consider the set

Example:

of positive even integers and the set of positive odd

Find the median of the number set: 1, 5, 3, 7, 2, 8.

integers. The positive even integers are:

First, arrange the set in ascending order: 1, 2, 3, 5,