When you put the numbers in numerical order, it is the middle number. For example: you are given these three numbers- 9,3,5 put in numerical order: 3,5,9 median is 5.
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Technically, you cannot find a median if you have only two numbers, so it would be more reasonable to use an average instead.
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Any set of numbers can have only one mean and only one median but it can have as many modes as it has values.
The median of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, and 9 is 5. The median is the middle value of the list. In this case, three numbers are below 5, and three numbers are above 5. Thus, it is the middle number.
When the median has two numbers, you add the two together and divide by 2 . The median doesn't really have 'two numbers'; you are talking about finding the median of a set of numbers that contains an even number of numbers. The median is half-way between the two.