Problem:
Hammie is in the grade and weighs pounds. His quadruplet sisters are tiny babies and weigh , and pounds. Which is greater, the average (mean) weight of these five children or the median weight, and by how many pounds?
Answer Choices:
A. median, by
B. median, by
C. average, by
D. average, by
E. average, by
Solution:
The total weight is pounds, so the average is pounds. The median is pounds, so the average is greater by pounds.
Answer: .
The problems on this page are the property of the MAA's American Mathematics Competitions