AMC 8 Daily Practice Round 2

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Problem 4 Easy

There are 1000 students in the school, and 100 of them are randomly chosen for sampling. The table below shows the range of heights (\text{cm}) of the 100 students. Find the range where the median lies.

Range of Height(\text{cm})Frequency
120\leqslant h\lt1308
130\leqslant h\lt14016
140\leqslant h\lt15025
150\leqslant h\lt16030
160\leqslant h\lt17021
  • A.

    120\leqslant h\lt130

  • B.

    130\leqslant h\lt140

  • C.

    140\leqslant h\lt150

  • D.

    150\leqslant h\lt160

  • E.

    160\leqslant h\lt170

Answer:D

According to the definition of median, we need to find the range which the 50th student and 51st student lie. The answer is D.