1. John wanted to see how many free throws he could make in one minute. The first minute he made 6 baskets. The second minute he made only 3. The third minute he made 6 baskets again. The fourth minute he made 9.
    1. Find the median number of baskets.
    2. Find the mean.
  2. The students in Mrs. Dewey's class record the number of books they read each week. Here is Jerome's data.
    1. Find the median.
    2. Use towers to find the mean. Give your answer to the nearest whole book.
    3. Which average (the median or the mean) do you think better represents the number of books that Jerome read? Why?