: what’s the difference between median and mean

Question

Saw this mention in a previous post, and it got me thinking, what are the differences?

Maybe I already know, but u der different names, English is 2nd language.

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Answer 1

Mean is just the average of the numbers. Median is the number that’s in the middle of the group of numbers, i.e. 50% of the numbers are greater than the median and 50% of the numbers are less than the median