5,5,6,6,6,8 what is the median

5-5-6-6-6-8        The MEAN is the average.

The MEDIAN is the number in the middle.....if it is a list of an even number of terms (in this case six of them) , take the average of the middle two to be the median....  (6+6) /2 = 12/2 = 6 = median