Median Value. The Median is the "middle" of a sorted list of numbers. How to Find the Median Value. To find the Median, place the numbers in value order and find the middle. Example: find the Median of 12, 3 and 5. Put them in order: 3, 5, 12. The middle is 5, so the median is 5. Example: 3, 13, 7, 5, 21, 23, 39, 23, 40, 23,