What does "the middle of the numbers 1 and 2" and "the middle of the numbers 2 and 3" mean? I've only heard "middle of numbers" referring to their arithmetic average or mean. Surely you don't mean the average of 1 and 2, which is 1.5, and the average of 2 and 3, which is 2.5. That wouldn't make any sense. Please tell us what you're talking about. You can use the message form below. Edwin