Activity Overview
Imagine you won a competition; the prize is ‘your height in CDs’. How many CD’s would you receive?
Objectives
Continue and create sequences involving whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Describe the rule used to create the sequence - ACMNA133
Describe, continue and create patterns with fractions, decimals and whole numbers resulting from addition and subtraction - ACMNA107
Calculate mean, median, mode and range for sets of data. Interpret these statistics in the context of data - ACMSP171
Vocabulary
Mean, mode, median, average, range
About the Lesson
Students engage and a collection of wonderful activities. “How many jelly beans in the jar?” Collect a sample of guesses; find the ‘average’ of these and see if this is close to the correct answer. Imagine you won a competition, “Your height in CD’s” or “Your height in books” how many would you win? This collection of activities requires students to explore mean, mode and median in context.
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