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Density of a Paper Clip Lab Review
Even though this assignment is brought to you by Physics Lab Online, it is best used as a math practice. Middle schoolers calculate the range, mean, mode, and median for a list of eight different paper clip densities. They analyze...
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Special Ed. Resource
Ways to organize data is the focus of this math PowerPoint. Students view slides that define and give descriptions of a variety of graphs, and how mean, median, and mode are found. A good visual tool which should benefit almost all types...
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Drive the Data Derby
Three days of race car design and driving through the classroom while guessing probability could be a third graders dream. Learn to record car speed, distances traveled, and statistics by using calculation ranges using the mean, median,...
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Making Informed Decisions Using Measures of Central Tendency
Students calculate the mean, median, mode, range, and interquartile range for a set of data. They create a box and whisker plot using paper and pencil and technology and determine which measure of central tendency is the most helpful in...
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What Does Average Look Like?
Fifth graders explore the concepts of range, median, mode, and mean through the use of graphs drawn from models. They use manipulatives to represent data they have collected within their groups, and compare the differences between mode,...
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Frequency Tables
Seventh graders construct frequency tables and box-and-whisker plots. After constructing tables and plots, they take a quiz on mean, median, mode, range, scientific notation, and number properties.
Math Mammoth
Stem-and-Leaf Plots 3
In this stem-and-leaf instructional activity, students place statistical data in a stem-and-leaf plot. They identify the median, and range in a given set of data. There are four multi-step problems on this one-page instructional activity.
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Median, Mean, Mode, and Range
For this math worksheet, students read about the median, mean, mode, and range. The worksheet includes the following rhyme: Hey diddle diddle the median's the middle.
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Unit 18 Quantitative Data
In this central tendency instructional activity, students answer 30 short answer questions about data sets. Students find the median, mean, mode, and range of data sets.
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M&Ms; Line Plots and Graphing
Students, using small individual bags of M&Ms, engage in activities including; estimating, sorting, graphing, mean, median, mode, fractions, percentage, and averaging.
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Averaging
Sixth graders explore the concept of mean, median, mode, and range. In this mean, median, mode, and range lesson, 6th graders work in groups to find the mean, median, mode, and range of their heights, distance from home to school, time...
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Statistics
In this statistics worksheet, 8th graders solve and complete 15 different problems. First, they solve each problem by using the data given to determine the mean, median, mode, and range for each set. Then, students match that answer to...
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Describing Data
In this data worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions about mean, median, mode, and range. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Beyond Averages: Median, Mode and Range: Post Test
For this data worksheet, learners complete a 10 question multiple choice post test about finding the median, mean, mode and range of a set of data.
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Family Size
In this family size worksheet, students complete a tally chart to determine data from a family size line plot. They organize the data in the chart to determine the mean, median, mode, and range of the data. There are six problems in...
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Describing Data
In this describing data worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about mean, median, mode, and range. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Data Analysis
In this data analysis worksheet, students answer 4 questions using a weather report chart. Topics include mean, median, mode and range.
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Making Data Meaningful
In this sample mean worksheet, learners explore different ways "average" is used. Students use this information to find the sample mean of the height of a large class of learners. Students find the mean, median, mode and range of two...
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Measures of Central Tendencies: Quartiles
In this statistics activity, students calculate the mean, median, mode, range, lower quartile, and upper quartile for 10 questions and interpret a box and whiskers graph.
Shodor Education Foundation
Plop It!
Build upon and stack up data to get the complete picture. Using the applet, pupils build bar graphs. As the bar graph builds, the interactive graphically displays the mean, median, and mode. Learners finish by exploring the changes in...
CK-12 Foundation
Understand and Create Histograms: Histograms
Determine the shape of weight. Using the interactive, class members build a histogram displaying weight ranges collected in a P.E. class. Scholars describe the shape of the histogram and determine which measure of central tendency to use...
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Range, Mean, Median, Mode
Students research the impact of craters. In this range, mean, median and mode instructional activity, students complete an experiment with a marble to simulate the effects of a crater. Students collect and analyze data finding the range,...
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Exercise Those Statistics!
Students participate in various activities, measuring their pulse rates and recording the data. They analyze the statistical concepts of mean, median, mode, and histograms using the data from the cardiovascular activities.
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Ten Data Analysis Activities
This thirteen page data analysis worksheet contains a number of interesting problems regarding statistics. The activities cover the concepts of average measurements, standard deviation, box and whisker plots, quartiles, frequency...