It is not as difficult as herding cats. The short interactive provides a group of kittens to sort according to their colors. Pupils determine the mode of the number of kittens by color. The questions continue with other numbers of kittens to determine the mode.

Concepts

mode, data, data analysis, data sets, data representations, data display

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Brainstorm other ways students could display the data
• Lead a discussion covering the difference between categorical data and numerical data

Classroom Considerations

• Requires signing up for a free CK-12 account to access the resource

Pros

• Shows users the correct answer if they select the wrong one
• Provides more examples in the supplemental material

Cons

• None

Common Core

6.SP.A.3 6.SP.B.5.a 6.SP.B.5.c 6.SP.B.5.d 7.SP.B.4 HSS-ID.A.2