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Illustrative Mathematics
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6th - 8th
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Offensive Linemen

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Comparing college football teams, Division I is said to have heavier lineman than Division III. Your mathematicians are given data from two different divisions and will have to interpret a dotplot and calculate the difference in weight of the linemen. They should be able to explain their answer and why they believe this sample is or is not a good representation of the weight of all offensive lineman. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

mean, central tendency, average

Additional Tags

mean, mean absolute deviation, dotplot, math

Pros

  • Relevant subject to students' interest
  • Can be done as independent assignment

Cons

  • Does not explain how to calculate mean or mean absolute deviation (MAD)

Common Core

7.SP.B.3 7.SP.B.4 MP4

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