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Maths LB Grade 6 P-Lesson8

The document outlines a project focused on ordering various lengths of time from shortest to longest, as well as exercises related to calculating averages, including mode, median, and mean. It includes practical applications of averages in real-life scenarios, such as determining the most common sizes sold in a shop and comparing javelin throwers. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding averages and their use in problem-solving and decision-making.

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Maths LB Grade 6 P-Lesson8

The document outlines a project focused on ordering various lengths of time from shortest to longest, as well as exercises related to calculating averages, including mode, median, and mean. It includes practical applications of averages in real-life scenarios, such as determining the most common sizes sold in a shop and comparing javelin throwers. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding averages and their use in problem-solving and decision-making.

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Project 1: Ordering times

Project 1
Ordering times
Put these lengths of time in order, from shortest to longest.

A second Time since you A thousand A decade


were born seconds
Time for light to
Time it takes you to
reach the Earth A minute 100 000 hours
eat a meal
from the Sun
Time it takes you to
1000 months A century A day
say the alphabet
Time since the last
A month 1000 days A fortnight
Olympic Games
Time it takes the Time since the
Moon to go once A year 5 000 000 minutes invention of the
around the Earth telephone

How did you choose what order to put them in?


Did you have to estimate any that you weren’t sure about?
How could you work out exactly how long each of these takes?
Did your partner put them in the same order as you, or did they
choose a different order? Why?

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3 Averages
Getting started
1 What colour flower is the mode in each picture?
a

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3 Averages

Continued
2 Some children have been put into groups.
What is the median age of each group?
Group A Group B
5 years old 8 years old
6 years old 4 years old
7 years old 7 years old
Group C Group D
11 years old 12 years old
9 years old 10 years old
6 years old 12 years old
10 years old 11 years old
7 years old 9 years old
3 A shop sells tops in sizes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
These are the sizes that were sold this week.
5, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 5, 4, 5
The shopkeeper wants to work out the average size sold
so that he knows which top to stock more of in the shop.
Should the shopkeeper use the median or mode average?
Why?

You can use averages to help you understand data in real life.
Averages can tell you things like the most common score or height.
Averages can tell you about the most popular flavour or music group.
In this unit you will learn more about three types of average called
the mode, median and mean. You will also learn about what the range
of a set of data can tell us.

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3 Averages

These are the throws of two javelin throwers.


Which javelin thrower do you think is the best and why?

1.6 m 1. 8 m 2.0 m 2.2 m 2.4 m 2.6 m 2.8 m

The averages and range can help us describe and compare sets of data.
Knowing the averages and range would help us to argue which of the
javelin throwers is the best.

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3.1 Mode, median, mean and range

3.1 Mode, median, mean and range


We are going to …
• find the mode and median of sets of data
• find the mean and range of sets of data
• use the average and range to describe sets of data and answer questions.

Averages can help you solve problems and make decisions.


When people review a book out of 10 all their reviews average  bimodal
are put together and the average number is found. mean  median
Look at these book review scores: mode  range

The Midnight The Isosceles


Story Three

Average Average
6 out of 10 7 out of 10

How do you think the averages were worked out?


Is it possible that nobody scored The Midnight Story 6 out of 10?
Is it possible that someone scored The Isosceles Three 0 out of 10?
The average represents what a typical person might think about the book.
How can you use the average score to help you decide if you want to
read one of the books?

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