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L.Obj: to analyse averages and databases


What maths will you use to choose a sports team?


This is a BOX PLOT

The distance between the two ends....

Is called the Range The Median is the line in the box


If we know the Median and the range of some data we can use the information to

“Guess” what we might expect.

This is called “Interpreting Data”.


You have to choose the team for sports day.

There are some simple rules to remember.....

1. No athlete can do more than 2 events

2. Every athlete MUST do one event

3. The athletes cannot do two events that start at the same time


You will get a sheet of statistics for your team

members....


... And also a starting sheet to

complete as you decide

who you want to be

in which event.


Make sure you

USE A PENCIL

because you

will change your mind!!!


We know Eric has a range of 10 seconds for the 200m and his “average” is 34 seconds.

Fred on the other hand has a range of 6 seconds and an “average” of 36.

Who do you think will win?


At the end of the task races will be run.

The results will be displayed and you can see how your athlete performed compared to the

other athletes.

You will need to record the points your athlete

got in the race/discipline in the

space provided.


As there are 13 boys and 13 girls in your team points will

be awarded like this.....

1st – 25 points2nd – 20 points3rd – 17 points4th – 15 points5th – 12 points6th – 10 points7th – 8 points8th – 6 points9th – 5 points10th – 4 points11th – 3 points12th – 2 points13th – 1 point

34 events means the perfect score would be 850 points


The winning team is the team with the highest aggregate number of points gained.


If you Chose Bob for the Spacehopper race you could not have him running the 400m nor doing the Triple Jump.

The Spacehopper result…..1st – Gary 98.34 sec – 25 points2nd – Sidney 100.02 sec – 20 points3rd – Albert 103.56 sec – 17 points4th – Harry 111.23 sec – 15 points5th – Jack 118.18 sec – 12 points6th – Bob 121.65 sec – 10 points

Bob gets you 10 points in here

Bob 10


And finally…………..

Get racing!!!

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