As fifth graders, you will have an opportunity to work with data sets. You will collect, display, analyze, compare, & interpret data.
In addition, you'll use the results of probability experiments to predict future events.
Data is all around us: In newspapers, magazines, television news, commercials, sports, & the workplace. Students need to learn how to understand data. In fifth grade, students develop the concepts of PROBABILITY & MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE, & RANGE by collecting, displaying, analyzing, comparing, & interpreting data sets. They use the results of probability experiments to predict future events.
What would you do when someone asked you to find the mean, median, mode, & range of a set of numbers? Simply follow the steps in this tutorial!
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Dr. Howard U. Figure's Math Tutorial |
Everyone loves "M&M's"® Candies! A fun activity where the kids can eat their math! Activities include estimating, sorting, counting, graphing, plotting, fractions, percentage, and calculating mean, median, mode.
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PROBABILITY_M&M_Lesson Plan_HAIKU.pdf |
At this site you will use problem solving to figure out how to use the range of data to plan a party.
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Planning a Party |
At this site you will practice calculating the median.
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Calculating Median |
This is a quick lesson on finding averages using such things as...baseball scores.
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Finfind the Average Using Ball Scores |
At these sites you will learn what probability is as you learn about chance and random choices.
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Pin the Tail on the ....Tiger |
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Spinners |
At this site the terms mean, median and mode will be explained and then you will have a chance to practice calculating each.
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Three Types of Averages |