Homework for Friday January 17, 2014

Part 1: Reflection Prompt

Answer the following in two complete paragraphs.

How are the US customary system and metric systems related to ratios?  Explain why you think the majority of the world uses the metric system while English nations use the customary system. Which would you prefer and why? 


Part 2: Mean, Median, Mode

Find the mean, median, mode and range for each of the following data sets.

1. Andrew is on the basketball team and he recorded how many points he scored each game.  He scored  12, 4, 6, 4, 8, 10, 4, 2, 0, and 5 points.  

2.) Javier recorded how many hours he was watching tv in two weeks.  He watched  3, 1, 5, 9, 9, 5, and 2 hours for the first week.  The second week he watched  3, 1, 5, 9, 10, 4, and 3 hours of tv.  Which hours represented the weekends and how do you know?

3.)  Alex asked his friends to tell him how many videogames they owned.  His friends owned  12,  15,  10,  3,  8,  17,  24,   41,  32,  10,  21, and 32 videogames.  Find the mean, median, mode, and range for the games they owned.


Bonus:
Create a line plot for each time Stewie says a variation of the word "mom."  Your line plot should be set up like this. Place an "X" for each time Stewie says a word. Find the mode.





Your  line plot should look like this:





   X              X 
___________________________________________________________
Lois            Mom           Mommy          Mama           Ma






here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOLxQGLJouI
(Stewie mom mum mommy)