Activity 1: Words Calculating mean, mode, median and range You will need: 2 reading books Open up a book and record the number of letters in each word for the first 20 words. For the number of letters per word find the mode, median, range and calculate the mean. Repeat for a different book and compare the results
Iffat Sardharwalla
October 2006
Activity 2: Dice differences Calculating mean, mode, median and range You will need: 2 dice Roll two dice and write the differences between each number of spots Do this 10 times Find the mode, median, range and calculate the mean Repeat the activity with 20 rolls, then 40. Do the mode, median, range and mean change?
Iffat Sardharwalla
October 2006
Activity 3: Dice Totals Calculating mean, mode, median and range You will need: 2 dice Roll two dice and write the totals of the two numbers of spots Do this 10 times Find the mode, median, range and calculate the mean Repeat the activity with 20 rolls, then 40. Do the mode, median, range and mean change?
Iffat Sardharwalla
October 2006
Simplified versions (LA/SEN) Activity 4: Dice Finding mode and median You will need: 1 dice Roll the dice and write the number of spots Do this 5 times Write numbers in the number order Find the mode and median Repeat the activity 5 times Do the mode and median change? Repeat with 8 throws Repeat with 10 throws
Iffat Sardharwalla October 2006
Iffat Sardharwalla
October 2006