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Dividing
Whole Numbers: 1-Digit Divisors
Performance Task Objectives
- Divide by a 1-digit number
- Solve problems, including
those that involve finding mean, median, mode, and range for a set of
data
Sunshine State Standards
Materials
- Student recording sheet
- Paper and pencil
Student arrangement
- Individual or small group
Task
Present the problem on the student Recording Sheet to your students.
Performance Criteria
- Does the students correctly
determine the range, mode, median, and mean?
- Does the student clearly
explain how to determine the mean?
- Does the student clearly
explain how to determine one or more of the following: range, median,
or mode?
Directions
The student populations of five middle schools are listed in the table
below.
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SCHOOL
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POPULATION
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Valley
Middle School
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1025
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Glendale
Middle School
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1250
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Viking
Middle School
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935
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Hillside
Middle School
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1160
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Springsville
Middle School
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1250
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1. What is the range in population
of these middle schools?
2. What is the mode of the student populations listed?
3. What is the median student population of these middle schools?
4. What is the mean student population of these middle schools? Explain
how you determined this.
5. Explain how you determined one or more of the following: range, median,
or mode.
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