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Shaquille O'Neal Hand/Foot Span
Exploring Ratios: Overview of the Lesson

Shaquille O'Neal Hand/Foot Span

  • In this activity students measured their hand span and foot span and collected data from at least ten other students.
  • Then they created a spreadsheet with the data.
  • From the spreadsheet they created a scatter plot and graphed the information with a best fitting line.
  • Finally, they compared their information with the hand and foot span of Shaquille O'Neal.

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