Famous
People: Student Worksheet
Name: ____________________________________
How well do you know famous
people in the news, on television or in the movies?
Students work individually.
Graph Paper
- The following list contains the names of fourteen famous people.
Without talking to anyone, write down your estimate of the age of
the person in the X column below. If you do not know the person, make
a guess.
Famous
Person |
X
Estimated Age
|
Y
Actual Age
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Michael
Jordan |
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Aaron
Carter |
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Nancy
Reagan |
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Mister
Rogers |
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Justin
Timberlake |
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Sandra
Day OConnor |
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Chelsea
Clinton |
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Tiger
Woods |
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Britney
Spears |
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Michael
Jackson |
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Jerry
Seinfeld |
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Sarah
Michelle Geller |
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Senator
Strom Thurmond |
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Cher |
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- Look at the attached table and record the ages in the Y column.
- How well were you able to estimate the ages of these famous people?
To help answer this question, make a scatterplot with your estimate
of the age on the horizontal axis and the actual age on the vertical
axis.
- Where will a point lie if you estimate it correctly? Draw in the
line that represents estimates that are 100% accurate. What is the
equation of this line?
- What does it mean if a point is above the line?
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In general, did you overestimate or underestimate?
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How can you tell this from your scatter plot?
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As a result of this activity,
students will be able to model the equation y = x.
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