Google slides over Mean, Median, Mode, and Range
Mean, Median, Mode and Range Escape Room
Video over Mean, Median, Mode and Range
Mean, Median, Mode, and Range
Overview
This interactive escape room will allow students to practice their skills in mean, median, mode and range. There is also a video over how to solve all of those as well as some notes.
Let's talk about Mean, Median, Mode and Range
As students come into class have them complete the attached bell work problem. On it they will need to find the mean, median, mode and range of the data given. After the allotted amount of time, work this problem on the board with them as a practice/review. Then move on to the notes review.
In today's lesson we will be reviewing over Mean, Median, Mode and Range using the attached google slides.
As we learned yesterday, the mean is the average of a given number set. To find the mean/average you first add up all of the numbers that are listed and then divide the sum of those numbers by how many numbers are in the set. In the example we did yesterday we had 6+7+9+2. Adding them together gives us a sum of 24 and we know we will divide by 4 because there are 4 numbers in that example set. 24 divided by 4 is 6, so our mean/average is 6.
Next, we talked about median. The median is the middle number in a set of numbers. The most important part of finding the median may be step 1, which is to put the numbers in order from smallest to largest. Once that is done you can cover a number on each end simultaneously until you've reached the middle number, which is your median. If you end up with 2 numbers left in the middle you will add them together and divide by 2 (essentally finding the mean) and that would be your median.
After median we talked about mode. Mode is the number that appears the most often in a set of numbers. Just like with the median, a step you can not skip over is step 1, putting the numbers in order from smallest to largest. This allows you to see them better so you can find the mode easiest. The mode will be the number that appears the most amount of times in your list. There are 2 exceptions to finding the mode, one being sometimes there is no mode (meaning all of the numbers are listed the same amount of times) and two being there may be more than one mode (if several numbers are listed the same amount of times, still being listed more than others).
And lastly, we covered range. The range is the difference (answer to a subtraction problem) in the largest number and the smallest number in your number set. Again, step one will be putting the numbers in order from smallest to largest. And step two is subtracting the smallest number from the largest number.
Having learned all of this in a previous days lesson and having reviewed it here, let's watch a video to be sure we are understanding and to see a few more examples.
Let's Practice!
To prepare for this assignment you will need to post the link for students to get to the assignment.
How it works:
- Students will use the link provided to interact in an escape room over Mean, Median, and Mode and Range.
- They will answer questions over mean, median, mode and range using which will allow them to do puzzles that will lead to bits of information needed to escape.
Additional options:
- allow students to work with elbow partners
- allow calculators
- have notes posted on smart panel for additional help/reminders if students need it