Room 1 Long Jumps: Leaving and Landing on Two Feet
Problem: Mr Paramore wants to find out how far the students in room 1 can jump, leaving and landing on two feet. He wants to know if there is any relationship between a student’s height and how far they can jump.
Plan: How can we find out about this? What can we measure and how? How should we collect and record the data?
Data: Collect the data.
Present your groups data below.
Name: | Distance Jumped (cm) |
Vienna | 1.23 m |
Tony | 2.16 m |
Sheldon | 1.69 m |
Vaha
Kahzyilou |
1.71 m |
Emz | 1.84 m |
Analysis:
- Sort the data into an appropriate graph
What graph are we going to use? Draw the graph in your maths book,
- What are the mean, median, mode, and range?
Mean – 1 . 7 2
Median – 1 . 7 1
Range – 2 . 1 6 – 1 . 2 3 = 0 . 9 3
Mode –