Time for Scribes

Mr. Kuropatwa introduced me to the world of Scribe Posts. It is an essential part of the Grade 8 Math Classroom. You will be expected to write one scribe post every 30 classes or about 4 a year. That doesn't sound like to much does it.

A Scribe post is

The assignment is simply to post a brief summary of what happened in class each day. A different student is responsible for the daily scribe post and they end their post by choosing the next scribe. The first scribe is a volunteer. The teacher's daily involvement is limited to updating a post called The Scribe List which is at the top of the links list in the sidebar of the class's blog.

To complete a scribe post the student must

Write a brief summary of what we learned in class today. Include enough detail so that someone who was away sick, or missed class for any other reason, can catch up on what they missed. Over the course of the semester, the scribe posts will grow into the textbook for the course; written by students for students. Remember that as each of you write your scribe posts. Ask yourself: "Is this good enough for our textbook? Would a graphic or other example(s) help illustrate what we learned?" And remember, you have a global audience, impress them.

Here are examples of good scribe posts Pythagoras Scribe One Day In Math Algebra Masterpiece

Here are some scribe posts that have made The Scribe Post Hall of Fame.

When you are done your scribe post choose another student to be the scribe and label your post scribepost.

Math Pre-test 2

1. State 7 prices, where the median is $3.00, the highest price is $20.00 and the lowest price is $1.00.

Answer:

1$ 1$ 2$ 3$ 10$ 12$ 20$

- lowest 1$
- median 3$
- highest 20$

I stated these prices because this data set has all the prices it states. The median(average) price is 3$ and the highest price is 20$ and the lowest price is 1$.

- Maxine 8-17

Measures of Central Tendency Pretest 2

Question 2

2.The mean mark on 4 tests is 78%. What mark is needed on the next test to increase the mean to 80%?

The mean mark of 4 tests is 78%
4 x 78 = 312
So 312 is considered the sum of all data for data set 1.

We need to get an 80% average and now we have done another test so, 80 x 5(# of tests) = 400
400 is considered the sum of all data for data set 2.

Now we subtract the two sums of data from each other
The difference between the two sums of data is ..
400 - 312 = 88

So 78+78+78+78+88= 400/5 = 80(%)

88% is needed to increase the mean to 80%.


-masesar

math pre-test 2

Math Pre-test 2

question 4

4. Mr.Thompson gave a test to six students who were absent. The highest score was 93 and the lowest score was 65. The mean of the scores was 79. Create a list of six scores that satisfy these conditions. Explain why your test scores satisfy these conditions.

ANSWER:

TEST SCORES : 65, 70, 76, 80, 90, 93

These test scores satisfy these conditions because the highest score is 93, the lowest score is 65, and when you add up all the scores and divide it by 6 you get a mean (average) of 79. The sum of all data is 474. (65+70+76+80+90+93)

Math

Math Pre-Test #2

3. Julie buys a book, a game, a puzzle, and a piece of computer software at the book fair. The computer software cost $10. Julie claims that the average price of the items she bought is $2.50. Can she be correct? Why or Why not.


The items Julie bought cannot have an average of $2.50 because one of her items costs $10, and all her items would have to be $0 for this to be possible.
If Julie's items were to have an average of $2.50, the computer software's price would have to decrease.

FOR EXAMPLE :

The book costs $2.50*
The game costs $1.50*
The puzzle costs $1.00*
The computer software costs $5.00*
Data: $2.50 + $1.50 + $1.00 + $5.00 = $10.00/4 = $2.50 <-- MEAN/AVERAGE

The sum of all data ^^ divided by the amount of data, (4), equals $2.50, (average price).


-CJ P. 8-17

Measures of Central Tendency Pretest 2

Here is the worksheet I provided you on Friday. Please answer the questions in a comment. You can also ask questions about anything you need help on here.

Good Luck

1. State 7 prices, where the median is $3.00, the highest price is $20.00 and the lowest price is $1.00.
2. The mean mark on 4 tests is 78%. What mark is needed on the next test to increase the mean to 80%?

3. Julie buys a book, a game, a puzzle, and a piece of computer software at the book fair. The computer software cost $10. Julie claims that the average price of the items she bought is $2.50. Can she be correct? Why or Why not.

4. Mr. Thompson gave a test to six students who were absent. The highest score was 93 and the lowest score was 65. The mean of the test scores was 79. Create a list of six test scores that satisfy these conditions. Explain why your test scores satisfy these conditions.

5. Find the measures of central tendency for the following data sets:


A) 33, 18, 40, 26, 29, 20, 30
B) 20, 50, 20, 50, 17, 15, 25, 50, 25, 15
C) 15, 20, 80, 75, 5, 50
D) 16, 40, 44, 16, 40, 40, 80, 17, 64, 64, 100

Measures of Central Tendency Pretest 1

Measures of Central Tendency Pretest

Here is the worksheet I provided you on Thursday. Please answer the questions in a comment. You can also ask questions about anything you need help on here.

Good Luck

1.Find a set of values to fit these conditions.

A) Five numbers with a mean of 7 and a median of 5.
B) Seven Numbers with a mode of 8 and a median of 6.
C) Seven numbers with a mode of 10 and a mean of 9.

2. Bill's history marks are: 72, 66, 65, 73, 71, 69, 68, 72.
Find the mean, mode, median and range.

A) If he scores 91 on the next test, which measure of central tendency will be most affected? Explain.

B) If he scores 66 on the next test, Which measure of central tendency will be most affected? Explain.

3. Find the Value of x in the data.

10, 12, 6, 6, 14, x, 8, 10, 12, 12, 8, 14

A) If the mean is 10.
B) If the mode is 12.
C) If the median is 11.

Is there more than one possible answer for each question?