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Average Limits
In this Nuffield investigation students explore limiting values of an iterative process, using arithmetic, algebra or spreadsheets. Students can move from identifying patterns to forming, verifying and proving conjectures.
...Averages
This video from Teachers TV observes mathematics teacher Jonny Heeley, as he inspires a group of gifted and talented Year Nine students with an interactive lesson on averages.
Using a variety of challenges, to excite and entertain his students, this masterclass shows how the mean, median, mode and range...
Averages
This activity requires students to be able to ascertain the range and mode from a list, be able to order a list to find the median and calculate the mean. It could also be used to require students to calculate the averages from a stem and leaf diagram or in a table.
The resource contains three sets of cards...
Averages and Moving Averages
This resource contains two excel files dealing with measures of central tendency, trend and spread for sets of discrete data.
Averages and...
Averages and Range
This resource uses the real-life context of the British America’s Cup team INEOS TEAM UK. The video shows the crucial role of data collection and analysis in developing the performance of both the boat and crew and the importance of maths in that data analysis.
Students will...
Averages and spread: one
This matching activity from the Core Maths Support Programme covers the definitions of different measures of location and dispersion.
The teachers' notes suggest that it may be used as a starter or for revision, as well as including more information and teaching suggestions for...
Averages and spread: three
This Core Maths revision exercise gives the opportunity for students to practise calculating different measures of location and dispersion, and to interpret their results.
The activity sheet contains discrete data and grouped data questions, including some where students are...
Averages and spread: two
This Core Maths revision activity explores how to calculate and interpret different measures of location and dispersion.
It covers calculations with raw data, discrete frequency distributions and grouped frequency distributions. Students calculate averages, standard deviation...
Averaging Continuous Data
This video from Teachers TV observes mathematics teacher Jonny Heeley, as he inspires a group of gifted and talented Year Nine students with an interactive lesson on averaging continuous data.
The usefulness of class intervals and cumulative frequency graphs are discussed and explored by using the very...