Adventures in Statistics

Abstract

We describe a mathematics project involving fifth grade students and the area of classrooms, which incorporates measurement, graphing, computation, data analysis, and presentation of results.

Introduction

Measurement

Figure 1: Measurement Data Sheet

Table 1: Area and Number of Students

Figure 2: Special Data Sheet

Graphing

Figure 3: Area in Square Meters

Figure 4: Number of Students

Computation

Table 2: Average Area and Average Number of Students

Analysis

Table 3: Area per Student

Figure 5: Area per Student

Presentation

Extensions

Conclusion

Acknowledgment

This document was originally written in LaTeX and later translated into HTML by the program LaTeX2HTML. The resulting computer-generated pages were redesigned by Sarah Seastone of the Math Forum.

Reprinted with permission from Teaching Children Mathematics, copyright 1998 by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. All rights reserved.

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