ExploreExplain 1

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• Explore/Explain 1
• Man In The Box

2

• What is the average number of centimeters that
  are added to a persons height when standing on
  his tiptoes? Who do you predict would gain the
  most centimeters and why do you think this is so?

3

• How do the measures of the mean, median, mode and
  range of the tiptoe heights compare to the
  flat-footed heights?

4

• What strategy can you use to find the heights
  that represent the middle 50 of the participants?

5

• Place an orange dot above the number line to
  represent your tiptoe height.
• Place a blue dot below the number line to
  represent your flat-footed height.

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• How do the measures of the mean, median, mode and
  range of the tiptoe heights compare to the
  flat-footed heights?
• How will the box and whisker plots compare for
  the flat-footed heights and tiptoe heights?

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• Without talking, take turns filling in the Venn
• Diagram. Write what you have learned about
• stem and leaf plots and box and whisker
• plots. Address both mathematical and
• technological aspects.