jeopardy! unit 1: collection, display, and interpretation of data

JEOPARDY!Unit 1:

Collection, Display, and Interpretation of Data

Rules You will be broken up into six teams. Once a team picks a question, you will have 2

minutes to answer the question. To give an answer, write it on your iPad. Your choices for each question are:

Give an answer. If it is correct, you win that amount of money. If it is incorrect, then you lose that amount of money.

Don’t give an answer. You neither win nor lose money if you don’t give an

answer. There will be a final Jeopardy question at the end.

Questions

Landmarks Area vs. Perimeter

Graphs

$200 $200 $200$400 $400 $400$600 $600 $600

Link to Final Jeopardy

Landmarks$200 QuestionIdentify and define all 6 landmarks.

Landmarks$200 Answer

Minimum, Maximum, Mean,Median, Mode, Range

Landmarks$400 Question

The ages of the students in a summer camp are 11, 14, 9, 12, 13, and 11. Find the median age and the mean age. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Landmarks$400 Answer

Mean – 11.7Median – 11.5

Landmarks$600 QuestionBaseball pitcher Nolan Ryan set the record for the most career strikeouts – 5,714. If you were to report the typical number of strikeouts for major-league pitchers, do you think it would be more accurate to use the median or the mean number of strikeouts? Why?

Landmarks$600 Answer

Median. The mean is more affected by outliers than the median is.

Area vs. Perimeter$200 QuestionDescribe the difference between the perimeter and area of a rectangle.

Area vs. Perimeter$200 Answer

Perimeter is the distance around a rectangle. Area is the amount of surface inside a rectangle.

Area vs. Perimeter$400 QuestionThe length of a rectangle is 8 cm and the width is 2 cm. Write a number sentence for the perimeter of the rectangle.

Area vs. Perimeter$400 Answer

2 + 2 + 8 + 8Or

2 x 2 + 2 x 8

Area vs. Perimeter$600 Question

What could the length and width be of a rectangle whose area is 24cm2?

Area vs. Perimeter$600 Answer

Length: 10,5,6Width: 2,4,6

Graphs$200 Question

About what percent of the world’s population lives in North America?

Graphs$200 Answer

About 5%

Graphs$400 Question

Between which two years was the increase in population the least?

Graphs$400 Answer

2003 and 2004

Graphs$600 Question

In January 1996, Loveland received how many more inches of snow than Arapahoe Basin?

Graphs$600 Answer

About 20 inches more

Final JeopardyThe category is:

Graphs

Write down your wagers on your iPad. When the Final Jeopardy question appears, you will have 3 minutes to work it out in your group. Write your answer on your iPad.

Final Jeopardy Question

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Does the tea cool at a constant rate? Explain your answer.

Final Jeopardy Answer

No. The tea cools quickly at first, but then the temperature drops slowly.