Friday, February 27, 2009

Day 15 Numeracy (Averages)

Calculating Average Prices

The instructor will do a quick reveiw of the concept of Averages - including mean, mode and median. The instructor will then distribute a handout with four copies of the following categories;
Item:
List Prices (lowest to highest)
Total of all items:
Number of items:
Average Price:
Is there a mode?: If yes,what?:
What is the mediam:

The students will then be given cut outs from newspaper ads grouped into similar items. Students will use those cut outs to fill in all the spaces of their handouts. This assignment will be completed and handed in for correction.

No comments:

Post a Comment