Saturday, September 24, 2011

Guess, Estimate, Collect Data

We used raisins to help us learn about math landmarks.
First we made a guess (how many raisins were inside the box)
 Then we opened the box to preview the raisins.  Using this new information we adjusted our guess (making an estimate).
Next we opened the raisins and counted how many raisins were actually in the boxes!


Finally using this data, we were able to find the landmarks:  maximum, minimum, range, mode, median, and mean.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

estimating is a fun and easy strategy in math!
from moe or #24