Lesson 1
Organizing Data
Problem 1
Here is data on the number of cases of whooping cough from 1939 to 1955.
year | number of cases |
---|---|
1941 | 222,202 |
1950 | 120,718 |
1945 | 133,792 |
1942 | 191,383 |
1953 | 37,129 |
1939 | 103,188 |
1951 | 68,687 |
1948 | 74,715 |
1955 | 62,786 |
1952 | 45,030 |
1940 | 183,866 |
1954 | 60,866 |
1944 | 109,873 |
1946 | 109,860 |
1943 | 191,890 |
1949 | 69,479 |
1947 | 156,517 |
- Make a new table that orders the data by year.
- Circle the years in your table that had fewer than 100,000 cases of whooping cough.
- Based on this data, would you expect 1956 to have closer to 50,000 cases or closer to 100,000 cases?
Solution
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Problem 2
In volleyball statistics, a block is recorded when a player deflects the ball hit from the opposing team. Additionally, scorekeepers often keep track of the average number of blocks a player records in a game. Here is part of a table that records the number of blocks and blocks per game for each player in a women’s volleyball tournament. A scatter plot that goes with the table follows.
blocks | blocks per game |
---|---|
13 | 1.18 |
1 | 0.17 |
5 | 0.42 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
7 | 0.64 |
Label the axes of the scatter plot with the necessary information.
Solution
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Problem 3
A cylinder has a radius of 4 cm and a height of 5 cm.
- What is the volume of the cylinder?
- What is the volume of the cylinder when its radius is tripled?
- What is the volume of the cylinder when its radius is halved?
Solution
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(From Unit 5, Lesson 18.)