Statistics Unit 1: Guess the Weight!

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What is the average weight of a watermelon in pounds?

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What is the average weight of a baseball in ounces?

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What is the average weight of a gallon of water in pounds?

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What is the average weight of a laptop in pounds?

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Correct Answer: 4

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What is the average weight of an apple in ounces?

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Correct Answer: 8

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What is the average weight of a 30-foot oak tree in pounds?

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Correct Answer: 1000

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What is the average weight of a football helmet in pounds?

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Correct Answer: 5

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What is the average weight of army gear (helmet and vest) in pounds?

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Correct Answer: 15

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If a person got one weight exactly right, but was way off on all the others, would you say they are a good guesser?

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If a group was only one number off on every weight, would you say they are a good weight guesser?

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What if we calculated the average of the weights, and just looked at who got closest to that average? Would that be fair?

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In this class, we will talk a lot about variability – what do you think is meant by this term? How is variability important with this activity?