Estimating Crowd Numbers and Proportions

Estimating Crowd Numbers and Proportions

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Thomas White

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The video tutorial covers the concept of estimating crowd sizes using mathematical principles. It begins with an introduction to the topic, followed by creating mathematical relationships between people and space. The tutorial then explains how to use proportions to estimate crowd sizes and introduces advanced estimation techniques with unknown variables. Finally, it applies these concepts to estimate crowd sizes in a parade scenario.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary concept introduced for estimating crowds?

Time over people

People over time

People over space

Space over people

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is the relationship between people and space represented?

As a product

As a difference

As a fraction

As a sum

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What mathematical method is used to solve the proportion problem?

Division

Subtraction

Cross multiplication

Addition

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the example of a large space, what is the estimated number of people?

100,000

400,000

200,000

300,000

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the variable 'e' represent in the context of unknown people per square?

Unknown number of people

Average number of people

Estimated number of people

Exact number of people

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is the estimate refined when new information is available?

By adding the new number to 'e'

By multiplying 'e' with the new number

By dividing 'e' by the new number

By subtracting the new number from 'e'

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the initial rate of people passing by in the parade example?

25 people per minute

35 people per minute

45 people per minute

55 people per minute

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