MATH MINUTES
MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE, RANGE
COLORED LIGHT
A MAP GRID
DAILY READING PASSAGES
100
Round 15.15328 to the nearest thousandth.
What is 15.153
100
The range of this group of data: 40, 40, 32, 22, 50
What is 28 50 - 22 = 28
100
The reason people who do not have any vision problems, such as blindness, can see.
What is light reflected from an object enters the eyes.
100
Brisbane is the capital of this state located in Australia.
What is Queensland.
100
The name of the quarterback in the passage, "The Ice Bowl."
Who is Bart Starr
200
The number of eyes 12 children have
What is 24 eyes.
200
The mode for this data set: 6, 3, 2, 6, 2, 6, 4, 8, 2, 8, 4
What is 2 and 6
200
The explanation of how mirrors work.
What is mirrors reflect all light that hits them and bounces off the light into the eye to see things that are otherwise not visible.
200
Reading the coordinates on a map grid is different than reading the coordinates on a line graph. The difference is...
What is you read the y-axis first (letter) and then you read the x-axis (the number) to locate the grid.
200
The reason the tree in the passage, "The Tree in the Desert," was sometimes called a lighthouse.
What is the tree helped travelers know where they were just like a lighthouse does.
300
How much money is 2 quarters, 5 dimes, 2 nickels, and 4 pennies.
What is $1.14
300
The median for this data set: 5, 6, 2, 4, 8, 7
What is 5 1/2 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
300
The reason an orange appears black in green light.
What is green light contains no orange light. An orange only reflects orange light. An orange reflects no light when a green light strikes it therefore, it appears black.
300
The reason the city, "Canberra" is a very important place in Austrailia.
What is Australia's national capital.
300
The reason that the Oryx is sometimes called a unicorn.
What is the Oryx can look like it only has one horn if you look at side view of it.
400
Round 32,563,000,815 to the nearest ten billion.
What is 33,000,000,000.
400
The mean for this data set: 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2
What is 2
400
The reason we see the color white.
What is none of the white light is absorbed, it is all reflected therefore, we can only see the color white.
400
There are two seas associated with Australia. Name at least one sea.
What is the Coral Sea or the Tasman Sea.
400
The reason the palace was called "The Forbidden City."
What is commoners could not enter the palace.
500
The solution to 784,020 subtract 493,438
What is 290,582
500
The mean for this data set: 10, 15, 5, 10, 6
What is 9 R 1 or 9 1/5 or 9.2 The sum of the numbers is 46 so you take 46 and divide by 5 because there are 5 numbers in the data set.
500
The reason we see the color black.
What is all the white light is absorbed and no light is reflected therefore, we can only see the color black.
500
This is the state or territory that has the largest land area in Australia.
What is Western Australia.
500
The name of the two NFL football teams that played on the very very cold last day of 1967.
What is the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys.