Safe Cracker - Mean, Median, Mode, & Outliers - Math Fun!
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Grade Levels
5th - 8th, Homeschool
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSS6.SP.B.5d
Formats Included
- Word Document File
Pages
4 pages
Mathematic Fanatic
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Description
Do your students get excited when you tell them it's time to study outliers and measures of center? Of course they don't.
But they will if you use this fun, Safe Cracker worksheet!
Students can become world famous safe crackers! Your students will use the clues and their math skills to help crack the safes, in order to claim the prizes found inside.
Students are given three "clues", which involve outliers and measures of center (mean, median, and mode). The answers become the numbers in the safe combinations. When the three clues are solved, the safe is cracked! There are a total of 15 problems, but they are grouped into 5 "combinations", so your students will look at this as a 5 question assignment.
The rewards include: a check for a million dollars, royal jewels, tickets to Paris, and more!
Check out the Data Displays and Measures of Center Quiz Pack for quick, standard-aligned assessments on this topic. Enjoy!
But they will if you use this fun, Safe Cracker worksheet!
Students can become world famous safe crackers! Your students will use the clues and their math skills to help crack the safes, in order to claim the prizes found inside.
Students are given three "clues", which involve outliers and measures of center (mean, median, and mode). The answers become the numbers in the safe combinations. When the three clues are solved, the safe is cracked! There are a total of 15 problems, but they are grouped into 5 "combinations", so your students will look at this as a 5 question assignment.
The rewards include: a check for a million dollars, royal jewels, tickets to Paris, and more!
Check out the Data Displays and Measures of Center Quiz Pack for quick, standard-aligned assessments on this topic. Enjoy!
Total Pages
4 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
N/A
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSS6.SP.B.5d
Relating the choice of measures of center and variability to the shape of the data distribution and the context in which the data were gathered.
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