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5/4 Unit 8 Lesson 11: Mean Absolute Deviation

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7 questions

❗️Remember! Mean Absolute Deviation:

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Question 1

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Is 30 pages a good estimate of the mean number of pages that Han read each day? Explain your reasoning.

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Question 2

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Find the mean number of pages that Han read during the five days.
(Use the Show Your Work to work out the mean numer of pages.)

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Question 5

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Which number of minutes is a typical amount of time for the ten sixth-grade studetns to travel to school, 9 or 4.2? Explain your reasoning.

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Question 6

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Based on the mean and MAD, Jada believes that travel times between 5 and 13 minutes are common for this group. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your reasoning.

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Question 3

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Use the dot plot and the mean to complete the table.

Question 4

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Calculate the mean absolute deviation (MAD) of the data. Explain or show your reasoning

Question 7

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A different group of ten sixth-grade students also recorded their travel times to school. Their mean travel time was also 9 minutes, but their MAD was about 7 minutes. What could the dot plot of the second data set look like?

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