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Mathematics and Society - OS X Lion Server

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Each week during the I6otball)~~ason collect the scores involving thelocal high school team. You may wish to use professional or college scores.Put them together at the enddents do the following.of the season (see sample below) <strong>and</strong> have stu-1. Place the winning scores in order--largest to smallest.2. Make a HISTOGRAM of the winning scores. Use graph paper.3. Find the highest winning score.Find the lowest winning score.Find howfar apart the highest <strong>and</strong> lowest scores are.____(RANGE)4.Determine the most frequent winning score.(MODE)5. Determine the middle winning score. (MEDIAN)6. Determine the average winning score. (MEAN)7. Arrange the L<strong>OS</strong>ING scores in order--largest to smallest.8. Answer 3, 4, 5 <strong>and</strong> 6 for the losing scores.9. Were there any games where the winning <strong>and</strong> losing scores were the sameas the median winning <strong>and</strong> losing scores?District 5AAA Football ScoresWeek 1Thurston 28, Sheldon 8Marshfield 21~, Cottage Grove 12North Bend 34, Churchill 18South Eugene 26, Willamette 8Springfield 12, North Eugene 7Week 4Churchill 25, Springfield 0Marshfield 13, Sheldon 12South Eugene 34, Cottage Grove 26Thurston 16, North Eugene 14North Bend 40, Willamette 26Week 2North Bend 22, Sheldon 20Churchill 21, South Eugene 20Willamette 29, North Eugene 8Cottage Grove 40, Springfield 18Marshfield 59, Thurston 28Week 5North Bend 42, North Eugene 20South Eugene 36, Marshfield ,15Cottage Grove 7, Thurston 0Sheldon 12, Springfield 7Churchill 35, Willamette 21Week 3North Eugene 14, Cottage Grove 7Sheldon 22, South Eugene 21Thruston 22, Willamette 8Marshfield 26, Churchill 6North Bend 24, Springfield °Week 6Willamette 27, Sheldon 22North Eugene 28, Churchill 6South Eugene 28, Thurston 21Marshfield 20, Springfield °North Bend 34, Cottage Grove 2110. Use the scores to make league st<strong>and</strong>ings for each of the weeks of theseason. Include the number of games won, number of games lost <strong>and</strong> thepercent of games won expressed as a 3-place decimal like .750.11. Were the scores of the first-place team all above the mode? median?mean?419

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