Lesson 4

Bouncing Ball

Est. Class Sessions: 4–5

Daily Practice and Problems

Teacher Notes
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TIMS Bit

  1. Median: 52 cm
  2. Mean: 51 cm

Q. Median and Mean

Ming experimented with 3 kinds of balls to find out which one bounced highest. He dropped each type of ball five times from 1 meter.

Here are the bounce heights for the tennis ball: 52 cm, 47 cm, 55 cm, 52 cm, and 50 cm.

  1. Use the number line to make a line plot to display Ming's data for the tennis ball.
  1. Find the median bounce height.
  2. Find the mean bounce height to the nearest cm. You may use a calculator or your own strategy.