The following data shows the scores Gina obtained on 12 IQ tests: 93, 83, 74, 74, 83, 92, 93, 94, 90, 87, 83, 86 The box plot be
low represents the data: box plot has minimum value equal to 74, lower quartile equal to 83, median equal to 86.5, upper quartile equal to 92.75 and maximum value equal to 99 Which of the following is shown incorrectly in the box plot?
Sample Response: To write a two-variable equation, I would first need to know how much Maya’s allowance was. Then, I would need the cost of playing the arcade game and of riding the Ferris wheel. I could let the equation be cost of playing the arcade games plus cost of riding the Ferris wheel equals the total allowance. My variables would represent the number of times Maya played the arcade game and the number of times she rode the Ferris wheel. With this equation I could solve for how many times she rode the Ferris wheel given the number of times she played the arcade game.
How about raising 286 up by 14 to 300 and compensating by lowering 428 by the same 14 Since I know that 14 + 14 is 28 then 28-14 is 14 So 428 - 14 = 414 So now I have 414 + 300 which I can do mentally - the answer is 714 and is also the answer to the original problem 428 + 286
Compensation works very well - bring one number up or down to a rounded number and compensate by doing the opposite to the other - instead of 199 + 457 - try 200 + 456 Same answer and because one of the numbers is nicely rounded, it is easy to add the other.
One more: 207 + 182 becomes 200 + 189 =389 I lowered one by 7 and raised the other one by the same 7.