Thursday, April 19, 2012

Computer Lab

             Today in computer lab, the class learned about different math skills by using fun activities. First, we learned about frequency diagrams by helping people with the plague, which we can use in "real" life when we make tables or tally up the amount of points a person got in that last game. Secondly, we learned about mean, median, mode, and range while helping robotic creatures. Mean, median, mode, and range help with all different kinds of things, like grades, weight, etc. Lastly, we learned about probability. Of  course, a lot of people know about probability already. Heads or tails? That common question comes to mind when talk about probability starts. A life application to this would be when someone bets on something, which I strongly discourage. If there are 10 horses, there is a 1/10 chance of betting on the right horse. Learning about these things using real life applications online was very interesting.

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