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Track Meet Results: Center and Variation

Interpret center and variation using track meet results, compare groups, and choose useful summaries for a results board.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.SP.A.3

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students distinguish measures of center from measures of variation.
Students compare track results using their centers and ranges.
Students explain why both center and variation help summarize a data set.

How to use

Use after introducing mean, median, and range. Have students work independently, then discuss how two groups can share a center but differ in variation.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.SP.A.3

Know that a measure of center sums up the data with one number, while a measure of variation tells how much values differ.

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Track Meet Results: Center and Variation

Use one-number summaries to make sense of meet results.

Read the Results Board

A measure of center summarizes the middle or typical value with one number. A measure of variation describes how much the values differ. Use mean, median, and range to study the results.

Which statement describes a measure of center for the track meet?

A. The longest jump exceeds the shortest by 90 centimeters.
B. The median sprint time for the runners is 15 seconds.
C. The sprint times span 6 seconds from fastest to slowest.
D. The lap times differ by as much as 20 seconds.

Sort the summaries by what they describe.

The mean long jump is 320 cm.The relay times have a range of 12 seconds.The median lap time is 80 seconds.The high jump heights have a range of 25 cm.