Since the NHL started having the “Winter Classic”, an outdoor hockey game that takes place on New Year’s Day, many people have become more interested in watching hockey regularly. Ms. Saarinen’s dad has always been a hockey fan and has decided to take the family to go visit the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada. Ms. Saarinen wasn’t sure she wanted to make the trip because as you know, she doesn’t like the cold weather. Ms. Saarinen asked her math to help her find the average temperature in Toronto to help her prepare for the trip.
The average daily temperatures (in Fahrenheit) in Toronto for the previous two weeks are:
+1, -1, 0, -2, +4, -1, -1, -9, -6, -9, -12, -2, 0, and +3.
1. What is the range of the data?
2. What is the median temperature?
3. What is the mean temperature?
4. What is the mode temperature?
5. How would the mean change if the next day’s temperature of +7 was included in the data?
1. What is the range of the data?
2. What is the median temperature?
3. What is the mean temperature?
4. What is the mode temperature?
5. How would the mean change if the next day’s temperature of +7 was included in the data?
BONUS: Suppose you were told that the average temperature in Toronto for one week in December was -1 degree Fahrenheit. You could read on the data table that six of the temperatures were -2, +3, -5, 0, +4, and -1 but the last temperature was too blurry to read. What is the missing temperature?
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