Typical Super Bowl scores

Do Super Bowl games tend to have typical scores? Are there usual point spreads between the losing and winning teams?

In Brian’s activity, students study historical Super Bowl data to reflect on average (mean, median, and mode) losing scores, winning scores, and range of scores. They are asked to judge which of these central measurements seem the most meaningful and explain their reasoning.

CCSS: 6.SP.2, 6.SP.5, 7.SP.4, S-ID.2

typical-super-bowl-score2012.doc      typical-super-bowl-score2012.pdf

For members, we’ve worked out the solutions.

typical-super-bowl-score2012-solutions.doc

 typical-super-bowl-score2012-solutions.pdf


24. January 2012 by Oldmanmarks and Leslie
Categories: Algebra, Data and Probability, Number Sense, Sports | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

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