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Thursday, 13 November 2014

Nov.13

Take-home independent tasks to be submitted on Monday, as discussed:

  • Data management
  • Geography
Copies of The Little Prince for our novel study can be accessed in many ways:


Data Management

Data was collected about detached house prices in neighborhood YYZ:
$549,900
$639,500
$599,900
$650,900
$739,900
$799,900
$699,900
$749,900
$599,900
$619,000
$689,500
$609,900
$575,000
$650,000
$659,499

-Arrange the prices in ascending order (least to greatest). 
-Identify the median (middle) price.
-Identify the range (difference between the highest and lowest price).
-Calculate the mean (average) price.


 Data was collected about 10,000 people that attended the Auto Show:

Male
Female
7,500
2,500

Yearly Salary
Frequency
$25,000-$49,000
1,250
$50,000-$74,999
5,000
$75,000-$99,999
3,000
$100,000-$149,000
500
$150,000++
250

Age
Frequency
Under 18
250
19-35
2,750
36-50
5,500
50-65
1,000
65+
500

Education
Frequency
High School
1,500
College
6,500
University
2,000

Heard About Show
Frequency
TV
6,000
Radio
750
Newspaper
250
Social Media
3,000

Reason For Attending

Buy/lease a new car within next 6 months
1,500
Buy/lease a new car within next year
4,000
For pleasure as auto enthusiast
2,000
Browse new models for possible buy/lease
2,500

Owns 0 cars
500
Owns 1 car
2,750
Owns 2 cars
6,500
Owns 3+ cars
250

Based on this data, the typical person that attended the Auto Show was:



  




Data was collected at St. Simon:
The parking lot is 30m long.
A typical car is 1.40m wide.
Cars are to be parked 0.90m apart from each other.
How many cars can fit on 1 side of the lot?



















Independently or with a partner, begin drafting a personal letter to Seedfolks author Paul Fleishman expressing any of the following:

  • your overall opinion of his novel
  • your opinion of any of his characters that stood out to you
  • your opinion of any life lessons you learned from reading his novel
  • any questions you wonder about
Be sure to write in the 1st person point of view, either using "I" or "we" i.e. I feel... I think... I really liked... I was moved by.... I was impressed.... etc.

We will conference next week to revise/edit/print on school letterhead to mail out.