PROBLEM SOLVING

Maureen Curran and Mary Lou Aalbers

Hazelwood School DistrictBegin

Activity 7

Sixth grade students presented a play at their school last weekend. One performance was given Friday night, two were given on Saturday, and one performance was given on Sunday afternoon. They kept track of the attendance at each of their four performances.

At the end of the performances, they had the following information:

Performance Students Adults

1 100 75

2 85 130

3 125 156 4 78 155

Performance Student Adult

1 100 75

2 85 130

3 125 156 4 78 155

What was the adult mean (average) attendance at the performances? (Click for answer.)

75 + 130 + 156 + 155 =516

516/4 = 129

Performance Student Adult

1 100 75

2 85 130

3 125 156 4 78 155

How did this compare to the students’ attendance?

In your journal explain your thinking in making a comparison.

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