P – EC – RT9

Taylor and Sam estimated the number of people in line for hockey tickets. Both used referents of 20, but they had different estimates. How is this possible if they used the same referent?

P – EC – RT10

Terry and Reid estimated the number of people in line for concert tickets. Terry used a referents of 10 while Reid used a referent of 20. They estimated the same number of people. How is this possible if they used different...

P – EC – RT11

Jamie, Matty and Reid estimated how many balloons were at the party. Jamie used a referent of 10, Matty used a referent of 25 and Reid didn’t use a referent. All three of their estimates were very close. How could their estimates have been so close if they all...

P – EC – RT1

A group of students were learning about using referents when estimating. Some of these students argued that referents should be 10 while others argued that referents should be 100. When would be an appropriate time to use either referent? Explain your...

P – COA – RT1

A teacher asks students what they ate for dinner yesterday. After the data is collected, you notice that there is quite a difference in the responses for certain foods. Create a bar graph that would represent such a data set and include two questions that you would...

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