Interpreting a Histogram About a Popcorn Party

Interpreting a Histogram About a Popcorn Party

Let popcorn kernels pop and observe how the data is presented in a table and histogram. Interpret the distribution of the popped kernels.


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Putting It All Together

Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.

Open-ended question 1

Why do the bars for the “Number of Popped Kernels” start to go down?

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Open-ended question 2

What does the “Number of Popped Kernels” represent?

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Open-ended question 3

What do the heights of the bars tell you about the popcorn popping in the microwave?

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Open-ended question 4

If some of the popcorn starts to burn at the end, at what time would you stop the microwave?

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Open-ended question 5

If there were more kernels, how do you predict the histogram would change?

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