Worksheet 7.

3 Variations

Name: ___________________________ Class: _______________________

Method:
1. Measure the circumference of the wrist of 20 people in your class. Write down
your measurements in the list. Remember to include the unit.

2. Put a mark in the Tally column for each measurement that fits into that category.

3. Next, add up all the tally strokes and complete the last column in the table.

4. Now you are ready to draw a frequency diagram to display your results.
Put wrist circumference on the x-axis, and number of people on the y-axis.
The bars in your frequency diagram should touch one another.

Wrist circumference in Tally Number of People

cm.
8.0-8.9
9.0-9.9
10.0-10.9
11.0-11.9
12.0-12.9
13.0-13.9
14.0-14.9

Questions:
1 . What were the smallest and largest wrist circumferences that you measured in
your investigation?

2. Which was the most common category of wrist circumference?

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