MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE TASKS
TASK 14
Unbrella Recall
Strand: Statistics
Objective: This task will help you use
measures of center and understand what
each indicates about a data set.
Task Overview: Do you know anyone
who is always losing his or her umbrella?
Umbrellas don’t seem to last long. They
blow inside out in the wind and the metal
spokes break.
Sometimes the material rips and often they just get lost.
Mrs. Wainwright gave each student who graduated from grade six an umbrella as
souvenir. This table shows how many months each umbrella lasted.
Name Alejandro Anastasia William Akeima Odealia Ashyon Avaughn
Months 12 15 30 19 19 26 18
Task 1: What is the median of this set of data? ___________ months? Show how you
figured it out.
MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE TASK 40 CHRISTIE WAINWRIGHT
Perormance Task - nbrella Recall