MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE TASKS
TASK 20
School Census
Strand: Number and Statistics
Objective: Students will divide by a 1-digit number and
solve problems, including those that involve finding
mean, median, mode, and range for a set of data.
Task Overview: The grade five teacher has introduced students to the concept of census
and has decided to host a census talk among the five closest schools. You were tasked
with carrying out a census to find out the population size of each school.
The student populations of five middle schools are listed in the table below.
School Population
Captain Primary School 125
Happy Primary School 250
Viking Primary School 935
Hillside Preparatory School 160
Bremmer Primary School 250
Task 1: What is the range in population of these schools? Show your work
MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE TASK 54 CHRISTIE WAINWRIGHT
Perormance Task - School Census