What do they want?

Question

Please take a look at this homework.
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It seems that there is not enough information on the page. My son says this is all that they gave him, no other paper.

I can't make head or tail over what they want him to do. You can't get a median without a row of numbers- and no row. You can't get a range with out a high and a low- no high and no low.

The dashes inbetween each are for the letters from the right to be matched to the letters on the left.

They told him the first answer on the page was "c"

Do you know what they want him to do?

We finally figured it out. Whoever designed the paper needs to be brought out and shot.
I thought the box to the right could only be used with the box to the left.
We finally figured out all boxes were to be used with all the other boxes.

As soon as it allows me to, I will close out this question, and award.

Answer 1

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This might help it explains range, sum, median and mode.

Since you already have the answer to #1, I'll start with #2:

The insect speeds are 11,7, 13, and 9. You need to find the sum. So you add 11+7+13+9 and the answer is 40 or E.

#3 you need to find the median. the Median is the number in the middle.

The fish sppeds when listed from smallest to largest are as follows:

40 40 47 69

You normally choose the number in the middle.
Since there are an even amount of numbers we'll need to find the mean of the middle two

(40+47)/2 = 43.5 or L

#4 Mode is the number that appears most often. The bird speeds are as follows:
42 42 40 and 44. Since 42 appears most often it is the mode and the answer is P

Answer 2

the range is the difference between the highest and lowest measurements, so the first would be 65-42, which is 23. So it's c.

The second is e, because the sum is all measurements added together

the third: the median is the number in the direct center of the highest and lowest points, so that would be halfway between 47 and 40, which is 43.5 or l

The last: The mode is the most frequent measurement in a set of numbers, so it's p, 42