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Pie charts and the mean: 6th grade math

Pie charts; the mean. A free 6th grade lesson plan, a question set with answers and a printable sheet with its key. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students can do this: pie charts; the mean.

Teach (10 min)

  • The mean is the fair share: move values around until all are equal.
  • Stacks of 2, 4 and 6: total 12, shared by 3 is 4 each.
  • Work one example on the board while students say each step aloud, then do one together.

Practise (15 min)

  • Students work the printable sheet in pairs, then alone.
  • Or practise it as a game with no sign-up: https://peabody.kids/math/stats.mean?lesson=6-stats-mean-1&at=6

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • Three questions on a slip:
  • 1. Here is the minutes a student spent on homework for a group: 11, 7, 7, 6, 9. What is the mean?
  • 2. Here is the number of cars a family owns for a group: 2, 6, 3, 9. What is the mean?
  • 3. Here is the number of siblings a student has for a group: 12, 8, 8, 7, 5. What is the mean?

Question set

10 questions that read in words, easiest first. Questions that need a picture are on the printable sheet below.

  1. Here is the minutes a student spent on homework for a group: 11, 7, 7, 6, 9. What is the mean?
  2. Here is the number of cars a family owns for a group: 2, 6, 3, 9. What is the mean?
  3. Here is the number of siblings a student has for a group: 12, 8, 8, 7, 5. What is the mean?
  4. Here is the number of cars a family owns for a group: 10, 9, 5, 3, 8. What is the mean?
  5. Here is the number of goals a team scored in a game for a group: 8, 11, 1, 12. What is the mean?
  6. Here is the glasses of water a student drank today for a group: 10, 2, 6, 8, 4. What is the mean?
  7. Here is the number of cars a family owns for a group: 12, 8, 2, 6, 7. What is the mean?
  8. Here is the number of pets a household has for a group: 12, 1, 9, 2. What is the mean?
  9. Here is the number of books a student read this month for a group: 6, 1, 10, 1, 7. What is the mean?
  10. Here is the number of cars a family owns for a group: 8, 11, 5, 3, 10, 8, 6, 5. What is the mean?
Answers
  1. 8 minutes
  2. 5 cars
  3. 8 siblings
  4. 7 cars
  5. 8 goals
  6. 6 glasses
  7. 7 cars
  8. 6 pets
  9. 5 books
  10. 7 cars

Printable sheet

Name: ____________________   Date: ____________

Pie charts and the mean (6th grade)

  1. Each stack shows the cubes a student has. They want to share so every student has the same number. How many cubes does each student end up with?
  2. Here is the glasses of water a student drank today for a group: 6, 4, 10, 4. What is the mean?
  3. Each stack shows the cubes a student has. They want to share so every student has the same number. How many cubes does each student end up with?
  4. Each stack shows the cubes a student has. They want to share so every student has the same number. How many cubes does each student end up with?
  5. Each stack shows the cubes a student has. They want to share so every student has the same number. How many cubes does each student end up with?
  6. Each stack shows the cubes a student has. They want to share so every student has the same number. How many cubes does each student end up with?
  7. Here is the number of books a student read this month for a group: 3, 12, 8, 1, 11. What is the mean?
  8. Each stack shows the cubes a student has. They want to share so every student has the same number. How many cubes does each student end up with?
  9. Here is the number of siblings a student has for a group: 4, 11, 12, 9, 12, 6, 2. What is the mean?
  10. Here is the glasses of water a student drank today for a group: 7, 7, 10, 3, 12, 9. What is the mean?
  11. Here is the glasses of water a student drank today for a group: 1, 2, 12, 4, 10, 8, 12, 7. What is the mean?
  12. Here is the glasses of water a student drank today for a group: 11, 3, 1, 8, 3, 10. What is the mean?
Key
  1. 6 cubes
  2. 6 glasses
  3. 6 cubes
  4. 5 cubes
  5. 3 cubes
  6. 6 cubes
  7. 7 books
  8. 4 cubes
  9. 8 siblings
  10. 8 glasses
  11. 7 glasses
  12. 6 glasses

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