Averaging

This webquest is designed to help you with the skill of averaging. You will apply prior learned knowledge of addition and division to complete this webquest on batting averages and other activities. This webquest will require you to use a pencil, paper, and a calculator.

The Tasks:

This page is created to help students:

review the addition of decimal and whole numbers,

review the division of decimal and whole numbers, and

compute the average of a group of decimal and whole numbers.

The Resources:

1. Averaging is complex. Are you unsure what an average is? Glossary can help you.
2. To average you must understand how to add whole and decimal numbers. Let's refresh our memory by going to Decimal.
3. To average you must understand how to divide whole and decimal numbers. Let's refresh our memory by going to Division.
4. Go to WebMath and see how much fun averaging can be.
5. Let's practice. Go to Sunny Hills and look at some practice problems.
6. Visit Baseball to help your team compute baseball averages.

The Process:

1. Averaging is complex. Are you unsure what an average is? Glossary can help you. Click on average and in your own words define average in your journal.
2. To average you must understand how to add whole and decimal numbers. Let's refresh our memory by going to Decimal. Create three addition with decimal problems. Do all problems, check them using a calculator, and record them in your journal.
3. To average you must understand how to divide whole and decimal numbers. Let's refresh our memory by going to Division. Create three division with decimal problems. Do all problems, check them using a calculator, and record them in your journal.
4. Go to WebMath, and here you will create 9 players' batting averages ranging from .150 to .500. You should try to calculate the team's batting average and when you have completed it click on "do it" to check your answer.
5. Let's practice. Go to Sunny Hills and do problems 1-3.
6. Visit Baseball to help your team compute baseball averages. Using the handout, "Baseball I Love the Game", key in the hits and at bats for each of your teammates and record their averages.
7. Now you are an expert average finder. To ensure your spot in the Averager Hall of Fame complete the quiz Averaging.

Learning Advice:

Averaging is designed to walk you through the basic steps of averaging. This webquest should help you to develop good skills in averaging numbers. These skills should be used in everyday situations.

Conclusion:

Congratulations! You have now completed this webquest and should be on your way to averaging numbers in any situation that may come before you. For further practice try :

* Averaging your grades in English and other subjects,

* Compute batting averages, and

* Use receipts from weekly grocery shopping to calculate the average amount spent in a month.

This webquest was created by Eddie Chalmers in EDU 506 on June 21, 2000.