PLS HELP!
Animal
Price
Animal
Price
Alligator
$14,000
Leopard
$30,000
Bearded Dragon
$9,550
Lion
$20,000
Boa Constrictor
$1,750
Manatee
$17,500
Camel
$17,000
Monkey
$5,000
Cheetah
$23,500
Panda Bear
$50,000
Crane
$8,550
Polar Bear
$32,500
Crocodile
$14,000
Pronghorn
$6,000
Elephant
$25,000
Python
$1,500
Emu
$11,500
Rabbit
$25
Giraffe
$18,500
Rhinoceros
$30,000
Goat
$125
Sea Lion
$22,500
Goose
$50
Snapping Turtle
$375
Grizzly Bear
$15,000
Tiger
$27,500
Guanaco
$6,550
Tortoise
$850
Hippopotamus
$25,000
Yak
$3,500
Iguana
$750
Zebra
$15,000
a. Use the Internet to research the average weight, the average lifespan, and the average gestation and/or incubation period for each chosen animal.
b. Create one chart that displays all of your collected data. Your chart should include the following:
→the name of each animal;
→the average weight of each animal;
→the average lifespan of each animal; and
→the average gestation and/or incubation period of each animal.
c. Create a graph for the average weight, the average life span, and the average gestation and/or incubation period. You will have a total of 3 graphs. You must have a box-and-whisker plot and a bar graph. Choose a different graph for the remaining set of data.
Upon completing your research, answer the following questions:
a. What is the mean, median, and mode of the amount spent to purchase each animal?
b. What is the mean, median, and mode for the average weight of the animals purchased?
c. What is the mean, median, and mode for the average lifespan of the animals purchased?
d. What is the mean, median, and mode for the average gestation period?
Zoo Challenge 3:
Now it is time to put all of your information together and create a presentation. Your presentation should include:
A listing of the animals you chose and an explanation of why you chose them;
A picture of each animal you chose in your presentation; and
Your spreadsheet, calculations, and graphs.
In addition, you should make use of the following vocabulary words in your presentation: mean, median, and mode.
Keep in mind that you will be reporting your results to the Animals Inc. board (your peers and teacher), so be organized and creative!
Guidance
If you are having difficulties with a particular challenge, you have come to the right place! Below are some helpful hints for each challenge from the staff at Animals Inc.
Zoo Challenge 1:
Your spreadsheet should include the following:
Each type of animal purchased;
The total amount spent on each category of purchased animals; and
The total amount spent.
Remember, when writing expressions, you need a defined variable, numbers, and at least one operation. For example, an expression for the total amount spent on zebras might be $15,000z, where z = the total number of zebras purchased.
Zoo Challenge 2:
An animal’s gestation period is the amount of time the animal carries the infant in the womb. If an animal hatches from an egg, the animal’s incubation period is the amount of time the animal spends in the egg before hatching.
The mean is the arithmetic average of a set of data.
The median is the middle number in a set of data when the data is in numerical order.
The mode is the number(s) that appears most often.
Zoo Challenge 3:
Some of the presentations that you could create are:
a PowerPoint or slide presentation,
a poster,
a newspaper/magazine article, or
a professional portfolio.