Question

a teacher asks 15 students to estimate an answer to a question the answers or 1, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 the correct estimate is 7 the teacher wants to calculate how far of the estimate were by finding the absolute value of the difference between each estimate and the answer which estimate was off by the most

Answer 1

We have the following estimations:

1, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12

The absolute value between each estimate and the answer is calculated as:

Estimate Absolute

Answer value

1 |1-7| = |-6| = 6

5 |5-7| = |-2| = 2

5 |5-7| = |-2| = 2

6 |6-7| = |-1| = 1

7 |7-7| = |0| = 0

8 |8-7| = |1| = 1

10 |10-7| = |3| = 3

12 |12-7| = |5| = 5

So, the estimated answer that was off by the most is 1.