Grade level: 4 – 5th grades
Skills: Median, Mode, Range
Related environmental issues: Air pollution
Area level: National
Breathing dirty air increases your chance of developing health problems. The table shows the number of bad air days in a year in seven areas in the United States.
- What is the range of the bad air days?
- What is the median of the bad air days?
- What is the mode of the bad air days?
Source: Aircompare, AirNow
Note) The numbers used here are the numbers categorized under “unhealthy air quality days for older adults and children” in 2014.
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Answer keys
- 81 (82-1=91)
- New York, New York
- 1