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Students can view histograms for either built-in or user-specified data,
and experiment with how the size of the class intervals influences the
perceptions. Parameters: Data sets, class sizes. |
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Students view piecharts. Parameters: Number of sectors, size of sector as
a percent. |
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Enter data categories and the value of each category to create a
circle graph. Similar to "Pie Chart" but the user can define the data set. |
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Enter data to create a bar graph, then manipulate the graph's
maximum and minimum values. |
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Practice estimation skills by determining the number of objects, length,
or area. Parameters: error tolerance. |
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Similar to Estimator but compares two sets of objects. |
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Similar to Estimator activity but states a quantity and asks the user to estimate whether the set of
objects is more or less than the number given. |
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A game like Fraction Four but asks the players to estimate the answer
within a given time span. Parameters: time limit, error tolerance,
difficulty level |
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Students investigate the Cartesian coordinate system through identifying
the coordinates of points, or requesting that a particular point be
plotted. |
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Students investigate the Cartesian coordinate system by directing a robot
through a mine field laid out on the plane. |
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Students learn about modular arithmetic operations through working with
various types of clocks. Parameters: Number of hours on the clock. |
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Students practice simple arithmetic skills by encoding and decoding
messages using an affine cipher. |
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Students practice simple arithmetic skills by encoding and decoding
messages to determine the form for an affine cipher. |
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| Other Software Used: |
Microsoft Excel |
