Are you a good guesser?

Name ________________________________

Problem: You know that math is important for many occupations, but you are worried about the type of job that you could
possibly get in the world. The carnival comes to town and the owner is looking for someone to guess ages. You think that
youre pretty good at that, so you apply for the job. Your teacher will show you a series of pictures of famous people. Your
job is to guess how old they are as of today (even if they have passed away). Then you will be given their birthdates and
you will determine their real ages. Mark your answers below, and then graph this information in the coordinate plane at
the bottom of the page.

Name of Famous Person

Guess Age

Actual Age

After completing the age game, answer the questions and plot your points below:
I.

A. What is an appropriate domain for the data? __________________________________________

B. What is an appropriate range for the data? ___________________________________________

(Write the name of the

famous person next to their
plotted point.)

ACTUAL
AGE (Y)

ESTIMATED AGE (X)

Are you a good guesser?

Name ________________________________

II. A. Is there a correlation in the data?_________________________________________________________________

B. How do you know?____________________________________________________________________________

C. If there is a correlation, is it positive or negative?_____________________________________________________

D. How many famous people did you guess exactly? _________

E. Who were they?

III. A. Graph the line y = x. What is the meaning of this line as it relates to the data? _____________________________
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B. How many famous people did you graph above the line?_____________
C. What is the meaning of a point above the line? ______________________________________________________
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D. What inequality represents your guesses above the line? _____________________________________________
E. How many famous people did you graph below the line?_____________
F. What is the meaning of a point below the line? ______________________________________________________
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G. What inequality represents your guesses below the line? ______________________________________________

IV. A. Back to the original problem: If you go to a carnival, does the person guessing your age have to be exactly correct?
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B. Why or why not? ____________________________________________________________________________
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C. Based on everyones guess in the class, how can we determine who is a good guesser? ___________________
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