MATHEMATICS

SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT

Group Members: Denneish Salmon, Alicia Williams, Rayonnie Mitchell, Antoine Franklin, Asher
Gordon

Centre Number: 100088

Candidate Numbers: 1000884179, 1000885078, 1000883334, 1000881773, 1000881900

Name of School: Old Harbour High

Name of Teacher: Mr. Pusey

Year of Exam: 2024

 Project Title

On what day of the week does it take the longest for students to collect path lunch at the canteen?

Introduction

Break time is one of the most awaited times of the day for most students at school. During break time

many students are lined up to collect path lunch. Some students even leave their classes extremely early

to be able to collect lunch. The researchers have observed that students collect their plate lunches

earlier on some days compared to others, so they have decided to do an investigation to discover what

days of the week it takes the longest and the shortest amount of time for students to collect path lunch

at the canteen.
 Method of Data Collection

The researchers collected data from the cafeteria line to analyze the time a student takes to receive their

lunch each school day. The researchers collected the first 10 students' data daily from Monday to

Friday. Collecting the data they used a timer to check the time each student arrived and the time each

student got served, documenting the results in a table, the students collected the data the exact way

each day. The five sets of time would then be analyzed and compared.
 Presentation of Data

The tables below show the time ten ( 10 ) students arrived and were served their path lunches for each
day. They also show the total amount of time waited by each student and the average time.

MONDAY

# of Students Time arrived Time served Time waited ( mins )

3 2:20 pm 2:39 pm 19

2 2:22 pm 2:40 pm 19

3 2:24 pm 2: 40 pm 16

2 2:26 pm 2:41 pm 16

The total amount of time waited 70 mins

Mean 70/10=7

TUESDAY
# of Students Time arrived Time served Time waited

4 2:25p.m 2:44p.m 20 min

4 2:26p.m 2:44p.m 19 min

1 2:27p.m 2:44p.m 18 min

1 2:29p.m 2:45p.m 16 min

The total amount of time waited 73 mins

Mean 73/10=7.3
 WEDNESDAY
# of Students Time arrived Time served Time waited

5 2:28p.m 2:47p.m 19 min

3 2:30p.m 4:48p.m 18 min

2 2:33p.m 2:49p.m 16 min

The total amount of time waited 53 mins

Mean 53/10=5.3

THURSDAY
# of Students Time arrived Time served Time waited

4 2:25p.m 2:37p.m 12 min

3 2:27p.m 2:38p.m 11 min

3 2:29p.m 2:39p.m 10 min

The total amount of time waited 33 mins

Mean 33/10=3.3
 FRIDAY
# of Students Time arrived Time served Time waited

3 2:23p.m 2:40p.m 18 min

4 2:25p.m 2:41p.m 17 min

1 2:29p.m 2:43p.m 15 min

2 2:29p.m 2:44p.m 16 min

The total amount of time waited 66 mins

Mean 66/10 = 6.6

The table below shows the frequency of the average time waited alongside the number of students that
had waited to collect their lunches.

Time Waited ( mins ) Frequency Number of Students

19 4 15

16 5 10

20 1 4

18 3 7

11 1 3

10 1 3

17 1 4

15 1 1

12 1 4
The line graph above shows the average time waited by students each day to be served at the school’s

path line.
The Bar Graph below shows the average time spent waiting by the students to be served at the school’s

path line.
 Analysis of Data

The average time for ten ( 10 ) students to get served on Monday was 7 mins. On Tuesday it took 7.3

mins making it the longest day that students had to wait to get served. On Wednesday it took an

average time of 5.3 mins. On Thursday it took 3.3 minutes, making it the shortest day that students

had to wait to get served and on Friday it took an average time of 6.3 minutes. On the table that shows

the times and how frequently the students had to wait to collect their lunches, 16 minutes is the most

frequent time. Of four ( 4 ) of the five ( 5 ) days at least 10 students collectively had to wait 16 minutes

for their lunches throughout the week. Although 16 minutes was the most frequent time, a total of 15

students throughout the week had to wait for 19 minutes to collect their lunches.
 Discussion of Findings

Based on the data collected the researchers were able to answer their project title, that is “ On what day

of the week does it take the longest for students to collect path lunch at the canteen?” The data

collected shows that the day that students would have taken the longest to collect their lunch was on

Tuesday with an average waiting time of 7.3 minutes. Not only was the data helpful with completing

the main objective of this SBA but the researchers were able to gather additional information. In the

data collected, it can be seen that the shortest day for students to collect their lunches was Thursday

with an average time of 3.3 minutes. Based on a table shown in the presentation of data, 16 minutes

was the most frequent time with a total of 10 students having to wait to collect their lunches, and a

total of 15 students throughout the week had to wait for 19 minutes to collect their lunches.
 Conclusion

It can be concluded that the day that students would have taken the longest to collect their lunch was

on Tuesday with an average waiting time of 7.3 minutes and the shortest day for students to collect

their lunches was Thursday with an average time of 3.3 minutes. Also, 16 minutes was the most

frequent time with a total of 10 students having to wait to collect their lunches, and a total of 15

students throughout the week had to wait for 19 minutes to collect their lunches.