Objective

Estimate population percentages

on a normal distribution using the
mean and standard deviation.
Histogram
Another Histogram
Normal Distribution and
Standard Deviation
 How will the shape of the
normal distribution change as
the standard deviation gets
bigger?
Let’s look at the 2010 SAT
scores again.
Mean = 1509
St.Dev. = 312
 The average height of adult
males is 70 inches (5’10”) with a
standard deviation of 4 inches.
The average score on a test
was 78 and there was a
standard deviation of 4.

Write three questions that can

be answered with the normal
curve.
 Exit Ticket
The average GPA in an Algebra 2 class is
2.45 with a standard deviation of 0.4. 95%
of students lie within what GPAs?