Extend this activity to work

with probability concepts as

well. Before handing out the

fortune cookies, place them in

a takeout box at the front

of the room. Tell students

how many cookies there are,

then ask questions about

pulling one out.

(such as “If there are 3 broken

cookies, and each student gets 2

cookies, what is the probability of

one of your cookies being broken?”)

Name:

Date: Class:

1. Use the “Lucky Numbers” from your fortune cookie.

Record your numbers here.

Find the mean.

Find the median.

Find the range.

2. Use the fortune sentence from your fortune cookie.

Record the number of letters in each word.

Find the mean word length.

Find the median word length.

Find the mode for word length.

Mean, Median, Mode, and Rangewith Fortune Cookies

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Name:

Date: Class:

1. Use the “Lucky Numbers” from your fortune cookie.

Record your numbers here.

Find the mean.

Find the median.

Find the range.

2. Use the fortune sentence from your fortune cookie.

Record the number of letters in each word.

Find the mean word length.

Find the median word length.

Find the mode for word length.

Mean, Median, Mode, and Rangewith Fortune Cookies

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