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Recommended for: Grades 4-8

Resource: Average Practice Time

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Length: 4m 29s
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In this video segment from TV 411, world champion figure skaters, Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner, are interviewed. They demonstrate some of their routines and talk about their practice schedule. Then they help a fan figure out the average number of hours they practice each day.

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Frame: The word average is used a lot in math as well as in everyday life. You may hear news reporters talk about the average number of cars sold in a month or the average price of gas. You may also hear about a baseball player’s batting average. What do you think the word average means in these examples?

Focus: During this segment, get a piece of paper and a pencil and record Tai and Randy’s practice schedule, noting the number of hours per day that they practice. Then follow the steps demonstrated in the video to figure out the average number of hours per day that they practice.