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Nctm: Figure This: Do Women Live Longer Than Men? ActivityNctm: Figure This: Do Women Live Longer Than Men? Activity
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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3rd - 8th
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Nctm: Figure This: Do Women Live Longer Than Men?

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Use this site to figure out if women really do live longer than men. A math challenge taken from today's health journals that explores data collection, data analysis, patterns, and graphing skills. Learn how mastering these skills can be useful in real life situations in this one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series.

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Concepts

data analysis, estimating differences, estimation, life expectancy, subtraction

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analyzing data, analyzing patterns, analyzing trends, comparing data, data collection and evaluation, describe patterns, displaying data, evaluating data, graphing activities, health, identifying a pattern, interpreting data, math concept, observations, organizing data, real world applications, trends, figure this, nctm, chart, difference, problem solving

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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