Length: Converting Inches to Yards, Feet to Miles, and Miles to Inches
This clip presents a variety of unit conversion problems which the student is first asked to write in equation form. The student is then instructed to write out fractions using the appropriate equivalence in each case. A..
Length: Converting Meters to Feet and Kilometers to Miles
This clip presents practical problems in which meters must be converted to feet, and kilometers must be converted to miles. In the first problem, the student must determine how many feet of telephone cord are on a 100-me..
Length: Converting Units of Length Within the U.S. Customary System
This clip presents the basic units of length in the U.S. Customary System, as well as the equivalences for these units. The clip also includes a practical problem involving chain-link fencing that can be solved using the..
Length: Practical Problem Involving Electrical Wire, A
This clip presents a practical problem involving the conversion of yards to meters. The student is asked to figure out how much electrical wire is left on a spool of 400 yards after an electrician uses 20 meters of wire..
Length: Practical Problems: Converting Between the U.S. Customary and Metric Systems
This clip presents three practical problems based on converting between the U.S. Customary and Metric Systems. In the first two problems, an equivalence is used to write a transition factor, which is the only factor need..
Length: Review of Unit Equivalences and Conversion Techniques
This clip reviews how to solve metric conversion problems with the unit cancellation method.
Length: Shortcut For Converting Metric Units, A
This clip explains that, instead of using a unit conversion factor to solve a problem, the student can use the decimal method, which the clip calls "a shortcut." "When we convert from metric to U.S. units," the clip note..
Length: Units of Length in the Metric System
This clip lists some of the things metric units are used to measure, as well as the closest equivalent units in the U.S. Customary System.
Mean, Median and Mode: Determining Which Statistic is the Best Measure of a Data Set
This clip examines how the mean, median and mode can each tell a different story about the same set of data. As an example, the clip looks at the number of newspapers sold at a convenience store on seven consecutive days..
Mean, Median and Mode: Effects of Outliers on Mean
This clip defines and offers examples of outliers and explains the impact they can have on the mean. "The median can be a better statistic to use when the data set includes outliers," the clip explains.