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Lift Off
Compare real data about the capacity of passenger lifts in the UK and EU
Publisher: Texas Instruments UK
Editor: Barrie Galpin
Topic: Mathematics
Tags Data , Box plots , Averages , Regression
A passenger lift will typically carry a sign indicating its carrying capacity in kilograms and the number of people it can accommodate. This activity allows students to compare these data collected from a selection of passenger lifts in the UK and Europe. Students can interrogate the data in various ways to see if:
- the relationship between number of people and mass in kg is consistent;
- there is any difference between lifts in UK and other EU countries.
The tns file includes instructions and there are 3 pages of teacher notes.