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Using lines of best fit
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'Using lines of best fit' for 7th grade

Scatter graphs: use line of best fit to predict values

Scatter graphs use points to represent values that correlate the relationship between two variables. The scatter graph will indicate the degree to which the two variables are linked or related. If the variables are linked, you will be able to draw a line of best fit. The more strongly two variables are correlated, the more closely the points will follow the line of best fit.

One of the benefits of being able to draw a line of best fit is that it enables you to predict values for one of the variables that you don't have a data point for. To do so, you must first locate the independent variable on the x-axis. Draw an imaginary vertical line from that value up to the line of best fit. To get the y-axis value, draw an imaginary horizontal line from the line of best fit to the y-axis to read off the value.

It should be stressed that these predicted values will always be approximations, just as the line of best fit is usually an approximation relative to the actual data which tends to contain more variability in it than can be accommodated by a line of best fit.

In this topic you are asked to use the provided line of best fit to predict values for the dependent variable (on the y-axis) given a value for the independent variable (on the x-axis).

With these interactive math lessons you will be learning "Using lines of best fit" from
7th grade / Statistics / Two variables in 3 easy steps. The math in our lessons consists of 6 questions that ask you to in each instance use the given line of best fit to predict approximate values.

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Using the line of best fit, the number of sales predicted for a temperature of 16°C is approximately 500
500
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Using the line of best fit, the value predicted for a 1 year old vehicle is approximately 16,000
16,000
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Using the line of best fit, the car price predicted for a salary of 25,000 is approximately 12,000
12,000
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Using the line of best fit, the amount of rainfall predicted for the month of March is approximately 30 mm per week
30 mm per week
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Using the line of best fit, the number of sales predicted for a temperature of 11°C is approximately 100
100
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Using the line of best fit, the amount of rainfall predicted for the month of February is approximately 35 mm per week
35 mm per week

There are 3 easy math lesson activities in this "Using lines of best fit" tutorial. These activities progress step by step to help you the learner gradually master this math topic. The activities are based on "3 stage questioning", a method of learning that quickly and easily builds your confidence as you work through the short series of lessons that strengthen your knowledge of the math that you want to learn.

When you have completed the tutorial for a topic, you should try some of our games before finally doing the test for your chosen topic. See the Help box below for detailed instructions on how to use the lesson activities to help you learn your math more easily.

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'Using lines of best fit' for 7th grade

Introduction to the math topic

You start the tutorial with a lesson that introduces the math you will be learning. You will see a set of questions one at a time, and for each question you will see the written answer and also hear the answer to that question.

Repeat the question/answer by clicking on the brown speaker sign. Repeat the question/answer and expand the question graphic by clicking on the question box. Move between questions using the arrow buttons below the question. If there is additional information available for your chosen topic, the "i" button on the left upright bar will be brown on white. Click on the button to load the additional lesson information into the main interface.


Either / Or math lesson

This lesson moves on from the "Introduction" lesson and offers you two possible answers to each question. So, you will see a question then a voice will ask "Is this ... or is it ..." and you will have to choose which of the answers is the one that matches the question.

You choose an answer by clicking or tapping on one of the two answer boxes below the question. You can play the audio for each answer again by clicking on the speaker icon beside the written answer (if robot speech is available and enabled). The program will let you know each time whether you answered correctly. A star will light up red for a wrong answer or white/black for a correct answer.

This lesson asks you the questions in a random order compared to the introduction. At the end of the lesson, you can choose whether to repeat the lesson or move on to the next one.


What is it? math lesson

The final lesson of the tutorial shows you multiple possible answers for each question - you must choose the correct one. You are asked a question and below it are a list of two, three, or four possible written/numeric answers from this topic. Pressing the speaker icon will play the math audio for that answer.

For each picture, click on the answer that matches the question. The program will tell you whether you are right or not. As with the Either / Or activity a system of stars indicate your right and wrong answers. The What is it? lesson will show you all the questions you learned in the Introduction but in a random order.


When you complete the "What is it?" lesson, you can choose whether to go on to play some games with this topic, or whether you want to repeat some or all of the lesson activities in this tutorial. You should expect to get 80% of the answers correct in most of the activities before trying some of the Math games with this topic.

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