UNIT PENGUINS SCORING 3 QUESTION INTENT:
Description: Understand a given situation and choose an appropriate
mathematical model
Mathematical content area: Change and relationships
Context: Scientific
Process: Formulate
Full Credit Code 1: B.
P = 10 000 x (1.5 x 0.8)
7
No Credit Code 0: Other responses.
Code 9: Missing.
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Question 4: PENGUINS PM921Q04 After he gets home from his trip, Jean Baptiste has a look on the Internet to see how
many chicks a penguin couple raise on average.
He finds the following bar chart for the three penguin types Gentoo, Rockhopper and
Magellanic.
Annual number of penguin chicks raised per penguin couple A v e ra g e n u m b e r o f c h ic k s r ai sed p e r p e n g u in c o u p le 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Year 0
0.8
0.2
0.4
0.6
1.0
1.2
Gentoo
Rockhopper
Magellanic
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Based on the chart above, are the following statements about these three penguin
types true or false?
Circle “True” or “False” for each statement.
