Resource Sheet 5 Who is Correct? Carrie and Edmund were asked to look at the table in the right hand column of men’s Long Jump Results Men’s long jump scores from the 2012 Summer Olympics. → 2012 Olympics, London Their teacher asked them to find two Rutherford 8.31 numbers in the table that differ by two tenths. Watt 8.16 Carrie says that two possible Claye 8.12 answers are 8.11 and 8.31. Torneus 8.11 Edmund disagrees with Carrie. He says that two possible answers are Bayer 8.10 8.10 and 8.12. Tomlinson 8.07 Da Silva 8.01 Who is correct? Explain how you know. Mokoena 7.93 Frayne 7.85 Goodwin 7.80 Menkov 7.78 Are there any other possible numbers in the Smith 7.70 table that differ by two tenths?
Resource Sheet 5 Who is Correct? Men’s Long Jump Results 2012 Olympics, London Rutherford 8.31 Watt 8.16 Claye 8.12 Torneus 8.11 Bayer 8.10 Tomlinson 8.07 Da Silva 8.01 Mokoena 7.93 Frayne 7.85 Goodwin 7.80 Menkov 7.78 Smith 7.70 Carrie and Edmund were asked to look at the table in the right hand column of men’s long jump scores from the 2012 Summer Olympics. → Their teacher asked them to find two numbers in the table that differ by two tenths. Carrie says that two possible answers are 8.11 and 8.31. Edmund disagrees with Carrie. He says that two possible answers are 8.10 and 8.12. Who is correct? Explain how you know. Are there any other possible numbers in the table that differ by two tenths?
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