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Different rules on different stretches A piecewise function uses one rule here and a different rule there. To evaluate it, first find which interval your x lives in, then apply only that piece. The floor function is a staircase The greatest
ATo list each distinct value in a data set alongside how many times it occursBTo show only the largest value in a data setCTo randomly shuffle a list of dataDTo calculate the mean of a data set
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Mathematics · L2 · Data Displays: Dot Plots & Frequency Tables
Pictures instead of numbers A pictograph shows data using pictures, and each picture stands for a number. Imagine your class voted for a favourite fruit: apples 🍎🍎🍎, bananas 🍌🍌, grapes 🍇🍇🍇🍇. If each picture is 1 vote, apples got 3, bananas
Counting without listing How many passwords, seating plans, card hands? Break it into steps and multiply. The fundamental counting principle m ways for the first choice, n for the second, so m × n altogether. Extend it to as many steps as y
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Mathematics · L3 · Permutations, Combinations & Probability
Numbers have two jobs The words, 1st to 10th In a race The runner who is 1st crossed before everyone. The runner who is 4th crossed after three others. Those words describe a SPOT, not a count. Both at once A queue can be described both way