Estimating in sport

This task is about using a way of estimating that you have discussed with your teacher.

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a)  Emani wrote down her team's scores from 8 games of netball.
     Here are her results:  42   45   35   37   46   33   49   34
An estimate of about how many goals were scored altogether is . 
Show how you made your estimate in this box.

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Have a group discussion with your teacher on your ways of estimating for this problem.
Make and explain estimates for each of these problems.

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b)  Jamal wrote down the scores from 7 innings of 50-over cricket.
      Here are his results: 172     216     187     192     231     207     178
The number of runs scored is about . 
Show how you made your estimate in this box.

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c)  At 6 games of rugby at The Stadium, the crowd sizes were as follows: 
     33 182     29 943     27 284     29 423     32 127     34 119
The total attendance was about . 
Show how you made your estimate in this box.