| Alice | Dora | Emma | Grace | Louise | Mary | Nell | Rebecca | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 91 | 87 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 76 | 73 |
| Language | 88 | 78 | 82 | 79 | 73 | 78 | 73 | 75 |
| Arithmetic | 89 | 85 | 79 | 75 | 84 | 87 | 89 | 80 |
| Spelling | 90 | 79 | 75 | 80 | 82 | 91 | 68 | 81 |
| Geography | 91 | 87 | 83 | 75 | 78 | 85 | 73 | 79 |
| Writing | 90 | 88 | 75 | 72 | 93 | 92 | 95 | 78 |
3. Which girl had the highest average?
4. How much higher was her average than the next highest?
5. How much difference was there between the highest and the lowest girl?
6. Was Emma's average higher or lower than Louise's? How much?
7. How much difference was there between Alice's average and Dora's?
8. How much difference was there between Mary's average and Nell's?
9. Write five other problems about these averages, and solve each of them.
Samples of Undesirable Applications of Arithmetic[1]
Will has XXI marbles, XII jackstones, XXXVI pieces of string. How many things had he?