🔎 What does it mean?

The answers, and why

1. Ramp height and toy cars, made-up means (cm): 1 book high: 6, 2 books high: 11, 3 books high: 16. Which conclusion do the numbers support? As how high the ramp is went up, how far the car rolls went up. Yes: the means go up from 6 to 16. A conclusion says what the numbers show.

2. Rubber band stretch, made-up means (cm): 10 pennies: 28, 20 pennies: 23, 30 pennies: 18. Which conclusion do the numbers support? As how many pennies hang on the band went up, how far the rubber band stretches went down. Yes: the means go down from 28 to 18. A conclusion says what the numbers show.

3. Catapult arm length, made-up means (cm): 0 cm: 31, 3 cm: 26, 6 cm: 21. Which conclusion do the numbers support? As how long the catapult's throwing arm is went up, how far the paper ball flies went down. Yes: the means go down from 31 to 21. A conclusion says what the numbers show.

4. Floating an egg in salt water, made-up means (cm): 0 tablespoons: 19, 2 tablespoons: 24, 4 tablespoons: 29. Which conclusion do the numbers support? As how much salt is in the water went up, how high the top of the egg sits in the glass went up. Yes: the means go up from 19 to 29. A conclusion says what the numbers show.

5. Water temperature and spreading colour, made-up means (seconds): Cold from the fridge: 31, Room temperature: 26, Hot, poured by a grown-up: 21. Which conclusion do the numbers support? As how warm the water is went up, how long one drop of colour takes to spread through the whole cup went down. Yes: the means go down from 31 to 21. A conclusion says what the numbers show.

6. Seed depth and sprouting, made-up means (days): 1 cm deep: 20, 3 cm deep: 15, 6 cm deep: 10. Which conclusion do the numbers support? As how deep the bean is planted went up, how many days until the shoot pokes out of the soil went down. Yes: the means go down from 20 to 10. A conclusion says what the numbers show.

7. Ball temperature and bounce, made-up means (cm): Cold (from the fridge): 8, Room: 13, Warm (from warm water): 18. Which conclusion do the numbers support? As how warm the ball is went up, how high the ball bounces went up. Yes: the means go up from 8 to 18. A conclusion says what the numbers show.

8. Paper spinner blade length, made-up means (seconds): 4 cm: 19, 6 cm: 24, 8 cm: 29. Which conclusion do the numbers support? As how long the spinner's blades are went up, how long the spinner takes to fall went up. Yes: the means go up from 19 to 29. A conclusion says what the numbers show.