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Problem of the Week
Problem A
Comparing Communications

Several students compared how many emails they had sent during the previous week.

Number of Emails Sent Number of Students
\(0\) \(12\)
\(1\) \(19\)
\(2\) \(11\)
\(3\) \(8\)
\(4\) \(14\)
\(5\) \(2\)
\(6\) \(15\)
  1. How many students sent fewer than \(2\) emails?

  2. How many students sent more than \(4\) emails?

  3. Separate the students into two groups so that all the students in one group sent more emails than all the students in the other group, and the number of students in each group are as close as possible.

Themes: Data Management, Number Sense