What is accuracy?

Accuracy is how close your answer is to the real thing.

Imagine you're playing a game where you guess how many jelly beans are in a jar. If you say there are 50 jelly beans, but there are really 50, then you're super accurate! But if you say 100, and it's only 50, you’re not so accurate anymore.

Think of a thermostat, the thing that tells your heater or air conditioner to turn on. If it says it’s 72 degrees in the room, but it’s really 72 degrees, that’s accurate. But if it shows 72, and it's actually 68, then it’s not as accurate.

Or think of a scale, when you step on it to see how much you weigh. If the scale says 30 pounds, and that’s really your weight, it's accurate. But if it shows 30, but you actually weigh 25, then it’s not as accurate.

So accuracy is like being right on the money, not too high, not too low, just spot on!