

Describing Data Using Dot Plots
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Mathematics
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6th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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6 Slides • 8 Questions
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By Jason Guion-Brooks
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Dot Plot
Organizes and displays data along a number line
each dot stands for a piece of data
Subject | Subject
Some text here about the topic of discussion
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number of times the data occurs in the set
shown by the number of dots above the value on the number line
Subject | Subject
Some text here about the topic of discussion
Frequency
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Cluster
set of closely grouped data
Subject | Subject
Some text here about the topic of discussion
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Gap
where no data values occur
Subject | Subject
Some text here about the topic of discussion
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Multiple Choice
The height of sunflowers, in inches, in Brittany's garden are shown below.
65, 66, 64, 63, 64, 62, 65, 63, 64, 66
Brittany displayed the data in a dot plot. Which of the dot plots correctly displays Brittany's data?
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Multiple Choice
The height of sunflowers, in inches, in Brittany's garden are shown below.
65, 66, 64, 63, 64, 62, 65, 63, 64, 66
Brittany displayed the data in a dot plot. Which of the dot plots correctly displays Brittany's data?
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Multiple Choice
The head of the school cafeteria gathered information about the popularity of school lunches. She recorded the number of times that each week a student in a class brought their lunch instead of buying school lunch.
Which of the following statements about the data is true?
The mean is 3.
The mode is 0.
The median is 3.5.
There is a gap in the data.
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Multiple Choice
The dot plot shows the number of minutes it took for some of the 6th graders to climb the rope in gym class.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
The mean of the data is 7.25 minutes.
The median is 8 minutes.
The mode is 7 minutes.
There are gaps in the data between 2 and 5, and 5 and 7.
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Multiple Choice
The dot plot shows the typical sizes for birds Daniel saw on his bird watching trip.
True or false: Daniel did not see any 8-inch birds.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
The dot plot shows the typical sizes for birds Daniel saw on his bird watching trip.
True or false: The mode for the data is 7.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
The dot plot shows the typical sizes for birds Daniel saw on his bird watching trip.
True or false: The mean for the data is 7.
True
False
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Open Ended
Students interviewed the musicians in a youth orchestra. They asked the musicians how many years they have taken music lessons.
What is the mean number of years of music lessons?
By Jason Guion-Brooks
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