Read And Interpret Dot Plots Problems

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#1 of 7: Mild

Read and interpret dot plots

<p>The dot plot represents the number of children in different households.</p><DotPlot data-props='{ "title": "" , "xlabel": "Number of Children per Household", "ylabel": "", "minScaleValue": 0, "maxScaleValue": 12, "interval": 1, "hashMarksBetweenInterval": 0, "plotItems": [ { "value": 0, "freq": 1 }, { "value": 1, "freq": 0 }, { "value": 2, "freq": 3 }, { "value": 3, "freq": 6 }, { "value": 4, "freq": 0 }, { "value": 5, "freq": 2 }, { "value": 6, "freq": 2 }, { "value": 7, "freq": 1 }, { "value": 8, "freq": 0 }, { "value": 9, "freq": 0 }, { "value": 10, "freq": 0 }, { "value": 11, "freq": 1 } ,{ "value": 12, "freq": 0 } ]}'></DotPlot><selectivedisplay data-props='{"show_in_create":true, "show_in_problem_qa": true}'> <ul> <li>How many households have `3` children?</li> </ul></selectivedisplay><p>Which data set represents the points shown in the dot plot?</p> <ul> <li>`0`, `2`, `3`, `5`, `6`, `7`, `11`</li> <li> `0`, `2`, `2`, `2`, `3`, `3`, `3`, `3`, `3`, `3`, `5`,`5`, `6`, `6`, `7`, `11` </li> <li>`1`, `3`, `6`, `2`, `2`, `1`, `1`</li></ul></selectivedisplay>

#2 of 7: Medium

Read and interpret dot plots

<p>Students in Mr. Griffin’s PE class recorded their resting heart rates before running a mile.</p><DotPlot data-props='{ "title": "","xlabel": "Resting Heart Rates", "ylabel": "", "minScaleValue": 79, "maxScaleValue": 85, "interval": 1, "hashMarksBetweenInterval": 0, "plotItems": [ { "value": 79, "freq": 2, "highlightFreq": false, "highlightValue": false }, { "value": 80, "freq": 4, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 81, "freq": 1, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 82, "freq": 3, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 83, "freq": 4, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 84, "freq": 1, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 85, "freq": 2, "highlightFreq": false } ]}'></DotPlot><selectivedisplay data-props='{"show_in_create":true, "show_in_problem_qa": true}'> <ul> <li>How many students had a heart rate that was more than `81` but less than `84`?</li> <li>How many students had a heart rate of exactly `80`?</li></ul> <p>Which data set represents the points shown in the dot plot?</p> <ul> <li>`79`, `79`, `80`, `80`, `80`, `80`, `81`, `82`, `82`, `82`, `83`, `83`, `83`, `83`, `85`, `85`</li> <li> `79`, `80`, `81`, `82`, `83`, `85`</li> <li>`2`, `4`, `1`, `3`, `4`, `2`</li></ul></selectivedisplay>

#3 of 7: Medium

Read and interpret dot plots

<p>Students in the art club made greeting cards to raise money for a field trip to a local art museum.</p><DotPlot data-props='{ "title": "","xlabel": "Number of Greeting Cards Made by Students", "ylabel": "", "minScaleValue": 4, "maxScaleValue": 10, "interval": 2, "hashMarksBetweenInterval": 1, "plotItems": [ { "value": 4, "freq": 2, "highlightFreq": false, "highlightValue": false }, { "value": 5, "freq": 1, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 6, "freq": 5, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 7, "freq": 4, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 8, "freq": 7, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 9, "freq": 3, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 10, "freq": 2, "highlightFreq": false } ]}'></DotPlot><selectivedisplay data-props='{"show_in_create":true, "show_in_problem_qa": true}'> <ul> <li>What was the greatest number of cards made? </li> <li>How many students made fewer than `2` cards?</li> <li>How many students made more than `4` cards?</li></ul></selectivedisplay>

#4 of 7: Medium

Read and interpret dot plots

<p>The dot plot represents the number of movies different friends watched during winter break.</p><DotPlot data-props='{ "title": "","xlabel": "Number of Movies Watched During Winter Break", "ylabel": "", "minScaleValue": 5, "maxScaleValue": 11, "interval": 1, "hashMarksBetweenInterval": 0, "plotItems": [ { "value": 5, "freq": 1, "highlightFreq": false, "highlightValue": false }, { "value": 6, "freq": 1, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 7, "freq": 3, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 8, "freq": 3, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 9, "freq": 2, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 10, "freq": 0, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 11, "freq": 0, "highlightFreq": false } ]}'></DotPlot><selectivedisplay data-props='{"show_in_create":true, "show_in_problem_qa": true}'> <ul> <li>How many friends are represented in the plot? </li> <li>What is the fewest number of movies watched?</li> <li>How many friends watched more than `7` movies?</li></ul></selectivedisplay>

#5 of 7: Spicy

Read and interpret dot plots

<p>A geography teacher recorded the number of states her students could correctly name in three minutes.</p><DotPlot data-props='{ "title": "","xlabel": "Number of States Named", "ylabel": "", "minScaleValue": 25, "maxScaleValue": 35, "interval": 2, "hashMarksBetweenInterval": 1, "plotItems": [ { "value": 25, "freq": 2 }, { "value": 26, "freq": 3 }, { "value": 28, "freq": 1 }, { "value": 29, "freq": 6 }, { "value": 30, "freq": 5 }, { "value": 32, "freq": 2 }, { "value": 33, "freq": 3 }, { "value": 35, "freq": 1 } ]}'></DotPlot><selectivedisplay data-props='{"show_in_create":true, "show_in_problem_qa": true}'> <ul> <li>How many students named exactly `27` states?</li> <li>How many students named fewer than `30` states?</li> <li>How many students named more than `27` states but fewer than `32` states?</li></ul></selectivedisplay>

#6 of 7: Spicy

Read and interpret dot plots

<p>Mrs. Byrd plotted her students' quiz scores on their most recent history quiz.</p> <DotPlot data-props='{"title": "", "xlabel": "Student Quiz Scores", "ylabel": "", "minScaleValue": 60, "maxScaleValue": 100, "interval": 5, "hashMarksBetweenInterval": 0, "plotItems": [ { "value": 60, "freq": 2, "highlightFreq": false, "highlightValue": false }, { "value": 65, "freq": 4, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 70, "freq": 0, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 75, "freq": 2, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 80, "freq": 4, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 85, "freq": 1, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 90, "freq": 5, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 95, "freq": 0, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 100, "freq": 3, "highlightFreq": false } ] }'></DotPlot><selectivedisplay data-props='{"show_in_create":true, "show_in_problem_qa": true}'> <ul> <li>How many students had a score of `75` or less?</li> <li>How many students had a score of exactly `90`?</li> <li>How many students had a score of more than `70` but less than `90`?</li> <li>What was the highest score?</li></ul></selectivedisplay>

#7 of 7: Spicy

Read and interpret dot plots

<p>Students in a health class collected data about the average amount of time that they spend brushing their teeth.</p><DotPlot data-props='{ "title": "","xlabel": "Time Spent Brushing Teeth", "ylabel": "", "minScaleValue": 0, "maxScaleValue": 4.5, "interval": 0.5, "hashMarksBetweenInterval": 0, "plotItems": [ { "value": 0, "freq": 0, "highlightFreq": false, "highlightValue": false }, { "value": 0.5, "freq": 3, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 1, "freq": 0, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 1.5, "freq": 2, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 2, "freq": 0, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 2.5, "freq": 1, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 3, "freq": 0, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 3.5, "freq": 2, "highlightFreq": false }, { "value": 4, "freq": 1, "highlightFreq": false },{ "value": 4.5, "freq": 0, "highlightFreq": false } ]}'></DotPlot><selectivedisplay data-props='{"show_in_create":true, "show_in_problem_qa": true}'> <ul> <li>How many students spent exactly `2` minutes brushing their teeth?</li> <li>How many students take more than `1.5` minutes but less than `4` minutes?</li> <li>How many students take `4` minutes or more?</li> <li>What was the least amount of time students spent brushing their teeth?</li></ul></selectivedisplay>

In 6th Grade, students learn about basic statistics and dot plots. Teachers can assign “Read and interpret dot plots practice problems” to the students to enhance their analytical skills and reinforce their understanding of dot plots. This practice is a set of problems where a dot plot is given and students are asked some questions related to...

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Grade 6
Statistics
6.SP.B.4

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