Center, spread and shape of data
Grade 6 Math Worksheet - Building Confidence

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Ari made a dot plot of the number of letters in the first names of the children in Room 4. What is the smallest value in the data?
Bo made a dot plot of the scores of the students in Room 6 on a 10-word spelling quiz. One word on the quiz was very sneaky. What is the smallest value in the data?
Dot plot of the scores of the students in Room 6 on a 10-word spelling quiz. Number line from 0 to 10, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 5 ●, 6 ●, 7 ●●, 8 ●●●, 9 ●, 10 ●. Dot plot of the scores of the students in Room 6 on a 10-word spelling quiz. Number line from 0 to 10, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 5 ●, 6 ●, 7 ●●, 8 ●●●, 9 ●, 10 ●. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Esme made a dot plot of the number of hours that some children slept last night. A few children dreamed about pizza. What is the smallest value in the data?
Dot plot of the number of hours that some children slept last night. Number line from 0 to 12, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 8 ●, 9 ●●●, 10 ●●, 11 ●. Dot plot of the number of hours that some children slept last night. Number line from 0 to 12, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 8 ●, 9 ●●●, 10 ●●, 11 ●. The number of hours that some children slept last night 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Milo plotted the number of laps that some children ran in gym class. A few runners raced the wind. The smallest value is 4 and the biggest value is 11. What is the range?
Dot plot of the number of laps that some children ran in gym class. Number line from 0 to 12, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 4 ●, 5 ●, 6 ●●, 7 ●●, 9 ●, 11 ●. Dot plot of the number of laps that some children ran in gym class. Number line from 0 to 12, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 4 ●, 5 ●, 6 ●●, 7 ●●, 9 ●, 11 ●. The number of laps that some children ran in gym class 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Noah plotted the number of goals scored by a school team in its games. The goalkeeper danced after every save. The smallest value is 1 and the biggest value is 6. What is the range?
Dot plot of the number of goals scored by a school team in its games. Number line from 0 to 8, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 1 ●, 2 ●●, 3 ●●●, 4 ●, 6 ●. Dot plot of the number of goals scored by a school team in its games. Number line from 0 to 8, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 1 ●, 2 ●●, 3 ●●●, 4 ●, 6 ●. The number of goals scored by a school team in its games 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pia made a dot plot of the number of stickers collected by the children in a reading club. The club has a sticker champion. Which value has the tallest stack of dots?
Dot plot of the number of stickers collected by the children in a reading club. Number line from 0 to 18, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 7 ●, 8 ●●●, 9 ●●, 10 ●, 11 ●, 17 ●. Dot plot of the number of stickers collected by the children in a reading club. Number line from 0 to 18, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 7 ●, 8 ●●●, 9 ●●, 10 ●, 11 ●, 17 ●. The number of stickers collected by the children in a reading club 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Tala made a dot plot of the number of jumping jacks that some children did in 30 seconds. One child stopped to tie a shoe. Which value has the tallest stack of dots?
Dot plot of the number of jumping jacks that some children did in 30 seconds. Number line from 0 to 20, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 3 ●, 14 ●, 15 ●●, 16 ●●●●, 17 ●, 18 ●. Dot plot of the number of jumping jacks that some children did in 30 seconds. Number line from 0 to 20, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 3 ●, 14 ●, 15 ●●, 16 ●●●●, 17 ●, 18 ●. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Kira plotted the number of turns that some children took on the swing. The swings were very popular. A gap is an empty space between dots. Between which two values is the biggest gap?
Dot plot of the number of turns that some children took on the swing. Number line from 0 to 12, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 2 ●, 4 ●●, 5 ●●, 6 ●, 10 ●●, 11 ●. Dot plot of the number of turns that some children took on the swing. Number line from 0 to 12, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 2 ●, 4 ●●, 5 ●●, 6 ●, 10 ●●, 11 ●. The number of turns that some children took on the swing 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 - between 6 and 10
- between 0 and 2
- between 2 and 4, near the left end
Luz plotted the number of bottle caps in some collections. Some collections jingled in the box. A gap is an empty space between dots. Between which two values is the biggest gap?
Dot plot of the number of bottle caps in some collections. Number line from 0 to 14, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 2 ●, 3 ●●, 4 ●, 8 ●, 9 ●●, 10 ●, 12 ●. Dot plot of the number of bottle caps in some collections. Number line from 0 to 14, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 2 ●, 3 ●●, 4 ●, 8 ●, 9 ●●, 10 ●, 12 ●. The number of bottle caps in some collections 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 - between 10 and 12
- between 4 and 8
- between 0 and 2
Milo plotted the number of hikes that some families took this summer. Some trails were very muddy. A gap is an empty space between dots. Between which two values is the biggest gap?
Dot plot of the number of hikes that some families took this summer. Number line from 0 to 16, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 5 ●, 7 ●●, 8 ●●, 9 ●, 13 ●, 14 ●●. Dot plot of the number of hikes that some families took this summer. Number line from 0 to 16, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 5 ●, 7 ●●, 8 ●●, 9 ●, 13 ●, 14 ●●. The number of hikes that some families took this summer 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 - between 5 and 7, near the left end
- between 9 and 13
- between 0 and 5