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 Jun made a dot plot of the number of minutes it takes some children to walk to school. One walker stopped to say hi to every dog. What is the smallest value in the data?
Dot plot of the number of minutes it takes some children to walk to school. Number line from 0 to 12, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 3 ●, 5 ●●, 6 ●●●, 8 ●, 12 ●. Dot plot of the number of minutes it takes some children to walk to school. Number line from 0 to 12, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 3 ●, 5 ●●, 6 ●●●, 8 ●, 12 ●. The number of minutes it takes some children to walk to school 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Kira plotted the number of glasses of water that some children drank yesterday. One bottle got refilled all day. The smallest value is 3 and the biggest value is 8. What is the range?
Dot plot of the number of glasses of water that some children drank yesterday. Number line from 0 to 10, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 3 ●, 4 ●●, 5 ●●●, 6 ●, 8 ●. Dot plot of the number of glasses of water that some children drank yesterday. Number line from 0 to 10, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 3 ●, 4 ●●, 5 ●●●, 6 ●, 8 ●. The number of glasses of water that some children drank yesterday 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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 Ren made a dot plot of the scores of some students on a quiz worth twenty points. One student almost aced the quiz. Which value has the tallest stack of dots?
Dot plot of the scores of some students on a quiz worth twenty points. Number line from 0 to 20, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 11 ●, 12 ●●, 13 ●●●●, 14 ●, 15 ●, 19 ●. Dot plot of the scores of some students on a quiz worth twenty points. Number line from 0 to 20, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 11 ●, 12 ●●, 13 ●●●●, 14 ●, 15 ●, 19 ●. The scores of some students on a quiz worth twenty points 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 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 Zee made a dot plot of the number of shells that some children found at the beach. One child found a giant pile. Which value has the tallest stack of dots?
Dot plot of the number of shells that some children found at the beach. Number line from 0 to 18, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 6 ●, 7 ●●, 8 ●●●, 9 ●●, 10 ●, 16 ●. Dot plot of the number of shells that some children found at the beach. Number line from 0 to 18, a tick at every whole number. Dots, left to right: 6 ●, 7 ●●, 8 ●●●, 9 ●●, 10 ●, 16 ●. The number of shells that some children found at the beach 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 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 0 and 2
- between 4 and 8
- between 10 and 12
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 0 and 5
- between 9 and 13