Center, spread and shape of data

Answer Key - Grade 6 Math Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer, or write your answer on the line.

1. 1.

   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?

   4
2. 2.

   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?

   8
3. 3.

   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?

   3
4. 4.

   Luz plotted the heights, in centimeters, of the bean plants in a class garden. One plant chased the sunlight. The smallest value is 7 and the biggest value is 15. What is the range?

   8
5. 5.

   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?

   7
6. 6.

   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?

   8
7. 7.

   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?

   13
8. 8.

   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?

   16
9. 9.

   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?

   8
10. 10.

    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?

    • between 6 and 10
    • between 2 and 4, near the left end
    • between 0 and 2