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6th grade Dot plots and histograms worksheet

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Dot plots and histograms

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A sixth-grade class wrote down the hours each student slept last night, and Kira made a dot plot (a few yawns were spotted). How many students are in the data set?
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Dot plot
Shoe sizes. Number line from 3 to 9, a tick at every 1. Each dot is one student. Dots above each tick: 3: ●; 4: ● ●; 5: ● ● ● ● ●; 6: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●; 7: ● ● ● ● ● ●; 8: ● ● ●; 9: ●.
A class recorded its shoe sizes, and Milo made a dot plot (one sneaker had sparkly laces). Which shoe size is the most common?
Students measured leaves to the nearest centimeter, and Noah plotted the lengths (no leaf asked to be measured). Which length in centimeters is the most common?
Students timed how long they take to walk to school, and Pia made a histogram. How many students are in the data set?
Students counted the pages they read last week, and Ren drew the histogram. How many students are in the data set?
Students in another class wrote down the hours they slept last night, and Tala made the dot plot. How many students slept 9 hours or more?
A third class counted its hours of sleep, and Ari made the dot plot. How many students slept less than 9 hours?
Each dot is one student. Students counted the pages they read each night, and Bo made a dot plot. How many students read fewer than 15 pages?
Twelve students timed their homework, and Esme grouped the times in a histogram with bars 10 minutes wide. How tall is the bar for 20 up to 30?
Twelve bean plants were measured in centimeters, and Jun sorted them into bars 10 centimeters wide. How tall is the bar for 10 up to 20?

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About this worksheet

Dot plots and histograms. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can read a dot plot: count the dots to find how many, and find the most common value.
I can read a histogram: each bar's height says how many values are in that group, and I add the bars to count all the values.
I can sort a list of values into the bars of a histogram, and I know which bar a value on the edge belongs in.

Standard: 6.SP.B.4, 6.SP.B.5a, 6.SP.B.5b

Words to know

dot plot: A number line with one dot for every value. Equal values stack up.

stack: All the dots above one number.

histogram: Bars that show how many values fall in each group of numbers.

bar: One group in a histogram. Its height is how many values are in it.

edge: The number where one bar ends and the next bar starts.

data set: All the values we collected.

Common mistakes

Your child used the height of one stack or bar as the answer.

Your child counted the stacks or bars instead of the dots.

Your child left out the values that sit exactly on the edge of a group.

What to say

Ask: what does one dot stand for, and how many dots are there in all?

Ask: if each dot is one person, how many people are in that stack?

Ask: which group does a value of exactly 20 belong in? Then count again, including it.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with dot plots and histograms?

Your child used the height of one stack or bar as the answer.

How can I help my child with dot plots and histograms?

Ask: what does one dot stand for, and how many dots are there in all?

Are these 6th grade math worksheets free to print?

Yes. All 6 printable versions at each level are free to print, with the answer key, and no account is needed.

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