Questions

1. Sal counted the number of songs on each album in his collection. He then created both a dot plot and a box plot to display the same data (both diagrams are shown below).

Which display makes it easier to see that the median is 10 songs?

Choose 1 answer:

(A) The dot plot

(B) The box plot

Which display allows us to see that the mode is 10 songs?

Choose 1 answer:

(A) The dot plot

(B) The box plot


2. Leonard measured the mass of each pumpkin in his patch to the nearest tenth of a kilogram. He then created both a histogram and a box plot to display the same data (both diagrams are shown below).

Which display can be used to find how many pumpkins had masses below 6.0 kilograms?

Choose 1 answer:

(A) The histogram

(B) The box plot

Which display can be used to find that the median mass was 8 kilograms?

Choose 1 answer:

(A) The histogram

(B) The box plot


3. Leo owns a hostel and counted the number of guests staying in each room. He then created both a histogram and a dot plot to display the same data (both diagrams are shown below).

Which display can be used to find the maximum number of guests in a room?

Choose 1 answer:

(A) The histogram

(B) The dot plot

Which display makes it clear that there were no rooms with 1 guest?

Choose 1 answer:

(A) The histogram

(B) The dot plot



4. Tia measured the daily high temperature in Kats, Colorado for each of the 30 days in April. She then created both a dot plot and a box plot to display the same data (both diagrams are shown below).

Which display makes it easier to see that the third quartile is \(14^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\)?

Choose 1 answer:

(A) The dot plot

(B) The box plot

Which display can be used to find how many days had a high temperature below \(8^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\)?

Choose 1 answer:

(A) The dot plot

(B) The box plot



Source: Khan Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/cc-6th-data-statistics/cc-7th-compare-data-displays/e/comparing-data-displays
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