Dot Plots Lesson

Draw

Mai played 10 basketball games. She recorded the number of points she scored and made a dot plot. Mai said that she scored between 8 and 14 points in most of the 10 games, but one game was exceptional. During that game she scored more than double her typical score of 9 points. Use the number line to make a dot plot that fits the description Mai gave.

Open Ended

A movie theater is showing three different movies. The dot plots represent the ages of the people who were at the Saturday afternoon showing of each of these movies. One of these movies was an animated movie rated G for general audiences. Do you think it was movie A, B, or C? Explain your reasoning.

Multiple Choice

A movie theater is showing three different movies. The dot plots represent the ages of the people who were at the Saturday afternoon showing of each of these movies. Which movie has a distribution with a center around 30 years?

• Movie A

• Movie B

• Movie C

Multiple Choice

A movie theater is showing three different movies. The dot plots represent the ages of the people who were at the Saturday afternoon showing of each of these movies. What is a typical age for the people who were at Movie A?

• 25
• 30
• 55
• 40