Creating a Dot Number Line of Data

Dot Plots

A Dot plot is a way to display data along a number line, where each dot represents one number in a set of numbers

Multiple Choice

How many people visited different states?

• 3

• 7

• 6

• 8

Multiple Choice

Why is the title important?

• so the information makes sense

• provides an overview of the information it contains

• gives the readers an indication of the data they will be looking at.

• All of them

The table shows the average lifespans of eight animals.

Let's look at the scale. Why do you think it doesn't start at zero?

Multiple Choice

What is the most common lifespan of the animals?

• 7

• 1

• 10

• 18

What is the shortest lifespan shown?

How do you know?

Multiple Choice

What is the greatest lifespan shown?

• 3

• 18

• 20

• 6

Outlier

An outlier is any number in the data set that is very different from the rest of the numbers.

Multiple Choice

What age is the outlier?

• 13

• 5

• 10

• 9

Multiple Choice

How many more 9 year-olds participated in the spelling bee than 11 year-olds?

• 5

• 3

• 2

• 1

Multiple Choice

Melanie said that more than half of the participates in the spelling bee are less than 10 years-old.

• agree

• disagree

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