OpenUp 6th Math 8.8 Practice Problems and Vocab

The histogram summarizes the data on the body lengths of 143 wild bears. Write a few sentences describing the distribution of body lengths. Be sure to comment on the shape, center, and spread of the distribution.

Which data set is more likely to produce a histogram with a symmetric distribution? Explain your reasoning.

Data on the number of seconds on a track of music in a pop album.

Data on the number of seconds spent talking on the phone yesterday by everyone in the school.

Which of the following data sets might produce one or more gaps when represented by a histogram?

• The ages of students in a sixth-grade class.

• The ages of people in an elementary school.

• The ages of people eating in a family restaurant.

• The ages of people who watch football.

• The ages of runners in a marathon.

Briefly describe or give an example of how the values in the data set might produce one or more gaps when represented by a histogram.

"The ages of people in an elementary school."

Briefly describe or give an example of how the values in the data set might produce one or more gaps when represented by a histogram.

"The ages of people eating in a family restaurant."

Briefly describe or give an example of how the values in the data set might produce one or more gaps when represented by a histogram.

"The ages of runners in a marathon."