Arizona 2016 Mathematics Standards — Arizona
Develop understanding of statistical variability and summarize and describe distributions. This Grade 6 reporting domain maps to 7 practice skills and 8 representative questions from the playable bank.
Arizona 2016 Mathematics Standards — Arizona
AASA is Arizona’s statewide achievement test for Grades 3-8, and its math item specifications are aligned to Arizona’s 2016 Mathematics Standards rather than a national framework like SBAC or SAT. The public AASA page does not show a fixed common-core-style domain blueprint; instead, the official math coverage is embedded in grade-level item specifications and scoring guides.
AASA uses the Independent / state-specific framework (by grade domains structure).
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Arizona Department of Education Mathematics Standards
A fitness tracker recorded daily step counts, in thousands of steps, over days. The frequency table shows the results.
What is the mean step count per day?
Multiply each step count by its frequency and add: . With days, the mean is thousand steps.
A bookstore tracks five daily sales totals, in dollars: , , , , and . A sixth day with sales of is added to the data set. How does this affect the mean?
The mean of the original five totals is dollars. Because the new value equals the current mean, the mean stays .
Five afternoon temperatures, in degrees Fahrenheit, are and What is the mean temperature?
Mean .
Find the mode of the data set 4, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11.
The mode is the value that appears most often. Only appears twice, so the mode is .
Seven morning temperatures, in degrees Fahrenheit, are and What is the median temperature?
In order, the values are The median is the middle value,
Students answered the statistical question "How many snacks did you pack?" The data are . What is the mean of the data?
The mean describes the center: add the values and divide by how many there are. , and .
Jaden lists four questions:
• What is my dog's weight?
• How much do the dogs at the animal shelter weigh?
• How old is my teacher?
• How tall is my desk?
How many of the four are statistical questions?
A statistical question anticipates variability. Asking how much the dogs at the animal shelter weigh asks about a group, so the weights can differ. Asking about one dog, one teacher, or one desk has a single answer. That makes statistical question.
A basketball player recorded points scored in each of games. The frequency table shows the results.
What is the mean number of points scored per game?
Multiply each point total by its frequency and add: . With games, the mean is points per game.
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