Describing a Data Distribution Practice Questions (Grade 6)

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A class answered the statistical question "How many pages did you read this week?" The answers were $12, 15, 15, 18, 20, 15$ . How many students were interviewed?

Each answer in the list is one student. Count every value, including repeats: there are $6$ answers, so $6$ students were interviewed.

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A club answered the statistical question "How many hours did you practice this week?" The answers were $4, 7, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13$ . How many people were interviewed?

Each answer in the list is one person. Count every value, including repeats: there are $7$ answers, so $7$ people were interviewed.

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Students answered the statistical question "How many books did you read this summer?" The data are $2, 5, 6, 9$ . What is the range of the data?

The range describes the spread: greatest value minus least value. $9 - 2 = 7$ .

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The statistical question "How many minutes is your ride to school?" produced the data $3, 8, 10, 15$ . What is the range of the data?

The range describes the spread: greatest value minus least value. $15 - 3 = 12$ .

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Students answered the statistical question "How many snacks did you pack?" The data are $3, 5, 7, 13$ . What is the mean of the data?

The mean describes the center: add the values and divide by how many there are. $3 + 5 + 7 + 13 = 28$ , and $28 \div 4 = 7$ .

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A team answered the statistical question "How many laps did you run?" The data are $8, 2, 9, 3, 6$ . What is the median of the data?

The median describes the center: put the values in order and take the middle. In order: $2, 3, 6, 8, 9$ . The middle value is $6$ .

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Four students answered the statistical question "How many letters are in your first name?" The data are $7, 3, 5, 11$ . What is the median of the data?

The median describes the center. With an even number of values, put them in order and average the two middle values. In order: $3, 5, 7, 11$ . The two middle values are $5$ and $7$ , and $\dfrac{5 + 7}{2} = 6$ .

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Five students answered the statistical question "How many hours did you sleep last night?" The answers were $9, 4, 11, 6, 2$ . What is the median number of hours?

The median describes the center: put the values in order and take the middle. In order: $2, 4, 6, 9, 11$ . The middle value is $6$ .

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