6th Grade Data Displays Chapter Questions

Chapter Problems

Frequency Tables and Histograms

Classwork
1) The following are test grades from your classmates. Organize the data into a frequency table
and create a histogram.
100 73 89
65 86 79
83 95 83
96 83 86
76 69 89
79 74 85

2) The following are times that it took children in gym class to run a mile. Organize this data into
a frequency table and create a histogram.
7:23 8:02 10:04
7:05 7:50 9:24
6:59 9:01 8:34
7:25 8:55 6:39
7:55 11:01 9:28
8:02 9:54 8:24

3) Organize this data into a histogram.

Length of walk time Time Tally Frequency

21 35 48 10-19 III 3
63 67 11 20-29 I 1
19 31 43 30-39 IIII 4
15 44 37 40-49 IIII 4
42 34 69 50-59 0
67 60-69 IIII 4

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 4)
a. How many students scored
below 70?

b. How many students scored a

52?

c. Can you determine the exact

value of the test grade that was
in the 60’s?

5) Create a frequency table and a histogram for the data below.

Test Scores
92 84 76
75 85 97
67 48 87
93 87 88
79 68 66
100 99 79
88 81 80
79 99 91

Homework
6) The following is test scores from a math test. Organize these scores into a frequency table and
create a histogram.
78 97 49
99 67 47
97 84 79
87 86 51
97 89 87
84 79 75
97 84 83

7) The following is temperatures in New Jersey in August. Organize them into a frequency table
and create a histogram.
100 102 105
97 95 101
89 88 90
99 95 93
89 89 96
102 91 99
98 92 103
108 98 92

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 8) Organize this data into a histogram.

Length of time walked

64 41 38 Time Tally Frequency
27 11 48 10-19 IIII 4
33 13 61 20-29 II 2
57 49 37 30-39 IIII 4
19 69 45 40-49 IIII 4
34 24 12 50-59 I 1
60-69 III 3

9)
a. How many students scored in the
70’s?

b. How many students scored below

70?

c. How many students scored 90 or

above?

10) Create a histogram and a frequency table for the following data.
Test Scores
92 97 98
97 85 83
97 85 84
76 79 89
99 84 86
77 51 89
83 97 92
78 85 89

Box-and-Whisker Plots
Classwork
11) Use the box-and-whisker plot to find the following:

a. Median

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 b. Minimum
c. Maximum
d. Range
e. Lower Quartile
f. Upper Quartile
g. Interquartile Range

Create a box-and-whisker plot for these data:

12) 12, 16, 62, 48, 16, 59, 43, 39
13) Test Grades: 78, 82, 65, 46, 84, 99, 100, 90, 75, 59, 75, 79, 80, 86, 68
14) $21, $50, $78, $13, $45, $5, $12, $37, $61, $11, $77, $31, $19, $11, $29, $16

15) The price of tablets in dollars at Laptop World and PC Mall are shown in the box-and-whisker
plots below.

Laptop World

PC Mall

a. What percent of tablets at Laptop World cost less than $325?

b. What percent of tablets at PC Mall cost less than $940?
c. How does the price of tablets at Laptop World compare to the price of computers at PC
Mall?

Homework
16) Use the box-and-whisker plot to find the following:

a. Median
b. Minimum
c. Maximum
d. Range
e. Lower Quartile
f. Upper Quartile
g. Interquartile Range

Create a box-and-whisker plot for each set of data:

17) 30, 57, 34, 40, 32, 52, 54, 48, 56
18) Test Grades: 80, 81, 64, 66, 74, 98, 100, 91, 85, 89, 55, 66, 70, 84, 98
19) 17, 5, 28, 33, 25, 5, 12, 3, 16, 11, 22, 31, 9, 11

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 20) The box-and-whisker plot below compares the heights of football players on two different
teams.
Owls

Wolverines

a. What percent of the Wolverines are 70 inches or taller?

b. What percent of the Owls are 75 inches or taller?
c. How do the heights of the Wolverines compare to the heights of the Owls?

Dot Plots
Classwork
Make a dot plot for each set of data.
21) 1, 5, 6, 3, 3, 8, 4, 5, 6
22) 130, 160, 140, 180, 160, 160
23) 32, 35, 32, 32, 31, 36, 38, 38, 39

Use the dot plot below to answer the following questions.

Game Points Earned Per Team

24) What is the median?

25) What is the minimum?
26) What is the maximum?
27) What is the range?
28) What is the lower quartile?
29) What is the upper quartile?
30) What is the interquartile range?
31) What percent of the teams scored more than 5 points?
32) What is the mode of the data set?

Homework
Make a dot plot for each set of data.
33) 30, 25, 60, 45, 60, 25, 45
34) 2, 6, 5, 8, 6, 6, 3, 1, 1, 9, 4
35) 82, 86, 85, 95, 84, 96, 95, 84

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Use the dot plot below to answer the following questions.
Math Test Scores

36) What is the median?

37) What is the minimum?
38) What is the maximum?
39) What is the lower quartile?
40) What is the upper quartile?
41) What is the interquartile range?
42) What percent of the students scored higher than 95%?
43) What is the mode of the test scores?
44) What is the mean of the test scores? (Round to the nearest tenths)

Analyzing Data Displays

Classwork
Use the histogram below to answer the following questions. Explain your answers.

45) Which measure(s) of center appropriately represents the data? Why?

a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
46) Can you determine if the mean or median is greater? If yes, which is greater and why? If not,
why are you unable to determine the greater value?
47) What would need to happen in order for the mean and median to be closer in value?

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Use the box-and-whisker plot to answer the following questions. Explain your answers.
Town Populations in Montana

48) Would the mean or the median represent the data more appropriately in this data set? Why?
49) Is the mean or the median greater? Why?
50) What do you notice about the town populations in the upper half of the data?

Homework
Use the histogram below to answer the following questions. Explain your answers.

51) Which measure(s) of center appropriately represents the data? Why?

a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
52) Can you determine if the mean or median is greater? If yes, which is greater and why? If not,
why are you unable to determine the greater value?
53) What would need to happen in order the mean and median to be closer in value?

Use the box-and-whisker plot to answer the following questions. Explain your answers.
Boxes of Cookies Sold (Per Student)

54) What is the median?

55) What is the range?
56) Would the mean or the median represent the data more appropriately in this data set? Why?
57) Is the mean or the median greater? Why?
58) What do you notice about the number of boxes sold in the lower half of the data?

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 Chapter Review Multiple Choice
Choose the correct answer for each question. No partial credit will be given.

1. Use the frequency table to determine the number of people that had at least 40 hours of sleep
in a work week. Hours of sleep during a work week

a. 3 b. 4 c. 7 d. 16

Types of Dogs Owned by Classmates

16
14
12
10
Number of
8
Classmates 6
4
2
0
Poodle Collie Springer Yorkie German Terrier Mixed
Shepard

2. Use the histogram above to determine the total number of dogs that are owned by classmates.

a. 15 b. 60 c. 65 d. 70

3. Use the box and whisker plot to determine the false statement.

50% of the data lies:

a. between 105 and 132 c. between 122 and 147

b. between 87 and 122 d. between 122 and 132

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 4. Use the box and whisker plot to determine the median

a. 30 b. 105 c. 122 d. 135

Use the Histogram to answer questions #5 and #6.

6th Period Math Students’ Test Grades

Number

Of

Students

5. How many students have grades below 70?

a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 7

6. How many students are in this class?

a. 13

b. 14

c. 15

d. 16

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Short Constructed Response – Write the correct answer for each question. No partial credit will be
given.

7. Organize the data into a histogram.

Grade Tally Frequency

50-59 ІІlll 5
60-69 ІІ 2
70-79 0
80-89 llll 4

8. Make a dot plot for the set of data.

20, 21, 23, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 23, 24, 21, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29

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Extended Constructed Response

9. a. Create a Box and whisker plot

86 89 68

100 79 68

87 88 89

90 80 68

68 98 88
b. Explain the five values identified on the Box and Whisker Plot.

c. Use the given data to create one other type of graph learned in this
unit.

10. The following data set lists the average daily temperatures for ten days in October.

43, 75, 56, 61, 52, 69, 64, 46, 54, 47

a. Create a frequency table.

b. Use the frequency table to create a histogram.

c. What is the overall pattern of the histogram?

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 Answer Key: 6th Grade Data Displays Chapter
Questions
1) Test Grades
Grades Tally Frequency
61-70 2
71-80 5
81-90 8
91-100 3

Test Grades
10
8
6
4
2
0
61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100

2) One-Mile Run Time

Times Tally Frequency
6:01-7:00 2
7:01-8:00 5
8:01-9:00 5
9:01-10:00 4
10:01-11:00 1
11:01-12:00 1

One-Mile Run Times

6
5
4
3
2
1
0
6:01- 7:01- 8:01- 9:01- 10:01- 11:01-
7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00

3) Walk Times
5
4
3
2
1
0
10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69

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 4)
a. 2
b. 0
c. No, cannot determine from the graph.

5) Test Scores
Scores Tally Frequency
41-50 1
51-60 0
61-70 3
71-80 6
81-90 7
91-100 7

Test Scores

10
8
6
4
2
0
41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100
6) Test Scores
Scores Tally Frequency
40-49 2
50-59 1
60-69 1
70-79 4
80-89 8
90-99 5

Test Scores

10
8
6
4
2
0
40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99

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 7) August Temperatures in NJ
Temperatures Tally Frequency
86-90 5
91-95 6
96-100 7
101-105 5
106-110 1

August Temperatures in NJ

8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
86-90 91-95 96-100 101-105 106-110
8) Walk Times

5
4
3
2
1
0
10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69
9)
a. 4 b. 3 c. 2
10) Test Scores
Scores Tally Frequency
50-59 1
60-69 0
70-79 4
80-89 11
90-99 8
Test Scores
12
10
8
6
4
2
0

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 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99
11)
a. 95
b. 85
c. 130
d. 45
e. 90
f. 120
g. 30
12) Minimum: 12
Q1: 16
Q2:41
Q3:53.5
Maximum: 62

13) Minimum: 46
Q1: 68
Q2: 79
Q3: 86
Maximum: 100

14) Minimum: 5
Q1: 12
Q2: 25
Q3: 50
Maximum: 78

15)
a. 25%
b. 75%
c. Answers will vary. The price of tablets is generally cheaper at Laptop World.
16)
a. 77
b. 62
c. 95
d. 33
e. 69
f. 85
g. 16
17) Minimum: 30
Q1: 33
Q2: 48
Q3: 55
Maximum: 57

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 18) Minimum: 55
Q1:66
Q2: 81
Q3: 91
Maximum: 100

19) Minimum: 3
Q1: 7
Q2: 14
Q3: 26.5
Maximum: 33

20)
a. 75%
b. 50%
c. Answers will vary. The Wolverines have a larger range of heights than the Owls.

21)
x x x
x x x x x x

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

22)
x
x
x x x x

130 140 150 160 170 180

23)
x
x x
x x x x x x

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

24) 8
25) 0

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 26) 10
27) 10
28) 5.5
29) 8.5
30) 3
31) 75%
32) 8

33)

x x x
x x x x

25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60

34)
x
x x
x x x x x x x x

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

35)
x x
x x x x x x

80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98

36) 91
37) 88
38) 98
39) 89
40) 95
41) 6
42) 33%
43) 89%
44) 92.2%
45) B, C
46) Yes, Median
47) Answers will vary. The data ranges from 30-99. The lower grades bring down the mean. If the
30 grade was removed from the data set, the mean would be closer to the median.
48) Mean
49) Mean
50) Answers will vary. The upper half of the data has a higher range of data values than the lower
half.
51) A, B, C
52) Yes, Median

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 53) Answers will vary. Remove the low 40-49 grades from the data set.
54) 95
55) 45
56) Mean
57) Mean
58) There were less sold. The data values were closer in value and did not vary as much as the
upper half of the data.
Unit Review
1. C 3. D 5. D
2. B 4. C 6. C

GRADES
6

5
5
4
4
3
GRADES
2
2
1
0
0
50 - 59 60-69 70-79 80-89
7.

8.
X
X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X X

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

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 9.
B. See data above. Also, range: 32, IQR: 21
C. Answers will vary
10. a. Temperatures in October
Temperature Tally Frequency
40-49 3
50-59 3
60-69 3
70-79 1
b. Temperatures in October
3.5

2.5

1.5

0.5

0
40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79

c. Answers will vary. Most of the temperatures were concentrated between 40-69 degrees.

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