Statistical Questions and Data Displays Test – Grade 6 Math (Printable PDF)

Question 1 Statistical or not (2 points)

Decide whether each question is statistical.

1. How many students ride the bus to Cedar Ridge Middle School each morning? (1 point)
2. How many students are enrolled in room 14? (1 point)

Question 2 Reading a dot plot (3 points)

The dot plot shows the number of books read during the summer by 15 students.

1. How many students are shown? (1 point)
2. How many students read more than 4 books? (1 point)
3. Describe the value that is far from the others. (1 point)

Question 3 Reading a histogram (3 points)

The histogram shows how many minutes 24 students take to eat lunch.

1. How many students are shown? (1 point)
2. Which interval has the most students? (1 point)
3. How many students take 20 minutes or more? (1 point)

Question 4 Reading a box plot (3 points)

The box plot shows daily high temperatures in April.

1. Give the median. (1 point)
2. Find the range. (1 point)
3. Between which two temperatures does the middle half of the days fall? (1 point)

Question 5 Describe a data set (2 points)

The lengths in inches of 10 fish caught at a lake are 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 11, 11, 12, 13 and 18.

1. State the number of observations, the attribute and the unit. (1 point)
2. Give the least and greatest lengths. (1 point)

Question 6 Draw a dot plot (3 points)

Draw a dot plot for these 12 values: 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 9. Label the number line.

(1 point for the number line, 2 points for the dots)

Question 7 Choose a display (2 points)

A coach has the times of 60 swimmers and wants to group them in 5-second intervals.

1. Name the best display. (1 point)
2. Give one reason. (1 point)

Question 8 Write a question (2 points)

Write a statistical question about the hours of sleep that sixth graders get on school nights, and explain why it is statistical.

(1 point for the question, 1 point for the explanation)