Common Core: 6th Grade Math : Understand Data is Collected to Answer a Question and has a Center, Spread, and Shape: CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.A.2
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Example Question #1441 : Grade 6
Select the description that best describes the distribution of the data shown in the provided dot plot.
Right skewed
Symmetric
Left skewed
Left skewed
In order to answer this question correctly, we need to define our answer options:
Symmetric: A symmetric distribution will have a middle, or center, and each side from the middle will look fairly similar. Many symmetrical distributions are bell shaped, with the middle being tall, and the two sides thinning out.
Left skewed: A left skewed distribution will have most of the data on the right side of the number line.
Right skewed: A right skewed distribution will have most of the data on the left side of the number line.
The data shown in the number plot has most of the data on the right side; thus, left skewed is the correct answer.
Example Question #1442 : Grade 6
Select the description that best describes the distribution of the data shown in the provided dot plot.
Symmetric
Left skewed
Right skewed
Symmetric
In order to answer this question correctly, we need to define our answer options:
Symmetric: A symmetric distribution will have a middle, or center, and each side from the middle will look fairly similar. Many symmetrical distributions are bell shaped, with the middle being tall, and the two sides thinning out.
Left skewed: A left skewed distribution will have most of the data on the right side of the number line.
Right skewed: A right skewed distribution will have most of the data on the left side of the number line.
The data shown in the number plot provided has a bell shape look; thus, symmetric is the correct answer.
Example Question #1443 : Grade 6
Select the description that best describes the distribution of the data shown in the provided dot plot.
Symmetric
Left skewed
Right skewed
Right skewed
In order to answer this question correctly, we need to define our answer options:
Symmetric: A symmetric distribution will have a middle, or center, and each side from the middle will look fairly similar. Many symmetrical distributions are bell shaped, with the middle being tall, and the two sides thinning out.
Left skewed: A left skewed distribution will have most of the data on the right side of the number line.
Right skewed: A right skewed distribution will have most of the data on the left side of the number line.
The data shown in the number plot is mostly on the left side; thus, right skewed is the correct answer.
Example Question #1442 : Grade 6
Select the description that best describes the distribution of the data shown in the provided dot plot.
Right skewed
Symmetric
Left skewed
Symmetric
In order to answer this question correctly, we need to define our answer options:
Symmetric: A symmetric distribution will have a middle, or center, and each side from the middle will look fairly similar. Many symmetrical distributions are bell shaped, with the middle being tall, and the two sides thinning out.
Left skewed: A left skewed distribution will have most of the data on the right side of the number line.
Right skewed: A right skewed distribution will have most of the data on the left side of the number line.
The data shown in the number plot provided has a bell shape look; thus, symmetric is the correct answer.
Example Question #1445 : Grade 6
Select the description that best describes the distribution of the data shown in the provided dot plot.
Left skewed
Symmetric
Right skewed
Right skewed
In order to answer this question correctly, we need to define our answer options:
Symmetric: A symmetric distribution will have a middle, or center, and each side from the middle will look fairly similar. Many symmetrical distributions are bell shaped, with the middle being tall, and the two sides thinning out.
Left skewed: A left skewed distribution will have most of the data on the right side of the number line.
Right skewed: A right skewed distribution will have most of the data on the left side of the number line.
The data shown in the number plot is mostly on the left side; thus, right skewed is the correct answer.
Example Question #1444 : Grade 6
Mrs. Frame's class counted the number pencils that each student had in his/her desk. The distribution of this data is show in the dot plot provided. What is the center of this distribution?
The data in the distribution shows the number of pencils each student found in his/her desk. Each student found 
Example Question #1443 : Grade 6
Mrs. Frame's class counted the number pencils that each student had in his/her desk. The distribution of this data is show in the dot plot provided. What is the most number of pencils that her students found?
The dot plot is on a number line that is numbered from 
Example Question #1445 : Grade 6
Mrs. Frame's class counted the number pencils that each student had in his/her desk. The distribution of this data is show in the dot plot provided. How many pencils did most of the students have?
If we look at the dot plot provided, the most number of dots is above the number 
Example Question #1441 : Grade 6
A flower shop counted the number of flowers sold during a 
May
July
June
March
April
May
The data in the distribution shows the number of flowers sold in each month. By looking at the graph, we can see that there are 
Example Question #1447 : Grade 6
A flower shop counted the number of flowers sold during a 
To answer this question, we can look at our graph and see how far each bar in the histogram raises:
We can see that in May, the flower shop sold 
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