2016 Grade 6 Unit 6 Mini-Touchstone SP.2 and SP.

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1. Veronica asked her classmates how many pieces of pizza they ate at the school party.
The results are shown on the line plot.

Number of Pieces of Pizza Eaten

Which of the following accurately summarizes the data?

A. The data is skewed left.

B. The data is clustered around 4 and 5 on the line plot.
C. There are no gaps in the data.
D. There is a peak at 5 on the line plot.

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2. John organized data from his classmates into a dot plot.

Number of Pets in Household

Which of the following accurately describes the shape of the dot plot?

A. Symmetrical
B. Skewed to the left
C. Skewed to the right
D. Skewed to the center

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3. Which of the following BEST describes the distribution of the data?

A. Symmetrical
B. Skewed to the left
C. Skewed to the right
D. Skewed to the center

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4. Which of the following describes the role of a measure of center?
A. Describing a data set as skewed to the left or right.
B. Describing a data set as symmetrical
C. Identifying the range of the data points
D. Identifying the average of the data points

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5. Suzanne collected data on the weight of her classmates. She found that the range of the data she
collected was 17.

Which of the following best explains what a range of 17 means?

A. The average distance each point is from the mean is 17.

B. The distance between the lowest value and the highest value is 17.

C. The average value in the data set is 17.

D. The difference between the mean and the median is 17.

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 Additional Questions SP.2 and SP.3 Not Required

ID:311679
Which represents a measure of variability?
A. interquartile range
B. median
C. mean
D. peak

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The box plot shows the number of minutes Kia spent at trumpet practice. Describe the distribution using
the appropriate measures.

A. The data is centered around 40. The interquartile range is 40.

B. The data is centered around 40. The interquartile range is 85.
C. The data is centered around 60. The interquartile range is 40.
D. The data is centered around 85. The interquartile range is 40.

ID:311696
Which of the following BEST describes the distribution of the data in the box plot?

A. Symmetrical
B. Skewed to the left
C. Skewed to the right
D. Not symmetrical

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John collected data on the number of books read by his classmates this school year. He found that
the interquartile range of the data collected was 12.

Which statement BEST explains what an interquartile range of 12 represents?

A. The range of the inner 50% of the data is 12.

B. The difference between the 1st and 4th quartiles is 12.
C. The difference between the 2nd and 4th quartiles is 12.
D. The difference between the mean and the median is 12.

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