Name_________________________________________________________
CCSS
6.SP.4
Date __________
Game Show
Twenty-five people are surveyed for a game show and asked the question “At
what age did you get your first job?” The responses are shown in the box-andwhisker plot.
Age
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1. What portion of the responses represent an age of at least 17 years old?
2. Can you determine the range of the data? If so, find it.
3. Can you determine which response is most frequent? If so, find it.
4. One of the line plots below represents the same set of data as the
box-and-whisker plot.
Age
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a. Which line plot represents the data? Explain.
b. Contestants answer the question and receive a point for each person in
the survey that gave the same answer. What answer is worth the most
points? Explain your reasoning.
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CCSS
6.SP.4
6.SP.4
Common Core State Standard
Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots,
histograms, and box plots.
CCSS
6.SP.4
Grading Rubric
Answers
Score
1. 25%
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2. yes; 9 years of age
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3. no
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4. a. top line plot; Its data has the same quartiles as the box-and-
whisker plot, while the data in the bottom line plot has an upper
quartile of 17.5.
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b. 16 years old; It is the answer with the greatest frequency.
Precision
1. Student recognizes the whisker as representing a portion of the
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data.
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2. Student uses the greatest and least values to find the range.
3. Student realizes that the display does not give information about
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the frequency of each response.
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4. a. Student uses the quartiles to eliminate one of the line plots.
b. Student identifies the age with the greatest number of × marks.
Total Points
8
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