Course: Lumos StepUp - Grade 6 Math
Lesson: Statistical Questions
What is a good reason to use a circle graph to display these results?
A) It is difficult to see the results.
B) It is easy to see what percentage of the sales each type of clothing represents.
C) It is easy to see the different colors.
D) It is difficult to figure out percentages.
Standard: 6.SP.A.1
Domain: Statistics & Probability
Theme: Develop understanding of statistical variability
Description: Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the
question and accounts for it in the answers. For example, "How old am I?" is not a statistical question, but
"How old are the students in my school?" is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in
students" ages.
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Course: Lumos StepUp - Grade 6 Math
Lesson: Statistical Questions
What type of graph is displaying the temperatures recorded?
A) line graph
B) bar graph
C) circle graph
D) picture graph
Standard: 6.SP.A.1
Domain: Statistics & Probability
Theme: Develop understanding of statistical variability
Description: Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the
question and accounts for it in the answers. For example, "How old am I?" is not a statistical question, but
"How old are the students in my school?" is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in
students" ages.
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Course: Lumos StepUp - Grade 6 Math
Lesson: Statistical Questions
Richard scored 78, 96, 84, and 95 on four out of the twenty of the math tests that he took this year.
Could Richard use those four scores to predict his average in math?
A) Yes because four out of twenty is a good sample.
B) No because he would need all of his test scores and he doesn't have them all.
C) Yes because four out of twenty is not a good sample.
D) No because four out of twenty is not a good sample.
Standard: 6.SP.A.1
Domain: Statistics & Probability
Theme: Develop understanding of statistical variability
Description: Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the
question and accounts for it in the answers. For example, "How old am I?" is not a statistical question, but
"How old are the students in my school?" is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in
students" ages.
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Course: Lumos StepUp - Grade 6 Math
Lesson: Statistical Questions
What type of data was necessary to collect in order to create this graph?
A) Sales to three customers
B) Sales to one customer
C) Actual sales numbers
D) Estimated sales numbers
Standard: 6.SP.A.1
Domain: Statistics & Probability
Theme: Develop understanding of statistical variability
Description: Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the
question and accounts for it in the answers. For example, "How old am I?" is not a statistical question, but
"How old are the students in my school?" is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in
students" ages.
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http://www.lumoslearning.com/
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Course: Lumos StepUp - Grade 6 Math
Lesson: Statistical Questions
If the person creating this graph went to a store and watched the first ten sales out of the one
hundred that the store had, would they have acquired a representative sample?
A) No because there is no way to know if the first ten sales are representative of all of the sales.
B) Yes because the first ten sales were representative of all of the sales.
C) Yes because 1/10 is a large enough sample size.
D) No because 1/10 is a large enough sample size.
Standard: 6.SP.A.1
Domain: Statistics & Probability
Theme: Develop understanding of statistical variability
Description: Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the
question and accounts for it in the answers. For example, "How old am I?" is not a statistical question, but
"How old are the students in my school?" is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in
students" ages.
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http://www.lumoslearning.com/
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