CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.B.4
The standard
Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics · Statistics and Probability
What this standard means
Students need to turn a list of numerical data into clear displays on a number line. They should know when and how to make dot plots, histograms, and box plots, with correct scales, labels, titles, intervals, median, quartiles, minimum, and maximum.
Mastery looks like choosing a useful display, building it accurately, and explaining what the graph shows about the data. Students often get stuck choosing bin widths for histograms, finding quartiles for box plots, and keeping scales even. They may also mix up individual data points with grouped intervals.
Ways to teach it
- Give pairs a class shoe-size data set and have them create a dot plot, histogram, and box plot on grid paper.
- Ask students to write which display best shows the spread of quiz scores and defend their choice in two sentences.
- Show a small data set of 12 numbers and ask students to sketch one correct box plot in five minutes.
- Use daily high temperatures from the past month and have students decide which graph would help a local news report.
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