6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Use the line plot for exercises 1–6.

1. What score is an outlier?


2. Where is there a gap?


3. Around what score do the data
   cluster?


4. Find the mean, median, and mode
   of the data set.


5. Find the mean, median, and mode 6. Describe what effect the outlier has on
   of the scores without the outlier. the mean, the median, and the mode.

Use the line plot for exercises 7–8.

7. Identify any clusters, gaps, and
   outliers of the data set.


8. Describe what effect the
   outliers have on the mean,
   median, and mode.

Make a line plot for each set of data.

Identify any clusters, gaps, and outliers.

Daily Low

Temperatures

26°F, 25°F, 24°F, 29°F,

28°F, 21°F, 10°F

Number of Stories in

Town Buildings

3, 3, 1, 1, 8, 6, 6, 4, 3,

23, 7, 9

13. 8
    14.
    15. 5
    16. 6
    7
    1
    2

2

3

5

12

5

8

3

4

5

6

2

3

X

X

X XX

X

X

55 60 65

X

X

70

Score

Quiz Scores

7580859095100

X

X

X

X

XX X

X

X

100 200 300

X

X

X

400

Books (to the nearest hundred)

School Library Book Collections

500 600 700 8009001000

Meghan’s Math Test Scores

85 80 90 95 90 100 90 70

85 80 90 100 95 90 90

Len’s Bowling Scores

93, 96, 93, 106, 95, 95,

97, 98, 100, 94

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