IXL | Interpret scatter plots

This scatter plot shows the sizes of some families in Will's neighborhood and the number of bedrooms in their homes.

What is the most common number of bedrooms?

bedrooms

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Creek City School had a reading contest last month. This scatter plot shows the ages of some students and how many books they read.

What was the most common number of books the students read?

books

Each point on the scatter plot stands for a student. The

-coordinate

tells you the student's age, and the

-coordinate

tells you how many books the student read.

Find the

-coordinate

that appears the most. This tells you the most common number of books the students read.

There are two points whose

-coordinates

are 3. No other

-coordinate

appears more than once.

So, 3 was the most common number of books the students read.

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