IXL | Describe distributions in line plots

At the Kingstown Animal Shelter's walkathon, Liz tracked how many miles each person walked.

Kingstown Animal Shelter's walkathon

number line label

Number of miles

Select all the statements that describe the distribution of the data.

The data is spread out from 1 to 6 miles.

There is a gap from 7 to 9 miles.

The data has a peak at 5 miles.

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Last weekend, Deb's scout troop had a make-your-own-bouquet event. Deb recorded the number of flowers each person used.

Make-your-own-bouquet event

number line label

Number of flowers used

Select all the statements that describe the distribution of the data.

There is a gap from 13 to 14 flowers.

The distribution is roughly symmetric.

The data is spread out from 15 to 17 flowers.

Look at the line plot.

Make-your-own-bouquet event

number line label

Number of flowers used

See if each statement describes the distribution of the data.

green checkmark, There is a gap from 13 to 14 flowers.

There are no Xs in the columns for 13 or 14. So, there is a gap from 13 to 14 flowers.

green checkmark, The distribution is roughly symmetric.

The left and right sides of the distribution are almost mirror images. So, the distribution is roughly symmetric.

red X symbol, The data is spread out from 15 to 17 flowers.

The leftmost column with an X is 10. The rightmost column with an X is 17. So the data is spread out from 10 to 17 flowers, not from 15 to 17.

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