IXL | Interpret scatter plots

Arianna is 10 years old and is in fifth grade. This scatter plot shows the age and grade level of some students Arianna met on the playground before school.

How many students did Arianna meet who are older than her?

students

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Chad is learning how to make oil paintings by watching online videos. This scatter plot shows the number of videos he watched and how many paintings he finished over the past 6 weeks.

During how many weeks did Chad watch more than 8 videos?

weeks

solution

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

x-coordinate

tells you how many videos Chad watched, and the

-coordinate

tells you how many paintings he finished.

Find all the points that have

x-coordinates

greater than 8. These points stand for the weeks Chad watched more than 8 videos.

There are 3 points that have

x-coordinates

greater than 8. So, Chad watched more than 8 videos during 3

weeks.

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