What month were you born?

What month were you born?

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This task is about interpreting a composite dot plot.

Dot Plot of the Months Students were Born

 

 

All the students in Class 10DP plotted the month in which they were born on the dot plot above.

Answer the following questions about the Class 10DP students.

Question 2Change answer

a)  How many male students were there?  

Question

b)  In which month were most males born?

    • January

    • February

    • March

    • April

    • May

    • June

    • July

    • August

    • September

    • October

    • November

    • December

Question

c)  In which month were none of the students born?

    • January

    • February

    • March

    • April

    • May

    • June

    • July

    • August

    • September

    • October

    • November

    • December

Question

d)  In which month(s) do no females have birthdays?

    • January

    • February

    • March

    • April

    • May

    • June

    • July

    • August

    • September

    • October

    • November

    • December

Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students).
Levels:
4, 5
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical literacy
Keywords: 
composite graphs, dot plots, graph interpretation, bi-variate data
Description of task: 
Students study a dot plot of the months students' were born and answer questions interpreting the data.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to interpret a stacked dot plot.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Statistical investigations, set 5
Statistical investigations, set 6
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y10 (08/1999)
a) 18 very easy
b) May very easy
c) October very easy
d) April, October, and November moderate