What month were you born?

What month were you born?

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This task is about interpreting a composite dot plot.

The Months Year 7 and 8 students were born

dot plot of the month year 7 and 8 students were born

 

All the students in Class 7DP plotted the month in which they were born on the dot plot above.

Answer the following questions about the Class 7DP students.

Question 2Change answer

a)  How many year 7 students were there?  

Question

b)  In which month were most year 7s 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 year 8s 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