Florida Grade 6 Math · Data Analysis and Probability
What this Grade 6 benchmark means, worked examples, common mistakes, and a free printable worksheet.
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Students describe the shape and spread of data shown in histograms and line plots, using words like symmetric, skewed, gap, cluster, outlier, and range.
Symmetric: the two sides look about the same. Skewed: the data trail off in a long tail to one side. A cluster is a group of values close together, a gap is an empty interval, and an outlier is a value far from the rest.
Official benchmarkGiven a histogram or line plot within a real-world context, qualitatively describe and interpret the spread and distribution of the data, including any symmetry, skewness, gaps, clusters, outliers and the range.
On the FAST test: part of the Grade 6 reporting category Geometric Reasoning, Data Analysis, and Probability, which is about 25–36% of the test.
Worked Example 1
Worked Example 2
Skew is named for the tail. If the tail stretches to the right, the data are skewed right.
An outlier is far from the rest of the data. 6 is right next to the other values.
Look at a histogram and ask your child to tell its "story": where most of the data are, and whether anything is unusual.
Help your child build math confidence with original interactive questions aligned with Florida's B.E.S.T. Mathematics Standards.
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