Grade 6 · Statistics and Probability

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.SP.B.4

Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.

Read this standard on the official Common Core site

Lessons that teach this standard

• Box Plots: Reading the Five-Number Summary

  How to build a box plot from the five-number summary, what the box and whiskers each show, how to spot skew from the median line, and how to compare two groups.

• Dot Plots and Histograms: Showing the Shape of Data

  How to read and build a dot plot and a histogram, why a histogram's bars touch, how bin width changes what you see, and what a statistical question is.