IXL | Interpret scatter plots

Ronnie just got a new music video game. It came with a keyboard, and Ronnie has to hit the keys in time with the music. This scatter plot shows the total number of notes in some of Ronnie's favorite songs and the number of notes he missed the last time he played them.

How many notes did Ronnie miss when he played the song with the most notes?

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Tristan goes trick-or-treating every Halloween. This scatter plot shows the number of houses he visited and how many pieces of candy he received over the past few years.

How many houses did Tristan visit the year he received the most candy?

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solution

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

x-coordinate

tells you the number of houses Tristan visited that year, and the

-coordinate

tells you how many pieces of candy he received.

Find the point that has the largest

-coordinate.

This point stands for the year Tristan received the most candy.

Next, find the point's

x-coordinate.

This tells you how many houses Tristan visited.

The point's

x-coordinate

is 20, so Tristan visited 20 houses the year he received the most candy.

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