IXL | Interpret scatter plots

Sandy's Sweets sells candy by the pound. This scatter plot shows the weights of several customers' orders on Friday afternoon. It also shows how many pieces of candy were in each order.

What was the most common weight?

pounds

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question

The Cougars had 8 football games last season. This scatter plot shows how many penalties they received and how many points they scored in each game.

How many penalties did the Cougars receive when they scored the fewest points?

penalties

solution

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

-coordinate

tells you how many penalties the Cougars received in the game. The

-coordinate

tells you how many points they scored.

Find the point that has the smallest

-coordinate.

This point stands for the game in which the Cougars scored the fewest points.

Next, find the point's

-coordinate.

This tells you the number of penalties the Cougars received.

The point's

-coordinate

is 5, so the Cougars received 5 penalties when they scored the fewest points.

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Lesson: Scatter plots

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