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Maths · Grade 6 · Set A
Dots on a Line
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Remember: Every dot is one kid. Count the dots, not the numbers.

Count the dots, not the numbers

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Mia asked each kid how many pets they have. Each dot is one kid. How many kids have 3 pets?
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How many kids have 1 pet?
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How many kids did Mia ask in all?
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Which number of pets do the most kids have?
1235
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Exactly 1 kid has 5 pets.
TrueFalse
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Four kids said 0 pets, 0 pets, 1 pet and 3 pets. Which dot plot shows their answers?
Plot 1
Plot 2
Plot 3
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Sam wrote down each kid's points on a quiz. How many kids scored 19 points?
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What are the numbers under the line counting?
kidsdotspoints
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How many kids scored less than 15 points?
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How many kids scored 18 points or more?
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Join each part of a dot plot to what it means.
  1. 1one dot
  2. 2a tall stack of dots
  3. 3a number under the line
  4. 4no dots over a number
  • Aan answer, like points
  • Bno kid gave that answer
  • Cone kid
  • Dmany kids with the same answer
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The dot plot shows that 19 kids got 19 points.
TrueFalse
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How many kids scored from 16 to 18 points? Count the kids who scored 16, 17 or 18.
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Write one thing the dot plot of the quiz points tells you. Use the word kids.
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Answer key · Set A
Dots on a Line
14 Find 3 under the line and count the dots over it: 4 dots.
23 Find 1 under the line and count the dots over it: 3 dots.
311 Each dot is one kid. Count every dot: 1 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 1 = 11.
43 The tallest stack is over 3. More kids have 3 pets than any other number.
5True There is one dot over 5. A dot is one kid.
6Plot 2 Two dots over 0, one over 1 and one over 3: four dots for four kids.
73 Find 19 under the line and count the dots over it: 3.
8points The numbers under the line are the points a kid scored. The dots count the kids.
93 One kid scored 11 and two scored 12: 1 + 2 = 3 dots.
106 Two dots over 18, three over 19 and one over 20: 2 + 3 + 1 = 6.
111-C, 2-D, 3-A, 4-B A dot plot shows every answer at once.
12False The number 19 is the points. The three dots over it mean 3 kids got 19 points.
135 Two dots over 16, one over 17 and two over 18: 2 + 1 + 2 = 5.
14Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
Mark each answer, count the right ones and write the score on the sheet.