Grade 6 · Maths · Lessons
Questions with more than one answer
❓question📊data🧍kids🔀vary
Questions with many answers.The big ideaA statistical question has answers that can differ.
How it works
A statistical question has answers that can differ.
'How many pets do the kids in Grade 6 have?' will have many different answers.
'How many minutes did Ava do homework on Monday?' has just one answer, so it is not a statistical question.
Example 1: One answer
- How many minutes of homework did Ava do on Monday?
- There is only one answer.
- It's not statistical.
Example 2: Many answers
- How many pets do the kids in Grade 6 have?
- Each kid may have a different number.
- It's statistical.
Example 3: Choose
- Which question expects different answers: 'How tall is Max?' or 'How tall are the students in our class?'
- The second asks about a group.
- The second is statistical.
Words to know
- statistical question
- A question whose answers can differ.
- data
- Facts and numbers you collect.
Watch out
- Statistical questions ask about a group.
- The data can vary.
- A question with one answer isn't statistical.
Try it
- Is 'How many siblings do the kids in our class have?' statistical?
- Is 'How tall is the tree?' statistical?
- What makes a question statistical?
- Make a statistical question about pets.
Answers: 1. yes · 2. no · 3. its answers can differ · 4. any, such as How many pets do students have?
For grown-upsAsk a question of your whole family and see how the answers differ.