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Maths · Grade 6 · Set A
Questions With More Than One Answer
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Remember: A statistical question has answers that can differ.

Statistical questions

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Is “How many pages are in our quiz?” a statistical question?
YesNo
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Five kids gave their heights in inches. Is “How tall are the kids in our class?” a statistical question?
YesNo
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Five kids answered “How many pets do you have?” Which plot shows answers that are not all the same?
Plot 1
Plot 2
Plot 3
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Which question is a statistical question?
How old is our teacher?How many sides does a triangle have?How many minutes do the kids in Grade 6 read each night?
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Circle every statistical question.
How many pages are in our book?How long does each kid take to get to school?What is 6 times 7?How many pets does each kid in our class have?How many days are in a week?
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Five players answered “How many points did you earn?” What changes from one answer to the next?
the question we askthe team the players are onthe points each player earned
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In a statistical question, everyone is asked the same question but the answers can differ.
TrueFalse
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Join each question to what changes from one answer to the next.
  1. 1How tall is each kid on the soccer team?
  2. 2How many points did each player earn?
  3. 3How many minutes does each kid read?
  4. 4How many pets do the kids in our class have?
  • Athe minutes each kid reads
  • Bthe points each player earned
  • Cthe number of pets each kid has
  • Dthe height of each player
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Number the steps of a statistical study.
  • Look at how the answers differ
  • Write down every answer
  • Ask many people the same question
  • Ask a question whose answers can differ
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Five kids said how many pets they have. How many different answers did they give?
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A class asks “What day comes after Monday?” Everyone gives the same answer, so it is a statistical question.
TrueFalse
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Which question could you ask about the vehicles in a parking lot so the answers can differ?
How many wheels does a bike have?How many wheels does one car have?How many wheels does each vehicle in the lot have?
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Write a statistical question you could ask the kids in your class. Tell why the answers can differ.
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Answer key · Set A
Questions With More Than One Answer
1No There is one answer, so the answers cannot differ.
2Yes Different kids give different heights, so the answers can differ.
3Plot 2 The answers vary when the dots are in different places.
4How many minutes do the kids in Grade 6 read each night? Different kids read different numbers of minutes, so the answers can differ. The other two have one answer.
5How long does each kid take to get to school?, How many pets does each kid in our class have? Statistical questions have answers that can differ from kid to kid.
6the points each player earned Everyone gets the same question and is on the same team. What changes is the answer each player gives.
7True The question is the same for everyone. It is the answers that vary.
81-D, 2-B, 3-A, 4-C The answers are the things that change.
94, 3, 2, 1 Ask first, then collect the answers, then look at them.
104 The answers are 0, 1, 1, 2 and 4. The different ones are 0, 1, 2 and 4: four.
11False When every answer is the same, the answers do not vary.
12How many wheels does each vehicle in the lot have? Cars, bikes and trucks have different numbers of wheels, so the answers vary.
13Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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