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Maths · Grade 6 · Set B
Will the Answers Differ?
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Remember: A statistical question has answers that can differ.

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Five kids each said how many legs a spider has. Is “How many legs does a spider have?” a statistical question?
YesNo
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Kids answered “How many brothers and sisters do you have?” Which plot shows answers that are all the same?
Plot 1
Plot 2
Plot 3
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Six kids said how many inches tall they are. Is “How tall is each kid in our group?” a statistical question?
YesNo
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Which question is a statistical question?
How many wheels does a school bus have?What day does school start?How many kids ride each school bus?
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Circle every statistical question.
How many minutes does each kid take to eat lunch?How many minutes are in an hour?How many books does each kid in our class own?How many inches are in a foot?How many goals did each player on the team score?
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The bars show the goals scored by each of five players. How many different numbers of goals are there?
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Join each question to what changes from one answer to the next.
  1. 1How far does each kid throw a ball?
  2. 2How many cards does each kid own?
  3. 3How many minutes does each kid practice?
  4. 4How many plants does each house have?
  • Athe minutes each kid practices
  • Bthe number of plants in each house
  • Cthe number of cards each kid has
  • Dthe distance each kid throws
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Every kid in the choir is asked “How many minutes do you practice each week?” What stays the same for every kid asked?
the minutes each kid practicesthe question we askthe length of each kid's answer
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Number the steps of a study about sunflowers.
  • Pick a question whose answers can differ
  • Say what you notice about the heights
  • Measure every sunflower in the garden
  • Show the heights on a dot plot
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“How tall is our school flagpole?” is a statistical question.
TrueFalse
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Which question has answers that can differ from team to team?
How many goals did each team in the league score this year?How many players are on the field in a game?How many halves are in a soccer game?
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Write a statistical question you could ask about plants. Tell why the answers can differ.
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Answer key · Set B
Will the Answers Differ?
1No Every answer is 8, so the answers do not differ.
2Plot 2 The dots are all over the same number only in Plot 2.
3Yes The kids gave different heights, so the answers can differ.
4How many kids ride each school bus? Different buses carry different numbers of kids, so the answers can differ. The other two have one answer.
5How many minutes does each kid take to eat lunch?, How many books does each kid in our class own?, How many goals did each player on the team score? Each of these asks about many kids or players, and their answers can differ. The minutes in an hour and the inches in a foot never change.
63 The goals are 2, 4, 2, 1 and 4. The different numbers are 1, 2 and 4: three.
71-D, 2-C, 3-A, 4-B The answers are the things that change.
8the question we ask Everyone hears the same question. The minutes each kid gives are the answers, and those can differ.
91, 4, 2, 3 Ask first, collect the answers, then look at them.
10False There is just one flagpole, so there is just one height.
11How many goals did each team in the league score this year? Different teams score different numbers of goals. The players on the field and the halves of a game are the same for every team.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
Mark each answer, count the right ones and write the score on the sheet.