Question

The following data points represent the number of jars of honey Sandy the Bear consumed each day this week.

1,4,2,3,0,3,21, comma, 4, comma, 2, comma, 3, comma, 0, comma, 3, comma, 2
Using this data, create a dot plot where each dot represents a day.

Answer 1

To create a dot plot for Sandy the Bear’s honey consumption, place dots representing each day’s consumption above the corresponding number on a scale from 0 to 4. Each dot represents one day, and the dot plot quickly shows the distribution of data.

Step-by-step explanation:

To create a dot plot, we need to choose a scale for the number line that covers all of our data points. For Sandy the Bear's honey consumption data, the highest value is 4 jars, so our number line should at least go from 0 to 4. Once the number line is set, we can place dots above the number for each day's consumption.

Here is how the dot plot would look with the data points 1, 4, 2, 3, 0, 3, 2:

• 0 jars - 1 dot (representing 1 day)
• 1 jar - 1 dot
• 2 jars - 2 dots (representing 2 days)
• 3 jars - 2 dots (representing 2 days)
• 4 jars - 1 dot

To represent this visually:

0: .
1: .
2: ..
3: ..
4: .

Dot plots are helpful to compress lots of data and provide an intuitive sense of the data distribution. If you were to perform a collaborative exercise collecting data in your classroom, each student's data could be represented as a dot, and the overall distribution would be seen quickly from the graph.