Lesson 2: Practice Problems
Problem 1
In hockey, a player gets credited with a “point” in their statistics when they get an assist or goal. The table shows the number of assists and number of points for 15 hockey players after a season.
Make a scatter plot of this data.
Make sure to scale and label the axes.
assists | points |
---|---|
Problem 2
Select all the representations that are appropriate for comparing bite strength to weight for different carnivores.
Histogram
Scatter plot
Dot plot
Table
Box plot
Problem 3
When is it better to use a table? When is it better to use a scatter plot?
Problem 4 From Unit 5 Lesson 17
There are many cylinders with radius 6 meters. Let
Write an equation that represents the volume
as a function of the height . Sketch the graph of the function, using 3.14 as an approximation for
. If you double the height of a cylinder, what happens to the volume? Explain this using the equation.
If you multiply the height of a cylinder by
, what happens to the volume? Explain this using the graph.