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6.SP.A.2 Tutor Intake -- Reading a Distribution

This short check helps your tutor see where to start. Work on your own,
without a calculator. If you're unsure, give your best try — the goal is
to find what to work on together, not to grade you.

Grade 6·6 problems·~8 min·Common Core Math - Grade 6·standard·6-sp-a-2

Work through problems with immediate feedback

Procedures

A tutor asks a student to describe the SPREAD of a dot plot
showing values from 52 to 65. The student answers "13." At this
stage of the lesson (before any single-number measures have been
introduced), is "13" the expected kind of answer?

Yes — 13 is the correct spread, and any correct numeric answer is what's expected.

No — spread can't be described at all until single-number measures are introduced.

No — a qualitative description like "it spans from about 52 to 65" or "fairly wide" is expected; single-number measures like range come later.

Yes — but only because 13 happens to equal max minus min.