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6.SP.B.5 Tutor Intake -- Summarizing Data in Context

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·~9 min·Common Core Math - Grade 6·standard·6-sp-b-5

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Concepts

A report says only: "The average is 57.84." What is missing for
this to be a complete, interpretable summary?

The number of observations (n), what attribute was measured and in what units — without these, "57.84" can't be connected to anything.

Nothing — a single computed number is always a complete summary.

A second decimal place, for more precision.

A graph, since numbers alone are never meaningful.