Name Date

Sweet Dreams

Part 1
Directions: Molly collected data from her friends. Each friend told her the number
of hours they slept last night. Use the information in the chart below to complete a
line plot of the data. Determine the scale you should use, and a title for the line
plot. Using the blank line plot below, write in the intervals, the title you chose, and
place a dot on the line plot for each of Molly’s friend’s hours of sleep. Then, answer
the questions about the line plot you’ve created.

Total Time Slept

Individual Total Time Slept Individual Total Time Slept

(hours) (hours)

Mike 81 Gina 10
2
John 10 Elisabeth 9

Susan 81 Alexis 91
2 2

Linda 81 Drake 81
2 2

Frankie 61 Vincent 81
2 2

Bob 71 Herbert 9
2

Kim 71 John 10
2

Louie 91 Chrissy
71
2 2

Pamela 81 Liam 10
2

Heather 8 Julian 81
2

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1. What was the most common amount of sleep?

2. Is there an outlier in the data? If so, what is it? Explain how you know.

3. What is the difference in hours between the longest night’s sleep and the
shortest night’s sleep?

4. How many people slept longer than 8 hours?

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Part 2
Directions: The next day, Molly asked 5 more people how long they slept the night
before. Below is a chart of their answers. Add their times to the line plot you
created in Part 1.

Total Time Slept

Name Total Time Slept

(hours)

Zaria
7

LaDajia
12

Devonte
7

Leon
8

Kylie
7

1. Describe how the new data has changed the line plot.

2. Is there an outlier in the data? If so, is it the same as the outlier before the
new data was added? Explain.

3. How many total people slept less than 8 hours? How do you know?

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