Fifth Grade Indiana Math Standards 5.6.1Explain which types of displays are appropriate for various sets of data. Example: conduct a survey to find the favorite movies of the students in your class. Decide whether to use a bar, line or picture graph to display the data. Explain your decision.

Parts of a Graph  Title: The title of the line graph tells us what the graph is about.  Labels: The horizontal label across the bottom and the vertical label along the side tells us what kinds of facts are listed.  Scales: The horizontal scale across the bottom and the vertical scale along the side tell us how much or how many.  Points: The points or dots on the graph show us the facts.  Axis: x = horizontal and y = vertical

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Stem and Leaf Plots  Class size = 27  1 person failed the test, making a grade of 37  3 D's: 66, 68, and 69.  6 C's: 74, 74, 75, 76, 79, and 79  10 B's: 82, 83, 83, 83, 85, 85, 86, 87, 87, 88  7 A's: 90, 91, 93, 97, 98, 99, and 100.

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