You will need:

1. Your maths book

2. A ruler
3. A lead pencil
5. An eraser

Dot
Plo

What is
a dot
plot?

A Dot Plot is a
graphical
display of
data using
dots.

5 people were at a
ecent birthday party.
heir ages were:

2, 9, 10, 5, 9,
, 12, 10, 13, 9,
, 6, 13, 9, 13

How will I decide

what scale to us
for my graph?

Whats my lowest
umber?

Whats my highes
umber?

Lowest
Highest

0
11

1
12

2
13

1
13

12, 9, 10,
5, 9,
9, 12, 10,
13, 9,
9, 6, 13, 9,
13
5

10

Use the frequency table

to create a dot plot:

How long does it take you to eat breakfast

Minut 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 1 1
es
0 1 2
People 6 2 3 5 2 5 0 0 2 3 7 4 1

0
12

1
13

2
3
4
Minutes
14 15

10

11

0
12

1
13

2
3
4
Minutes
14 15

10

11

Its
your
turn

efore you begin

Your dots must be:

uniform
Size
Shape
Distance

Step 1 Organise your data

Step 2 Draw a horizontal
line
Step 3 Give your dot plot a
title
Step 4 Label your line with