Michael asked his classmates how many pencils they brought with them to class. He used that data to create a dot plot. Is his dot plot correct? Why or why not.
Number of pencils: 1, 2, 0, 3, 3, 1, 0, 2, 1
To determine if Michael's dot plot is correct, we need to compare the data points to the representation on the dot plot.
The data given is:
1, 2, 0, 3, 3, 1, 0, 2, 1
A dot plot represents each data point with a dot above the corresponding number on a number line. However, the data points given do not match up with the dot plot.
To create the appropriate dot plot, we would plot each data point one by one on a number line. The resulting dot plot would look like this:
0 • •
1 • • •
2 • •
3 • •
In this dot plot, each data point is represented by a dot above the corresponding number on the number line. However, Michael's dot plot is not shown, so we cannot determine if it is correct or not.