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Phone Plans: What Would Vary?

Identify statistical questions while comparing phone plans, user needs, and monthly usage. Distinguish expected variation from fixed facts.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.SP.A.1

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 14 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 6
Subject
Math
Question types
Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students distinguish statistical questions from questions about single facts or fixed values.
  • Students identify expected variation across phone users, months, and service locations.
  • Students recognize that statistical questions can involve numerical or categorical answers.

How to use

Have students classify each question before discussing the answers. Ask them to name what would be recorded and why those answers might vary.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.SP.A.1

Recognize a statistical question as one whose answers are expected to vary.

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Phone Plans: What Would Vary?

Decide which questions need data with answers that are expected to vary.

Plan Facts and User Questions

A statistical question anticipates variability in the data used to answer it. Use the advertised plan facts below for questions 1–5.

Advertised Monthly Plans
PlanBase priceIncluded data
Essential$193 GB
Connect$319 GB
Explore$4318 GB
1.
Which question is statistical?
  • A. What is the advertised base price of Connect?
  • B. How much higher is Explore's base price than Essential's?
  • C. How many gigabytes are included with Explore?
  • D. How much mobile data do different Connect users use each month?
2.
Ravi asks, “What is Essential's advertised base price?” Why is this not a statistical question?
  • A. It is not statistical because it asks for one fixed advertised fact.
  • B. It is not statistical because its answer is a number rather than a category.
  • C. It is not statistical because all questions about money have fixed answers.
  • D. It is not statistical because only three plans appear in the table.

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