Creating Scatter Plots

Which sentence describes the relationship shown on this scatter plot?

• As the temperature decreases, the visitors increase.

• As the temperature increases, the number of visitors increases.

• As the visitors increase, the temperature decreases.

• No correlation

What represents the y axis?

• ABC Company

• Hours Worked

• Amount Earned in Dollars

• Hours in Car

The scatter plot shows the relationship between the number of chapters and the total number of pages for several books.  Use the trend line to predict how many chapters would be in a book with 140 pages. 

• 12 chapters

• 19 chapters

• 14 chapters

• 21 chapters

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• As the age of the car increases, the asking price increases.

• As the age of the car increases, the asking price decreases.

• The age of the car does not affect the asking price.

• The asking price consistently decreased by $10,000 per year.

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

This scatterplot could show the relationship between which two variables?

• speed of an airplane (x) vs. distance traveled in one hour (y)

• outside air temperature (x) vs. air-conditioning costs (y)

• age of an adult (x) vs. height of an adult (y)

• distance traveled (x) vs. gas remaining in the tank (y)

Which would NOT likely be the variables represented on the scatter plot in #9?

• The number of miles driven and the gallons of gas used

• The number of students in a school and the number of unused lockers

• The number of items ordered at a restaurant and the cost of the bill

• The number of customers in a store and the length of the wait at the register

The table gives the number of hours of sleep Amir has had during the past 6 days. Which scatterplot matches the table?

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What relationship is shown in the scatter plot?

• As the cost goes down, the number sold goes down.

• As the cost goes up, the number sold goes down.

• As the cost goes down, the number sold remains the same.

• There is not relationship between cost and the number sold.

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B