NC.6.SP.3.b

Understand that describing the variability of a data set is needed to distinguish between data sets in the same scale, by comparing graphical representations of different data sets in the same scale that have similar measures of center, but different spreads.

Example Problems
The following data points represent the apples picked by a group of 5 friends.


Find the
standard deviation of the data set.
Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
The following data points represent the cups of lemonade Carlos sold on 5 afternoons.


Find the
standard deviation of the data set.
Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
The following data points represent the download speeds (in Mbps) recorded in 5 tests.


Find the
standard deviation of the data set.
Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
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