What is a Histogram?

Grade 10Math45 min

Learning Objective

I can construct a histogram from a given data set by determining appropriate bin sizes and frequencies.

Lesson Flow

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5 min

Histograms Explained! | How to Make a Histogram | Math Defined with Mrs. C

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Practice

14 min

6 questions • Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

ā€œThe following data represents the number of books read by students in a class: 5, 12, 2, 18, 22, 8, 15, 7, 9, 11, 20, 1, 6, 10, 13, 16, 4, 14, 19, 3. Create a frequency table using bin sizes of 5 (0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24) and state the frequency for each bin. A survey was conducted to determine the number of hours students spend on social media per day. The results are: 1, 3, 0, 2, 5, 4, 2, 1, 3, 2, 0, 6, 2, 3, 1, 4, 2, 5, 1, 2. Create a frequency table using bin sizes of 2 (0-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7) and state the frequency for each bin.ā€

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