Scale and Intervals

Choose 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 or 100 as a reasonable scale for the following data set.
13, 12, 18, 26, 20
1. 5
2. 26 ÷ 7 = 3
Choose 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 or 100 as a reasonable scale for the following data set.
125, 175, 125, 115
1. 50
2. 200 ÷ 7 = 30
3. 20
Choose 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 or 100 as a reasonable scale for the following data set.
16, 25, 18, 15
1. 5
2. 30 ÷ 7 = 4
Choose 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 or 100 as a reasonable scale for the following data set.
130, 70, 160, 90
1. 20
2. 160 ÷ 7 = 23
3. 50
Choose 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 or 100 as a reasonable scale for the following data set.
5, 10, 9, 9, 7, 5, 9
1. 1
2. 10 ÷ 7 = 1.5
3. 2
Choose 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 or 100 as a reasonable scale for the following data set.
16, 72, 37, 23, 48
1. 10
2. 70 ÷ 7 = 10
Choose 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 or 100 as a reasonable scale for the following data set.
43, 51, 21, 42, 5
1. 10
2. 51 ÷ 7 = 7
3. 5
4. You may round the 7 up or down.
Choose 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 or 100 as a reasonable scale for the data set shown in the stem-and-leaf plot on the right.
1. 5
2. 10
3. 47 ÷ 7 = 7
4. You may round up to 10 or down to 5
Choose 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 or 100 as a reasonable scale for the data set shown in the table on the right.
1. 10
2. 20
3. 95 ÷ 10 = 9