Vocabulary
Tables, Graphs and Plots
Oh my!
The answer is...
Categorical or Numerical?
Quick Draw
100

The horizontal axis on a coordinate plane

X-axis

100

A survey of "How long does it take you to eat breakfast?" has these results:


What is this type of plot called?

Dot Plot

100

Use Maggie's Long Jump Distances Scatter Plot to answer the following questions:

What was the distance of Maggie's long jump when she had a running start of sixty feet.

9.5 feet

100
How many cookies do you eat during the holidays?

NUMERICAL

100
Bar Graph
200

The VERTICAL axis on a coordinate plane

Y-Axis

200


Stem and Leaf Plot

200

Use Maggie's Long Jump Distances Scatter Plot to answer the following questions:

How many times did Maggie jump with a running start of 20 feet.


3

200

What is your favorite holiday tradition?

Categorical

200

Scatter Plot

300

A Pair of numbers that represent a point ON A COORDINATE PLANE

Coordinates

300


Bar Graph

300

Use Maggie's Long Jump Distances Scatter Plot to answer the following questions:

What is the sum of all the long jumps when Maggie had a running start of 30 feet.

21 ft

300

What is your favorite holiday song?

Categorical

300

Dot Plot

400

The FIRST number in an ordered Pair

X-coordinate

400


Scatter Plot

400

Use Maggie's Long Jump Distances Scatter Plot to answer the following questions:

How many times did Maggie jump?

27

400

How many times did you hear the song "All I want for Christmas" this year?

Numerical

400

Coordinate Plane

500

The SECOND number in an ordered pair

Y-coordinate

500

Frequency Table

500

Use Maggie's Long Jump Distances Scatter Plot to answer the following questions:

What is the total distance Maggie jumped when her running start was less than 10 feet?

12.75 ft

500
If you could travel anywhere in the world during the holidays, where would you go?

Categorical

500

Stem and Leaf Plot