Question

Select the correct answer.
Mr. Barrow scored his high school students' essays on a scale of 0 to 10. He recorded data about the scores in the table below.

Essay Score 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number of Students 1 1 2 5 4 7 3 2

Which dot plot corresponds to the values in the table?

A.
A dot plot plots essay score by students. 1 student scored 3. 1 student scored 4. 2 students scored 5. 5 students scored 6. 5 students scored 7. 6 students scored 8. 2 students scored 9. 3 students scored 10.
B.
A dot plot plots essay scores by students. 1 student scored 3. 1 student scored 4. 3 students scored 5. 4 students scored 6. 5 students scored 7. 6 students scored 8. 3 students scored 9. 2 students scored 10.
C.
A dot plot plots essay scores by students. 1 student scored 3. 1 student scored 4. 2 students scored 5. 5 students scored 6. 4 students scored 7. 6 students scored 8. 3 students scored 9. 2 students scored 10.
D.
A dot plot plots essay score by students. 1 student scored 3. 1 student scored 4. 2 students scored 5. 2 students scored 10. 5 students scored 6. 4 students scored 7. 7 students scored 8. 3 students scored 9.

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To determine which dot plot corresponds to the data given in the table, we can review the number of students that scored each essay score.

The table provides the following data:

- Essay Score 3: 1 student
- Essay Score 4: 1 student
- Essay Score 5: 2 students
- Essay Score 6: 5 students
- Essay Score 7: 4 students
- Essay Score 8: 7 students
- Essay Score 9: 3 students
- Essay Score 10: 2 students

Let's analyze each option based on the required number of students for each essay score:

**A.**
- 1 student scored 3 ✓
- 1 student scored 4 ✓
- 2 students scored 5 ✓
- 5 students scored 6 ✓
- 5 students scored 7 ✗ (should be 4)
- 6 students scored 8 ✗ (should be 7)
- 2 students scored 9 ✗ (should be 3)
- 3 students scored 10 ✗ (should be 2)

This option does not match.

**B.**
- 1 student scored 3 ✓
- 1 student scored 4 ✓
- 3 students scored 5 ✗ (should be 2)
- 4 students scored 6 ✗ (should be 5)
- 5 students scored 7 ✓
- 6 students scored 8 ✓
- 3 students scored 9 ✓
- 2 students scored 10 ✓

This option does not match.

**C.**
- 1 student scored 3 ✓
- 1 student scored 4 ✓
- 2 students scored 5 ✓
- 5 students scored 6 ✓
- 4 students scored 7 ✓
- 6 students scored 8 ✓
- 3 students scored 9 ✓
- 2 students scored 10 ✓

This option matches all data points.

**D.**
- 1 student scored 3 ✓
- 1 student scored 4 ✓
- 2 students scored 5 ✓
- 2 students scored 10 ✗ (should be 2)
- 5 students scored 6 ✓
- 4 students scored 7 ✓
- 7 students scored 8 ✗ (should be 7)
- 3 students scored 9 ✓

This option does not match.

After analyzing all options, **Option C** is the only one that correctly represents the numbers in the table.

**Answer: C.**