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This lesson is aligned with §111.29. Grade 6, Middle School Advanced Mathematics, Adopted 2025.

• TEKS 6.14D. Solve problems using data represented in bar graphs, dot plots, and circle graphs, including part-to-whole and part-to-part comparisons and equivalents;

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24 Questions:

1. The student council at Lakeside Middle School conducted a survey about favorite after-school snacks. The results will be used to plan healthy snack options in vending machines. What is the ratio of students who chose cookies to those who chose granola bars?
   
2. What percent of students preferred chips?
   
3. A school counselor is preparing a presentation on time management. She surveyed 6th graders about their weekend routines and summarized the responses in a circle graph. Which activity takes up the largest portion of students’ weekends?
   
4. How many more hours are spent watching TV than doing homework?
   
5. To promote literacy, the school librarian tracked how many books each 6th grader read during March. The results were displayed in a dot plot. What is the most common number of books read?
   
6. What fraction of students read fewer than 3 books?
   
7. During club sign-ups at Riverside Middle School, students chose one club to join for the semester. The school counselor created a bar graph to analyze student interests. How many more students joined Art Club than Chess Club?
   
8. What percent of students joined either Drama Club or Student Council?
   
9. Students voted on their favorite cupcake flavor at the school bake sale. The results were shown in a circle graph. Which cupcake flavor received the most votes?
   
10. What is the percent difference between Vanilla and Red Velvet cupcake votes?
    
11. Ms. Ramos asked her 6th-grade math class to record how many hours they spent on various activities over the weekend. The class average for each activity was used to create the bar graph. Which list shows the activities in order from most to least hours spent?
    
12. How many more hours on average did students spend on entertainment (Video Games + Watching TV) than on school-related activities (Studying + Reading)?
    
13. Sixth graders at Roosevelt Middle were surveyed about how they spend their $10 weekly allowance. Their responses were used to create a circle graph showing the percent spent in each category. Which category do students spend the greatest portion of their allowance on?
    
14. How much money did students spend on Entertainment from their $10 weekly allowance?
    
15. Springfield uses different energy sources to make electricity. The pie chart shows what part each source provides. Which two energy sources together give more than half of the city’s electricity?
    
16. If Springfield uses 2,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity, how many kilowatt-hours come from Wind and Coal? What is the ratio of Wind energy to Nuclear energy?
    
17. A class tracked how many books each student read over summer break. The dot plot shows how many students read each number of books. How many students read 3 or more books during summer break?
    
18. What fraction of students read fewer than 3 books, and how many students read exactly 2 books?
    
19. Sunny runs a small snack shop after school. She tracks sales each weekday to help her plan inventory and decide when to offer discounts. On which two days did Sunny sell a total of 45 snack packs, and how many more did she sell on Friday than on Monday?
    
20. Sunny wants to run a “Double Snack Friday” and needs to order double the usual number of packs she sells on Fridays. If each pack costs $1.50, how much should she spend?
    
21. Jordan works as a veterinary assistant. She keeps track of how she spends her time each week to stay organized and make sure each part of her job is balanced. Jordan wants Cleaning to equal the time she spends on Office Work. How many hours does Jordan spend on Animal Care, and how many more hours is that than the time spent on Training?
    
22. Jordan wants Cleaning to equal the time she spends on Office Work. How many more hours does she need to add to Cleaning to make this happen?
    
23. Maya is analyzing work hours of food couriers across cities to decide where to launch a new delivery app that promotes healthy work-life balance. Maya wants to start the app in the city where couriers work the fewest hours. What is the difference in hours between that city and the one with the most hours?
    
24. If Maya wants to keep total hours in all 3 cities under 100 each week, how many hours must she cut from Chicago’s couriers?