IXL | Predictions and trends in scatter plots

Ann's school has a carnival every year. This scatter plot shows the number of students from each class who attended this year's carnival.

Which statement best describes the relationship between grade level and the number of students who attended the carnival?

As grade level increases, the number of students decreases.

As grade level increases, the number of students increases.

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Dan loves baking muffins. This scatter plot shows the number of ingredients in his favorite recipes and the number of times he has used each recipe.

Which statement best describes the relationship between the number of ingredients in a recipe and the number of times Dan has used it?

As the number of ingredients increases, the number of times Dan has used the recipe decreases.

As the number of ingredients increases, the number of times Dan has used the recipe increases.

Each point on the scatter plot stands for a recipe. The

-coordinate

tells you the number of ingredients in the recipe. The

-coordinate

tells you how many times Dan has used the recipe.

Look at the scatter plot. Points that are farther to the right tend to be lower on the scatter plot. This means that points with larger

-values

tend to have smaller

-values.

The scatter plot shows that as the number of ingredients increases, the number of times Dan has used the recipe decreases.

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