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6th grade statistics word problems

A free printable sheet of 8 Grade 6 statistics word problems, with a hint for a grown-up under each one and an answer key worked out by Kizupi’s math engine. Press New sheet for another.

By The Kizupi team · Updated November 4, 2026

Grade 6 statistics word problems

Name: ____________________

  1. Max scored 84, 98, 91 and 87 on four science quizzes. What is the mean score?

    Hint for a grown-up: What is the total of all the scores?

  2. Kizupi’s histogram shows how many minutes students spent on homework. The bars show 9 students for 0–9 minutes, 4 for 10–19, 7 for 20–29, 9 for 30–39 and 1 for 40–49. How many students spent at least 30 minutes?

    Hint for a grown-up: Which bars show 30 minutes or more?

  3. Kizupi’s survey counted the members of five school clubs. Chess has 18, art has 29, music has 18 and drama has 12. The mean club size is 20. How many members does the science club have?

    Hint for a grown-up: If the mean of five clubs is 20, what must all five sizes add up to?

  4. Kizupi surveyed 40 students, and 8 of them said art is their favorite subject. The whole school has 480 students. Predict how many students in the whole school would choose art.

    Hint for a grown-up: What fraction of the surveyed students chose art?

  5. Kizupi’s survey asked four students how many hours they spend outdoors each week. They said 38, 23, 40 and 31. The mean is 33. What is the mean absolute deviation (MAD)?

    Hint for a grown-up: How far is each answer from 33?

  6. Three students in Kizupi’s survey walk to school. Their walks take 5, 15 and 16 minutes. The dots on the number line balance like a seesaw at their mean. Where is the balance point?

    Hint for a grown-up: One dot is far out on the left, and two are on the right. Which side has more dots?

  7. Kizupi’s survey asked seven students how many minutes they took to get ready this morning. They said 37, 26, 42, 32, 27, 38 and 36. Find the quartiles the usual way: leave out the median, then find the middle of each half. What is the interquartile range (IQR)?

    Hint for a grown-up: The IQR is the upper quartile minus the lower quartile. What must we do before we find any quartile?

  8. Five bean plants at the science fair grew 31, 19, 35, 30 and 25 cm. What is the median height?

    Hint for a grown-up: The median is the middle value. What must we do before we look for the middle?

From kizupi.com/tools · Grade 6, sheet 2098

What these statistics problems cover

Each sheet draws 8 problems from 10 Grade 6 statistics word problems in Kizupi’s published lessons, a different skill for each where it can. Only problems that work on paper are used.

Mean · Median, mode and range · Mean as a balance point · Finding a missing value · Mean absolute deviation · Quartiles and box plots · Frequency tables · Histograms · Expected outcomes

Where this fits in 6th grade

The Common Core math standards say Grade 6 time should go to these areas [1]:

  • Ratios and rates
  • Dividing fractions, and negative numbers
  • Writing and using expressions and equations
  • Statistical thinking

For a sheet that mixes every Grade 6 skill, use the 6th grade math word problems page.

Questions parents ask

What statistics word problems do 6th graders do?

The sheets here draw from 9 Grade 6 skills: Mean, Median, mode and range, Mean as a balance point, Finding a missing value, Mean absolute deviation, Quartiles and box plots, Frequency tables, Histograms, Expected outcomes.

Is the worksheet free?

Yes. No account and no email. Press New sheet for another set of the same topic, and print as many as you like.

Are the answers right?

Every answer is computed with exact arithmetic by the same engine that checks children’s answers in Kizupi, not typed in by hand.

What if statistics word problems are too hard?

Read the problem aloud together and ask what the story is about before any numbers. Use the hint under each problem. If it is still hard, try the mixed Grade 5 sheet first.

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Sources

  1. Common Core State Standards Initiative, Grade 6 introduction. Read October 27, 2026.

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