A#517 - Box and Whisker - practice problems

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14 questions

Interpreting a Box & Whisker Plot

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For questions 1-5, refer to the box & whisker graph below which shows the test results of a math class.

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What was the high score on the test?

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What percent of the class scored above a 72?

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What was the median score on the test?

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What percent of the class scored between 88 & 96?

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Do you think that this test was too hard for the students? Explain.

For questions 6 – 9 refer to the box & whisker graph below that shows how much time was spent per night on homework for sophomore class at a certain high school during September.


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What percent of the sophomores spend more than 60 minutes on homework per night?

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What is the range of times that the middle 50% of the sophomores spend on homework per night?

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How many sophomores do not do homework?

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What percent of the sophomores spend less than 20 minutes per night on homework?

The box and whisker plot below shows the volunteer service hours performed by students at Indian Trail Middle School last summer. Use this plot to answer questions 10 -


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What is the median of the data set?

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What is the lower quartile of the data set?

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What is the upper quartile of the data set?

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What percentage of the data is between the lower quartile and the upper quartile?

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Draw a box and whisker plot for a data set of 3,4,5,7,7,11,12,13,14,15