Five Number Summary (Prep for Box-and-Whisker Plots)

Five Number Summary of Data

Prep for Box-And-Whisker Plots

Part 1 Find the Median (the Middle)

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Find the median of the following set of 11 numbers.

{55, 55, 55, 58, 62, 64, 71, 73, 82, 89, 90}

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Find the median of the following set of 17 numbers.

{57, 62, 62, 65, 71, 72, 76, 78, 79, 80, 82, 84, 87, 89, 93, 97, 98}

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Find the median of the following set of 19 numbers.

{54, 55, 55, 57, 58, 64, 67, 67, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 81, 82, 82, 86, 89}

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Find the median of the following set of 14 numbers.

{58, 60, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 70, 73, 73, 80, 86, 95, 96}

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Find the median of the following set of 16 numbers.

{57, 63, 63, 69, 70, 75, 75, 77, 79, 85, 87, 88, 90, 92, 93, 94}

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Find the median of the following set of 18 numbers.

{60, 61, 63, 64, 64, 65, 66, 66, 72, 72, 73, 76, 81, 82, 88, 88, 89, 90}

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Find the median of the following set of 12 numbers.

{51, 54, 60, 60, 66, 71, 72, 72, 73, 79, 87, 94}

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Find the median of the following set of 14 numbers.

{55, 55, 56, 57, 61, 68, 70, 73, 81, 86, 88, 88, 92, 94}

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Find the median of the following set of 16 numbers.

{64, 64, 65, 65, 67, 71, 72, 73, 78, 81, 85, 86, 88, 89, 89, 93}

Five Number Summary

Problem #1

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Consider the following set of data (12 numbers):

{33, 33, 33, 36, 42, 43, 44, 49, 49, 50, 52, 53}

What is the minimum? (Use decimals when the answer is not a whole number.)

{33, 33, 33, 36, 42, 43, 44, 49, 49, 50, 52, 53}

What is the minimum?

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Consider the following set of data (12 numbers):

{33, 33, 33, 36, 42, 43, 44, 49, 49, 50, 52, 53}

What is the maximum? (Use decimals when the answer is not a whole number.)

{33, 33, 33, 36, 42, 43, 44, 49, 49, 50, 52, 53}

What is the maximum?

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Consider the following set of data (12 numbers):

{33, 33, 33, 36, 42, 43, 44, 49, 49, 50, 52, 53}

What is the median? (Use decimals when the answer is not a whole number.)

Median

The median is the middle.

Since there were an even number of numbers, we had to average the two middle numbers to get the median. (Red)

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Consider the following set of data (12 numbers):

{33, 33, 33, 36, 42, 43, 44, 49, 49, 50, 52, 53}

What is the lower quartile, aka Q1 or quartile 1? (Use decimals when the answer is not a whole number.)

Lower Quartile

The lower quartile is the middle of the bottom half of the data set. (Purple)

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Consider the following set of data (12 numbers):

{33, 33, 33, 36, 42, 43, 44, 49, 49, 50, 52, 53}

What is the upper quartile, aka Q3 or quartile 3? (Use decimals when the answer is not a whole number.)

Upper Quartile

The upper quartile is the middle of the upper half of the data. (Green)

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Consider the following set of data (12 numbers):

{33, 33, 33, 36, 42, 43, 44, 49, 49, 50, 52, 53}

What is the Interquartile Range (IQR)? (Use decimals when the answer is not a whole number.)

Interquartile Range (IQR)

Multiple Choice

Consider the following set of data (12 numbers):

{33, 33, 33, 36, 42, 43, 44, 49, 49, 50, 52, 53}

Which of the following is the correct box-and-whisker plot?

Five Number Summary

Problem #2

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Consider the following set of data (16 numbers):

{4, 4, 4, 8, 9, 9, 13, 13, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 27}

What is the minimum? (Use decimals when the answer is not a whole number.)

{4, 4, 4, 8, 9, 9, 13, 13, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 27}

What is the minimum?

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Consider the following set of data (16 numbers):

{4, 4, 4, 8, 9, 9, 13, 13, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 27}

What is the maximum? (Use decimals when the answer is not a whole number.)

{4, 4, 4, 8, 9, 9, 13, 13, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 27}

What is the maximum?

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Consider the following set of data (16 numbers):

{4, 4, 4, 8, 9, 9, 13, 13, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 27}

What is the median? (Use decimals when the answer is not a whole number.)

Median

The median is the number in the middle (OR the average of the two numbers in the middle.)

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Consider the following set of data (16 numbers):

{4, 4, 4, 8, 9, 9, 13, 13, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 27}

What is the lower quartile, aka Q1 or quartile 1? (Use decimals when the answer is not a whole number.)

Lower Quartile

The lower quartile is the middle of the lower half of the data.

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Consider the following set of data (16 numbers):

{4, 4, 4, 8, 9, 9, 13, 13, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 27}

What is the upper quartile, aka Q3 or quartile 3? (Use decimals when the answer is not a whole number.)

Upper Quartile

The upper quartile is the middle of the upper half of the data.

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Consider the following set of data (16 numbers):

{4, 4, 4, 8, 9, 9, 13, 13, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 27}

What is the Interquartile Range (IQR)? (Use decimals when the answer is not a whole number.)

Interquartile Range

Multiple Choice

Consider the following set of data (16 numbers):

{4, 4, 4, 8, 9, 9, 13, 13, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 27}

Which of the following is the correct box-and-whisker plot?

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