Boxplots practice

Consider the boxplot below. What is the lower quartile?

• 7

• 10

• 8

• 6.5

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The box-and-whisker plot displays the number of inches of snowfall last year for 14 cities. Each city had a different amount of snowfall.

The median amount of snow that fell is _________ inches.

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Consider the boxplot below. What is the interquartile range (IQR)?

• 4
• 3.5
• 6
• 9

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What percentage of the data is between 40 and 90?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

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Which city, Nashville or Dallas, has the smaller median?

• Nashville

• Dallas

• They are the same.

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Which of the numbers below is NOT part of a 5 number summary used to create a boxplot?

• lower extreme

• lower quartile

• mean

• upper quartile

• upper extreme

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Which of the statements is true?

• It is unusual for male actors over 50 years old to win an Oscar.

• It is unusual for female actors over 60 years old to win an Oscar.

• It is unusual for male actors under 40 years old to win an Oscar.

• It is unusual for female actors under 50 years old to win an Oscar.

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Find the lower quartile, median, upper quartile, IQR and range of the given data

11,12,12,13,14,14,15,15,15,16,17,17,18

Draw the boxplot on your paper.

• LQ = 12.5, median = 15, UQ = 16.5, IQR = 4.0, and range = 7

• LQ = 11.5, median = 14, UQ = 15.5, IQR = 4.5, and Range = 6

• LQ = 13.5, median = 15.5, UQ = 17.5, IQR = 5.0, and Range = 7

• LQ = 12.5, median = 14, UQ = 16.5, IQR = 4.0, and Range = 8

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True or false, 75% of the data values are greater than 18?

• True

• False, 75% of the values are greater than 16

• False, 50 % of the values are greater than 18

• False, 25% of the values are greater than 18

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The data set 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 12, 14, 17, 17, 18, 19, 19 represents the number of hours spent on the Internet in a week by students in a mathematics class. Which boxplot represents the data?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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