Box and Whisker Plots

Match the following terms with their definitions

• Middle of the lower half of the data set. 25% of the data lies below this value and 75% lies above.

• Median (Q2)

• Middle of the upper half of the data set. 75% of the data lies below this value and 25% lies below.

• First Quartile (Q1)

• The highest value of the data set

• Third Quartile (Q3)

• The lowest value of the data set

• Minimum (Min)

• Middle of the data set. Half the data (50%) lies below this value and half (50%) lies above.

• Maximum (Max)

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What do points B and D represent on the box plot?

• Mean and Mode

• Mean and Median

• Least and Greatest Value

• First and Third Quartiles

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

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What do points A and E represent on the box plot?

• Mean and Mode

• Mean and Median

• Least and Greatest Value

• First and Third Quartiles

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

What does point C on the box plot represent?

• First Quartile

• Median

• Third Quartile

• Mean

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

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What is the median of the data?

• 200

• 100

• 90

• 140

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

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What value is the lower quartile?

• 66

• 58

• 60

• 64

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

What data value is the upper quartile (Q3)?

• 64

• 62

• 66

• 58

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

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What is the minimum value?

• 64

• 58

• 66

• 60

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

What is the maximum value?

• 64

• 58

• 66

• 60

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

Now lets find the median, what do you do to find it?

• Cross off my numbers in pairs until I get one or two in the middle

• Add all of my numbers together

• Find the most common one

• Subtract the largest and smallest

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C