Exploring Box and Whisker Plots

Exploring Box and Whisker Plots

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
6.SP.B.4, 6.SP.B.5C, HSS.ID.A.1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Ethan Morris

Used 3+ times

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

CCSS.6.SP.B.4
,
CCSS.6.SP.B.5C
,
CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary purpose of a box and whisker plot?

To represent data in time series

To summarize data distribution

To display every individual data point

To calculate data averages

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT one of the five key numbers in a box plot?

Minimum

Upper Quartile

Mean

Median

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the upper quartile represent in a box plot?

The maximum data value

The median of the upper half of the data

The median of the lower half of the data

The average value of the dataset

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is the inner quartile range calculated?

Average of upper and lower quartiles

Maximum minus minimum

Median of all data points

Upper quartile minus lower quartile

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which line in a box plot typically represents the median?

The first vertical line

The second vertical line

The middle line of the box

The last vertical line

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In constructing a box plot, what is the first step?

Drawing the whiskers

Calculating the median

Identifying outliers

Ordering the data from least to greatest

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you find the lower quartile in a dataset?

It's the smallest data value

It's the average of all data points

It's the value just below the dataset's median

It's the median of the lower half of the data

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

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