Box Plots

Question 1

The box plots compare the number of students in Mr. Ishimoto’s classes and in Ms. Castillo’s classes over the last two semesters.Which statement is true about the box plots? Select three options.Both box plots show the same range.Both box plots show the same interquartile range.The data for Mr. Ishimoto has an outlier.Mr. Ishimoto had the class with the greatest number of students.The smallest class size was 24 students.

Question 2

The box plot represents the number of minutes it takes for the students in a class to run a mile.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

5

Question 3

The interquartile range of the data set is 4.2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12Which explains whether or not 12 is an outlier?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Twelve is not an outlier because it is less than the sum of 7 and 6.

Question 4

The data set below has a lower quartile of 13 and an upper quartile of 37.1, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20, 35, 37, 40, 78Which statement is true about any outliers of the data set?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The greatest value, 78, is the only outlier.

Question 5

The data set represents the total number of pencils each student in a class needs to sharpen.0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 6, 9Which box plot correctly represents the data?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A number line goes from 0 to 10. The whiskers range from 0 to 9, and the box ranges from 1 to 6. A line divides the box at 3.

Question 6

The data set represents the number of miles Mary jogged each day for the past nine days.6, 7, 5, 0, 6, 12, 8, 6, 9What is the outlier of the data?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

0

Question 7

The box plot represents the number of minutes customers spend on hold when calling a company.What is the upper quartile of the data?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

6

Question 8

A variety of two types of snack packs are delivered to a store. The box plots compare the number of calories in each snack pack of crackers to the number of calories in each snack pack of trail mix.Which statement is true about the box plots?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The number of calories in the packs of trail mix have a greater variation than the number of calories in the packs of crackers.

Question 9

The data set represents the total number of tuba players in each of 11 different school bands.0, 1, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 8What is the lower quartile of the data?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

3

Question 10

Which statement is true about the box plots?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The ranges for the box plots are the same, but their interquartile ranges are different.

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