Creating Box and Whisker Plots Exercises

  1. Which data set could be represented by the box plot shown below?

Which data set could be represented by the box plot shown below?

Choose 1 answer:

  1. 54, 60, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75, 75
  2. 54, 60, 65, 66, 67, 70, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76
  3. 54, 60, 63, 66, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76
  4. 53, 60, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76

  1. The data below represents the number of pages each student in Ashwin's class read during reading time.

16, 16, 16, 20, 21, 21, 23, 25, 26, 26, 28, 28

Which box plot correctly summarizes the data?

Choose 1 answer:

  1. answer a
  2. answer b
  3. answer c

  1. Which data set could be represented by the box plot shown below?
Which data set could be represented by the box plot shown below?
Choose 1 answer:
  1. 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 13, 16, 18, 19
  2. 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 13, 18, 18, 19
  3. 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 13, 16, 18, 20
  4. 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 13, 16, 18, 19

  1. The data below represents the number of customers at each Slurpee Sam's Spaghetti Shop.

24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 31, 32, 34, 34

Which box plot correctly summarizes the data?

Choose 1 answer:

  1. answer a
  2. answer b
  3. answer c

Source: Khan Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/cc-6th-data-statistics/cc-6th-box-whisker-plots/e/box-plots
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