Box and Whisker Plot Worksheet

A Grade 6 math worksheet on understanding and interpreting box and whisker plots, including identifying key statistical measures.

Grade 6 Math Probability and StatisticsBox and Whisker Plot

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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.SP.B.4CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.SP.B.5.C

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Box and Whisker Plot Worksheet

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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will test your knowledge of box and whisker plots.

1. A box and whisker plot displays the of a data set.

2. The middle line in the box represents the .

3. The ends of the whiskers represent the and values.

4. The box itself represents the 50% of the data.

5. What is another name for the second quartile?

Lower Quartile

Median

Upper Quartile

Range

6. The interquartile range (IQR) is the difference between which two values?

Maximum and Minimum

Median and Upper Quartile

Upper Quartile and Lower Quartile

Median and Lower Quartile

7. A survey of student screen time in minutes per day is summarized by the following five-number summary: Minimum = 30, Lower Quartile (Q1) = 60, Median (Q2) = 90, Upper Quartile (Q3) = 120, Maximum = 180. What is the range of screen times?

8. Using the data from question 7, what is the interquartile range (IQR)?

9. Based on the data from question 7, what percentage of students spend between 60 and 120 minutes on screen time?

10. A box and whisker plot shows the mean of the data set.

True

False

11. The whiskers of a box plot always extend to the extreme values of the data.

True

False

12. Explain in your own words what a box and whisker plot tells you about a dataset. What are its advantages over a simple list of numbers?