Grade 6 Math: Five Number Summary

A worksheet for 6th graders to practice finding the five-number summary (minimum, Q1, median, Q3, maximum) of a data set.

Grade 6 Math Probability and StatisticsFive Number Summary

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2 Short AnswerFill in the BlanksMultiple ChoiceTrue / False

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

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Five-Number Summary Practice

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Read each question carefully and provide the five-number summary for each data set. The five-number summary includes the minimum value, first quartile (Q1), median, third quartile (Q3), and maximum value.

1. Find the five-number summary for the following data set:

Data Set: 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28, 30, 32

Minimum:

Q1:

Median:

Q3:

Maximum:

2. Calculate the five-number summary for the data set representing the number of books read by students in a month:

Data Set: 3, 5, 2, 8, 7, 4, 6, 9, 10, 1, 7

Minimum:

Q1:

Median:

Q3:

Maximum:

3. Fill in the blanks with the correct terms:

a) The is the middle value of a data set when it is ordered from least to greatest.

b) The is the smallest value in a data set.

c) The is the value that separates the lowest 25% of the data from the upper 75%.

4. What is the median of the following data set: 10, 13, 11, 15, 12?

5. True or False: The first quartile (Q1) is always less than or equal to the median.

True

False