Five Number Summary Worksheet
A Grade 8 math worksheet covering the five number summary: minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum.
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Five Number Summary
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Read each question carefully and provide the best answer. Show all your work for calculations.
1. The is the smallest value in a data set.
2. The is the middle value when a data set is ordered from least to greatest.
3. The is also known as the first quartile.
4. The is the largest value in a data set.
5. The is the median of the upper half of the data.
For the data set: 12, 15, 10, 18, 20, 14, 16
6. Order the data set from least to greatest.
7. Identify the minimum value.
8. Identify the maximum value.
9. Find the median (Q2).
10. Find the first quartile (Q1).
11. Find the third quartile (Q3).
12. Which of the following is NOT part of the five number summary?
Mean
Median
Minimum
Maximum
13. What is another name for the second quartile?
Lower Quartile
Upper Quartile
Median
Interquartile Range
Consider the following test scores: 78, 85, 92, 70, 88, 95, 80, 75, 90, 82.
14. Calculate the five number summary for this data set.
Minimum:
Q1:
Median (Q2):
Q3:
Maximum:
15. What does the interquartile range tell you about this data?
16. Draw a number line from 0 to 100 with increments of 10. Then, using the five number summary from question 14, sketch a box plot above the number line.