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    Box Plots

    1 Students in year 7 took an English test. The boys’ results are summarised below.

    The lowest mark was 12


    The highest mark was 55
    The median was 32
    The upper quartile was 41
    The interquartile range was 22

    On the grid below, draw a box plot to represent this information.


    [3 marks]

    0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

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    2 Students in year 7 took an English test.

    The girls’ results are summarised in the table below.

    15 17 17 21 26 29

    31 35 40 46 49 57

    Use the information in the table above to construct a box plot on the grid below.
    [3 marks]

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    3 Year 8 students took a Maths test.


    The summary statistics for both boys and girls are summarised below.

    Boys Girls
    Median 55 60
    Highest Value 82 78
    Range 48 38
    Upper Quartile 70 72
    Lower Quartile 42 45

    3(a) Draw box plots for both sets of data on the axes below.
    [2 marks]

    Boys

    30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

    Girls

    30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

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    3(b) Compare the boxplots of the boys and girls


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    4 Two classes, 8A and 8B, collect data on the time it takes students to get to school.

    This information has been summarised on the box plots below.

    8A

    20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

    8B

    20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

    4(a) Fill in the table below


    [3 marks]

    Class 8A 8B
    Median
    Inter-Quartile Range
    Range

    4(b) Which class was most consistent overall with the time they took to get to school?
    You must justify your answer.
    [1 mark]

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    5 Two sets of data, A and B, have been plotted as box plots.

    5(a) Which data set has the smallest inter-quartile range?

    [1 mark]

    5(b) Why is only one characteristic “whisker” shown for data set B?
    [1 mark]

    5(c) Compare the distributions of box A and B.


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    6 5 friends measure their heights and the results are shown below.

    156 cm, 153 cm, 151 cm, 150 cm, 170 cm

    A box plot is to be made from this data.


    Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using a box plot based on this data.
    Discuss the sample size and any outliers.
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    7 Tom kept a record of the amount of time Robins spent in his garden at each visit.
    The table below shows his summary statistics for the times recorded.

    Robins Minutes
    Lowest time 20
    Range 60
    Median 45
    Lower Quartile 30
    Interquartile range 28

    7(a) On the grid below, draw a box plot to represent this information.
    [1 mark]

    20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

    7(b) Tom logs some extra data about new Robins that have entered his garden.
    The new Robins spend the following times in the garden.
    20 mins, 25 mins, 27 mins
    Comment on how this will affect the shape of the box plot above.
    [2 marks]

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