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The document is a lesson plan for MYP Year 2 focused on reasoning with data through box-and-whisker plots. It includes a series of questions that require students to calculate five-point summaries, inter-quartile ranges, and analyze data sets. The exercises aim to enhance students' understanding of data representation and comparison using box-and-whisker plots.

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box andwhiskerplotworksheet

The document is a lesson plan for MYP Year 2 focused on reasoning with data through box-and-whisker plots. It includes a series of questions that require students to calculate five-point summaries, inter-quartile ranges, and analyze data sets. The exercises aim to enhance students' understanding of data representation and comparison using box-and-whisker plots.

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MYP YEAR -2

UNIT- Reasoning with Data

Box-and-Whisker Plots
Five engaging questions whereby students use their
knowledge of the five-point-summary (min. value,
1st quartile, median, 3rd quartile and max. value),
inter-quartile range, and constructing and reading
box-and-whisker plots to solve them.

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1. Using the data below, find the following.

i) Median ii) Range iii) Inter-quartile Range

a) 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 12, 12, 12

b) 16, 24, 25, 25, 26, 28, 28, 28, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 34, 37, 38

c) 14, 19, 29, 36, 40, 43, 43, 44, 46, 46, 47, 49

2. The following is the amount of money each person spent on gasoline during the month
of March.

Tom: 75, 78, 63, 59, 68

Harry: 72, 74, 83, 87, 86

James: 59, 75, 82, 82, 84

Phil: 85, 77, 76, 70, 83

a) Find the five-point summary (minimum value, first quartile, median, third
quartile, maximum value) for each person and use it to construct a box-and-
whisker plot.

b) What are some inferences you can draw about this data?

c) Would you say that a box-and-whisker plot is useful in comparing other similar data?
Explain.

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3. These box-and-whisker plots represent the total distance travelled by members of two
different football teams.

a) What percentage of players on the Hornets team travelled:

i) Further than 7km?

ii) Further than 5km?

b) What percentage of players on the Bears team travelled:

i) Further than 7km?

ii) Further than 5km?

c) Find the inter-quartile range for each team.

d) Which team does more travelling?

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4. The midterm exam scores are recorded in the following stem-and-leaf plot.

a) Find the five-point summary (minimum value, Stem Leaf


2 678
first quartile, median, third quartile, maximum 3 5889
4 01389
value). 5 25677
6 799
b) Construct a box-and-whisker plot for these
7 55
scores. 8 22

5. Brad and William play 40 games of basketball over a one-year period. Their scores are
shown on the double box-and-whisker plot below.

a) What is the five-point summary for William’s number of points?

b) Which player’s number of points has the smaller range?

c) Which player’s number of points has the smaller inter-quartile range?

d) Given your answers to b and c, which player do you think is more consistent?

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