Teacher Tips

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• This is meant to be a review from middle school to help students get

ready for a high school statistics unit.

• For students that are struggling to create their own box and whisker,
draw the number line for them.

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RANGE & INTERQUARTILE RANGE notes

range - the ___________ between the __________ and ______ number in a

data set
Example: Find the range: 16, 18, 24, 27, 14, 10, 11

Example: Find the range: 3, 201, 231, 222, 217, 215

quartile - one _______ of the data set

lower quartile (Q1) - the median of the ______ set of numbers

median (Q2) - the _______ of the data set

upper quartile (Q3) - the median of the ______ set of numbers

interquartile range (IQR) - the _________ between Q3 and Q1

Example: Find Q1, Q2, Q3, and the IQR for the data set:
2, 5, 8, 3, 11, 7, 9, 13, 15, 1, 6

*IMPORTANT: Range and IQR are both ways to represent the _________ or
___________ of a data set. This means how _________ together or ________
out the numbers are. When there is an ________, the range is not the most accurate.
In this case, it’s better to use the _______________ _______.

You try:
Find the range, Q1, Q2, Q3, and the IQR for the set of data.
22, 25, 30, 31, 22, 37, 26, 28, 30, 18, 20

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 BOX AND WHISKER PLOTS notes
box and whisker plot- a way to visually represent the ___________ of a data set
It can also be called a _____ ______.
Example: Find the range and IQR of the data represented below .
Q1 Q2 Q3
min max

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

You try:
1. Find the range, Q1, Q2, Q3, and the IQR using the box and whisker plot.

15 25 35 45 55 65 75 85 95

2. The following temperatures were recorded this month: 71°, 80°, 73°, 75°, 72°, 84°, 78°, 79°, 81°
Create a box and whisker plot using the data.

70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86

3. Students scored the following grades on their unit 3 test:

90, 63, 75, 88, 96, 34, 76, 82, 94, 73, 80, 85, 71, 68, 79, 82, 64
Draw a number line and box and whisker plot to represent the scores.

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RANGE, IQR, BOX AND WHISKER PLOTS practice

1. Would range or IQR be more appropriate in this 2. Find the max, min, Q1, Q2, and Q3 of the data
data set: set.

32, 35, 76, 29, 30, 32, 31, 39, 28, 34

8, 2, 10, 9, 7, 5, 13, 4, 8, 12, 16

Max: ____ Q1: ____

Min: ____ Q2: ____
Q3: ____

3. Label the Q1, Q2, Q3 on the box and whisker 4. Draw a box and whisker plot using the following
plot. Then, find the range and IQR. data:
62, 73, 65, 70, 72, 95, 109, 106, 99, 73, 85, 89, 91

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110

The box and whisker plot shows daily temperatures that were recorded in January. For #5-10, use the
box and whisker plot to answer the questions.

34 36 38 40 42 44

5. What was the lowest temperature recorded?

6. What percentage of the temperatures were above 37°?

7. What percentage of the temperatures were above 40°?

8. What is the Q1 and Q3 for this data set?

9. What percentage of the temperatures were below 37°?

10. What was the median temperature in January?

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RANGE, IQR, BOX AND WHISKER PLOTS practice 2

1. Eleven students measured their height in inches: 2. Identify the max, min, Q1, Q2, Q3, range, and
IQR for the data set represented below.
63”, 66”, 60”, 67”, 70”, 68”, 66”, 65”, 62”, 64”,
48” Max: ____ Q1: ____ Range: ____
Min: ____ Q2: ____ IQR: ____
Find the range. Then, if there is an outlier, find the Q3: ____
range without the outlier.

200 210 220 230 240 250

3. A wrestling team was weighed before a match to identify their wrestling class. Their weights in pounds
were: 165, 163, 172, 155, 154, 149, 166, 179, 138, 142, 157. Draw a box and whisker plot using the data.

The box and whisker plot represents scores on a quiz in Mr. Shay’s class. For #4-10, use the box and
whisker plot to answer the questions.

4. What was the highest score?

5. What percentage of the students scored higher than 75?

6. What is the upper quartile?

50 60 70 80 90 100
7. What is the range?

8. What is the interquartile range?

9. True or false: 50% of students scored between 65 and 85.

10. What percentage of the students scored between 65 and 75?

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