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10.1 Stem and Leaf Plots (online textbook pgs. 434-439)

A-B) Make a stem-and-leaf plot of the data. C-D) Make a stem-and-leaf plot of the data.
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E-F) Coach Jansen records the number of miles each of his 10 students ran last week. Some information
about the numbers of miles is listed below.
 The mean number of miles run by the students is 5.
 The median number of miles run by the students is also 5.

Which line plot could show the numbers of miles the 10 students ran last week?

G-H) Malik interviewed 20 people who each have just one sibling. He asked them what the difference in
age, in years, is between them and their siblings. The line plot
below shows Malik's data.

Malik removes the point representing the 10-year age difference

from his data. Which measure changes the least in value when
this point is removed from Malik's data.

A. mean B. median C. mode D. range

How do you know?

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10.2 Histogram (online textbook pgs. 440-447)

A-B) Make a tally table of the data in intervals. C-D) Display the data in histogram.
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Frequency 3 4 4 2

E-F) The histogram below represents the weights, rounded to the nearest pound, of several orders of dog
food.

Which statement best describes the weights of the orders represented

in the histogram?

A. The orders cluster near 20 pounds.

B. The orders are symmetrical about 8 pounds.
C. There is a gap in the orders from 11 to 15 pounds.
D. There is a peak in the orders from 6 to 10 pounds.
How do you know?

G) How can you tell when an interval of a histogram H) Select intervals and make a tally chart.
has a frequency of zero? Then display data in a histogram.
Points Scored
42 45 57 39 55 38 48 36
48 46 51 29 45 54 42
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10.4 Box and Whisker Plots (online textbook pgs. 458-465)

A-B) Make a box-and-whisker plot for the data. C-D) Make a box-and-whisker plot for the data.
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E-F) A data set contains eight numbers. Only four of the numbers are known.

19.2 _____ _____ 20.4 26.0 _____ _____ 30.8

Which box-and-whisper plot could represent the data set?

G) The box-and-whisker plot shows the distances H) The box-and-whisker plot represents the closing
students traveled (in miles) during spring break. times of businesses in a town. What percent of the
businesses close at 10 P.M. or later?

Which statement must be true?

A. The median distance traveled is 80 miles. A. 20%
B. The median distance traveled is 200 miles.
B. 25%
C. The mean distance traveled is 80 miles.
D. The mean distance traveled is 200 miles. C. 50%
How do you know? D. 75%
How do you know?
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10.3 Shapes of Distribution (online textbook pgs. 450-455)

A-B) Make a dot plot of the data. C) How does the shape of a symmetric distribution
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D) For a distribution that is skewed right, which

direction does the tail extend?
In your own words, how would you describe the
shape of the distribution? Where do most of the data lie?

E-F) The bar graph below shows how many questions various percentages of students in a class answered
correctly on a recent 10-question quiz.

Which statement best describes the data displayed in the bar graph?

A. Half the class answered from 0 to 5 of the 10 questions correctly.

B. Most of the students answered approximately 35% of the quiz questions correctly.

C. The number of quiz questions answered correctly is clustered around 7 out of 10.

D. The percentage of students increases as the number of questions answered correctly increases.

G) The table below shows the ages of various pieces H) Use the information from E.
of equipment in an office.
Ages (in years) Find the mean, median, and mode(s) of the data.
1 2 3 5 8 1 2 3 5 9
1 2 4 7 9 2 3 4 7 10

Display the data in a dot plot.

Choose the measure that best represents the data.

Identify any clusters, peaks, or gaps in the data.

Explain your reasoning.