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Exam-Style Questions on Box PlotsProblems on Box Plots adapted from questions set in previous Mathematics exams. |
1. | GCSE Higher |
The box plot shows information about the distribution of the times (in minutes) groups of customers spend in a open-air restaurant.
(a) Calculate the interquartile range for the amount of time groups spend in this open-air restaurant.
The table below shows information about the distribution of the times (in minutes) groups of customers spend in an indoor restaurant.
| Minimum | Lower Quartile | Median | Upper quartile | Maximum | |
| Time in minutes | 30 | 45 | 62 | 82 | 94 |
(b) On the lower half of the grid above, draw a box plot for the information in the table.
(c) Hunter thinks that the total amount of time spend by all of the customers visiting the indoor restaurant is greater than the total amount of time spend by all of the customers visiting the open-air restaurant. Is Hunter correct? Explain your decision.
2. | GCSE Higher |
Kevin recorded the heights, in centimetres, of some cows.
| Minimum height | 104cm |
| Lower quartile | 121cm |
| Interquartile range | 23cm |
| Median | 128cm |
| Range | 67cm |
Draw a box plot to show this information.
3. | GCSE Higher |
Here is some information about the length of time children spent in a swimming pool at a holiday resort during a heat wave.
Draw a box plot to show this information.
4. | GCSE Higher |
One day a theme park monitored the time spent by guests at six different areas of the park. The times are recorded in the box plots below.
(a) Work out the range in times at Future Zone.
(b) At which area were visitor times the most consistent? Give a reason for your answer.
(c) Give one similarity and one difference between the distributions of the guest visiting times for Nature Park and Fantasy Land.
(d) Is it possible to work out from the box plots which area had the most visitors? Explain your answer.
5. | IB Studies |
The distribution of daily average wind speed on an island over a period of 120 days is displayed on this box-and-whisker diagram.
(a) Write down the median wind speed.
(b) Write down the minimum wind speed.
(c) Find the interquartile range.
(d) Write down the number of days the wind speed was between 20 kmh-1 and 51 kmh-1.
(e) Write down the number of days the wind speed was between 9 kmh-1 and 68 kmh-1.
6. | IB Applications and Interpretation |
Derek has put together a fantasy football squad and has recorded the heights of all the players in the squad rounded to the nearest centimetre. The data is illustrated in the following box and whisker diagram.
(a) Write down the median height of the players.
(b) Write down the upper quartile height.
(c) Find the interquartile range of the heights.
The height of these players are normally distributed.
(d) Find the height of the tallest possible player that is not an outlier. Give your answer to the nearest centimetre.
7. | GCSE Higher |
Poppy Pringle recorded the heights in centimetres of the sunflowers growing in her brother's and sister's gardens.
Here are the heights of the 19 sunflowers in her brother's garden:
$$94, 103, 110, 111, 123, 143, 150, 150, 151, 156, 157, 160, 170, 182, 201, 220, 250, 255, 231$$(a) Complete the table below to show information about this data.
| Median | |
| Lower quartile | |
| Upper quartile | |
| Shortest | |
| Tallest |
Here is some information about the sunflowers in Poppy's sister's garden:
| Median | 160 |
| Lower quartile | 143 |
| Upper quartile | 172 |
| Shortest | 110 |
| Tallest | 199 |
Poppy says that the sunflowers in her brother's garden are shorter that those in her sister's garden.
(b) Is Poppy correct?
You must give a reason for your answer.
Poppy says that the sunflowers in her brother's garden vary more in height than those in her sister's garden.
(c) Is Poppy correct?
You must give a reason for your answer.
8. | IB Analysis and Approaches |
A number of organically-grown carrots were measured (in centimetres) and the results recorded. The following box and whisker diagram shows a summary of the results where L and U are the lower and upper quartiles respectively. The diagram is not drawn to scale.
The interquartile range is 8cm and there are no outliers in the results.
Find the maximum possible value of L.
Hence, find the maximum possible value of U.
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