Unit 8 · Standard 6.SP.4
Display Data: Box Plots
My Notes Level 1 Support Level 2 Standard Level 3 Enrichment
Today's objectives
Content Objective: I can make and read a box plot to summarize a data set.
Language Objective: I can explain my box plot using the words box plot, median, quartile, and interquartile range.
📖 See Learn It for the explanation and worked examples, and the Vocab tab for the words. These are your notes to fill in and keep.
✏️ Fill in each blank as we go. Use the Word Bank to help you.
📚 Word Bank — fill each blank with the best word
👆 Tap any word to see what it means and a picture.
Level 3: try the blanks from memory first, then check the bank.
- 1A graph that shows data with a box and whiskers based on the five-number summary is a .
- 2The middle value of the data, shown as a line inside the box, is the .
- 3A value that divides the data into four equal parts is a .
- 4The distance between the first and third quartiles, showing the middle 50% of data, is the .
- 5The way data values are spread out is the .
- 6How spread out the data values are is the .
Reflect — Exit Ticket
A box plot has Q1 = 20 and Q3 = 36. What is the IQR and what does it represent?
- IQR = 16; it is the spread of the middle 50% of the data
- IQR = 56; it is the total of Q1 and Q3
- IQR = 28; it is the median between Q1 and Q3
- IQR = 36; it is the value of Q3
Your answer: