Algebra 1

Unit 6 Review

1. Jeffrey surveys the 10 girls and 10 boys in his class to find out how many shoes
they have in their closets. Write a statement about Q1,Q3, Median, and the Mean. Girls Boys
Boys: Girls: 11 9
x́=9.6 x́=¿13 13 7
Q 1=¿7 Q 1=¿10
10 5
median=¿9 median=¿12.5
Q 3=¿12 Q 3=¿16 16 6
18 11
The mean number of shoes is higher for girls than for boys. The Q1 and Q3 for
9 16
girls is higher than the Q1 and Q3 for boys. The median for girls is higher than
7 8
the median for boys
15 9
19 13
12 12

2. The points from a recent game for seven members of the high school
basketball team are shown in the table. Write a statement about the Player Points
median, mean, and range. Todd 5
mi n=¿2 Marcus 9
median=9
max=¿22 Ted 15
x́=10.29 Miller 2
range=20
Julio 22
The median is less than the mean. The mean is less than the range. Qae 8
Craig 11
3. Describe the following histograms.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
symmetric, unimodal, bell-s haped

Symmetric
skewed left
skewed right

4. List a set of data values that can be represented by the box-and-whisker plot shown.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

4, 6, 7, 11, 15, 16
5. The box-and-whisker plot shows the lifespan, in days, of two different brands of 60-watt
light bulbs. Which data set has a greater median? About how much greater is the median of
that data set?
Glo-Brite
Luminate

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220

Glo-Brite has a greater median. It is about 20 days greater.

6. Which points in the data set are outliers?

75 93 105 87 90 95 88 33 77 40 80 85 78 33, 40

76-1.5(15.5)= 52.75 Q1-1.5(IQR)

91.5+1.5(15.5)=114.75 Q3+1.5(IQR)

7. What is the interquartile range of the data set below?

15 12 14 14 17 19 22 33 34 36 36 36 37 39 40 47

Q1= 16 Q3=36.5 IQR= 36.5-16 = 20.5

8. Average prices for 35 different models (types) of cars from the 3 most popular automobile
brands in the United States are shown.

Shows a dot plot of the data and correctly explains what the distribution means.

Average Suggested Retail Prices, 2011 Automobile Models (in thousands of dollars)
Price 10- 14.9 15- 19.9 20- 24.9 25- 29.9 30- 34.9 35- 39.9 40- 44.9 45- 49.9
Range
# of 3 1 4 6 8 0 2 0
Models
Price 50- 54.9 55- 59.9 60- 64.9 65- 69.9 70- 74.9 75- 79.9 80- 84.9
Range
# of 2 0 3 1 0 4 1
Models

8. What is the interquartile range of the data set below? Q1=17 Q3=36 IQR=19

13 12 14 14 17 19 22 23 27 28 33 34 36 36 36 37 39 40

9. What are all of the measures of central tendency?

Median, mean

10. The center line on a box plot is:  

The median
11. What does a box and whisker plot show?
The minimum, the Q1, the median, the Q3, and the maximum

12. On a box plot the box is formed by the:

Q1 and Q3

13. A quartile contains what % of the data?

25

14. Use the data below to find the mean, median, IQR, mean absolute deviation, and outliers.
Graph the data in either a dot plot or histogram. Describe the center, shape, and spread
(remember to exclude the outliers when describing).

33, 12, 20, 25, 30, 20, 28, 24, 20, 25, 27, 28

SHOW YOUR WORK BELOW EACH QUESTION AND WRITE YOUR ANSWER ON THE
LINE!

1. Mean: ___24.33_______

2. Median: __25__________

3. IQR: _28-20= 8_________

6. Description of Center: _______________________

4. MAD: __4.28______________ ______________________________________

5. Outliers: __none________ 7. Description of Shape: _______________________

__________________________________________

8. Description of Spread: _______________________

__________________________________________