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12-4 教案
12-4 教案
12-4 教案
Getting Ready…
Suppose you are moving to a new town and are looking for a warm climate. You can choose
between Morrel or Glenville. Based on the average monthly temperatures below, which town
would you choose? How did you decide?
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Morrel 56 57 60 68 74 82 83 85 79 70 62 55
Glenville 58 52 66 70 76 78 81 84 77 73 68 63
● A box-and-whisker plot is a way to display data. The box-and-whisker plots shows the
________, __________________________, and ________________________.
● The left whisker and right whisker each contain ___ of data.
● The box (______________________) contains about ___ of data.
Key Terms
Shawn has earned an amount of income each month for the past 8 months (In dollars)
Lower
Quartile
Upper
Quartile
Lower
Extreme
Upper
Extreme
Interquartile
Range
Median
Problem 1: US Agriculture
You are a staff in the US Department of Agriculture, and your job is to make a box-and-whisker
plot on the number of crops harvested in USA from 2012 to 2022 (See table below)
Problem 2
The box-and-whisker plots below show the normal precipitation (in inches) each month in Dallas
and in Houston, Texas.
a. For how many months is Houston’s precipitation less than 3.5 inches?
b. Compare the precipitation in Dallas with the precipitation in Houston. (tips: consider
median, interquartile range, and range)
Problem 3
Use the box-and-whisker plots below. What do the interquartile ranges tell you about the average
monthly rainfall for each city?
Problem 4
Of 25 test scores, eight are less than or equal to 75. What is the percentile rank of a test score of
75? ( )
A. 8 B. 17 C. 32 D. 75
Drawing a Box and Whisker Plot
Answers
Problem 1:
In a box-and-whiskers plot, we need to find the minimum, maximum, and three quartiles before
we graph the plot: 303(Minimum), 307, 311(Q1), 312, 314, 314(Q2), 314, 315, 316(Q3) , 316,
321(Maximum)
Problem 3:
The box for Miami is longer than the box of New Orleans, thus greater interquartile range.
The range for Miami is larger, thus rainfalls vary more widely.