7.12A Comparing Dot and Box Plots
Quiz by Charnae Jordan
Grade 7
Math (Archived)
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- Q 1/10Score 0The box plots compare the number of points two basketball players scored per game over 25 games last season. Which statement is supported by the information in the box plots?29Player A and B each scored 36 points in at least of the 25 gamesPlayer A scored points in all 25 games but Player B did notPlayer A has a larger range in the points he scored than Player BPlayer A has a larger median than Player B
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- Q1The box plots compare the number of points two basketball players scored per game over 25 games last season. Which statement is supported by the information in the box plots?Player A and B each scored 36 points in at least of the 25 gamesPlayer A scored points in all 25 games but Player B did notPlayer A has a larger range in the points he scored than Player BPlayer A has a larger median than Player B300s7.12.A: Measurement and Data
- Q2The dot plots show the numbers of hours students in two homerooms spent on homework each week. Which statement is supported by the information in the dot plots?Homeroom A has larger range in hours they spend on homework than Homeroom B has in the hours they spend on homeworkHomeroom A had more than half of their students spending 4 or more hours on homework and Homeroom B had more than two-thirds of their students spending 4 or more more hours on homeworkHomeroom A has more students spending 2, 3, or 4 hours on homework than Homeroom B had students spending 4, 5 or 6 hours on homeworkHomeroom A has a median of 3 and Homeroom B has a median of 4300s7.12.A: Measurement and Data
- Q3The box plot shows that lengths of two songs on two digital music players in minutes. Which statement is best supported by the information in the box plots?The interquartile range of the data for Music Player X is equal to the interquartile range of Music Player YThe interquartile range of the data for Music Player X is greater that the interquartile range of Music Player YThe median length of the songs on Music Player X is equal to the median length of the songs on Music Player YThe median length of the songs on Music Player X is less than the median length of the songs on Music Player Y300s7.12.A: Measurement and Data
- Q4Waldo and Freddy caught fish one weekend. The dot plot shows the lengths of the fish they caught, Which statement is about the lengths of the fish caught by Waldo and Freddy appears to be true?The range of the length of fish caught by Freddy is greater than the range of the length of fish caught by WaldoThe data for Waldo's fish and the data for Freddie's fish are skewed to the rightThe median length of the fish caught by Waldo is greater than the median length of the fish caught by FreddyThe data for Waldo's fish and the data for Freddy's fish are approximately symmetrical300s7.12.A: Measurement and Data
- Q5Mrs. Kelso and Mr. Bonham gave each of their students a small bag of colored tiles. The students each counted the number of purple tiles they received. The box plots display the data for both classes. Which statement is best supported by the information in the box plots?The range of the data for Mr. Bonham’s class is more than the range of the data for Mrs. Kelso’s classThe median number of the data for Mr. Bonham’s class is less than the median number of the data for Mrs. Kelso’s class.The interquartile range of the data for Mrs. Kelso’s class is less than the interquartile range of the data for Mr. Bonham’s classThe data for Mrs. Kelso’s class are more symmetrical than the data for Mr. Bonham’s class300s7.12.A: Measurement and Data
- Q6The dot plot shows the heights of players on two basketball teams. Which statement is best supported by these data?The mode height of the players on Team B is less than the mode height of the players on Team ATeam B has a greater range in player heights that Team A hasThe distributions of the data for Team A and Team B are approximately symmetricalThe median height of the players on Team B is less than the median height of the players on Team A300s7.12.A: Measurement and Data
- Q7The number of pets per household for Mrs. Anderson’s class and Mrs. Murphy’s class are shown in the dot plots. Here are three statements about the number of pets per household for these two classes. Which of these three statements appear to be true?None of the statements are trueThe distribution of the data is approximately symmetrical in both sets of dataThe range of the number of pets per household for Mrs. Murphy’s class is greater than the range of the number of pets per household for Mrs. Anderson’s class.The mode of the number of pets per household for Mrs. Anderson’s class is equal to the mode of the number of pets per household for Mrs. Murphy’s class300s7.12.A: Measurement and Data
- Q8The box plots show data about the number of years that farm workers have been employed at each of two farms. Which statement is best supported by the information in the box plots?The first quartile of the data for Farm Y is greater than the first quartile of the data for Farm X.The range of the data for Farm Y is equal to the range of the data for Farm X.The median of the data for Farm Y is greater than the median of the data for Farm X.The third quartile of the data for Farm Y is less than the third quartile of the data for Farm X.300s7.12.A: Measurement and Data
- Q9How do you find the mean of a numerical data set?Find the difference of the greatest number and the least number in the data setFind the value that occurs most often in the data setFind the value that is in the middle of the data setFind the sum all the numbers and divide by the number of values in the data set120s7.12.A: Measurement and Data
- Q10How do you find the range of a numerical data set?Find the value that is in the middle of the data setFind the sum all the numbers and divide by the number of values in the data setFind the difference of the greatest number and the least number in the data setFind the value that occurs most often in the data set120s7.12.A: Measurement and Data
