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This document provides guidance and examples for using box plots to represent data sets. It includes sample box plot questions and answers covering topics such as interpreting box plots, comparing data sets, and representing data summaries.

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Box Plots v2

This document provides guidance and examples for using box plots to represent data sets. It includes sample box plot questions and answers covering topics such as interpreting box plots, comparing data sets, and representing data summaries.

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AQA, OCR, Edexcel

GCSE

GCSE Maths
Box Plots

Name:

Guidance

1. Read each question carefully.


2. Don’t spend too long on each question.
3. Attempt every question.
4. Always show your workings.

Revise GCSE Maths:


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1. Students in year 7 took an English test. The boys’ results are summarised below.

The lowest mark was 12


The highest mark was 55
The median was 32
The upper quartile was 41
The interquartile range was 22

On the grid below, draw a box plot to represent this information.

(3 marks)

2. Students in year 7 took an English test. The girls’ results are summarised in the
table below.

15 17 17 21 26 29
31 35 40 46 49 57

Use the information in the table above to plot a box plot on the grid below.

(4 marks)

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3. Year 8 students took a Maths test. The summary statistics for both boys and girls
are summarised below.

Boys Girls
Median 55 60
Highest Value 82 78
Range 48 38
Upper Quartile 70 72
Lower Quartile 42 45

Draw box plots for both sets of data on the axes below.

Compare the results.

The interquartile range of both sets of data are similar.

The median for the girls suggests that they, on average, scored better than
the boys.

(4 marks, 2 marks)

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4. Two classes collect data on the time it takes students in the class to get to school.
This information has been summarised on the box plots below.

Fill in the table below.

Class 8a 8b
Median 65 45
Inter-Quartile
20 20
Range
Range 60 50

Which class was most consistent overall with the time they arrived at school?

Class 8b, because they had a smaller range.

(3 marks, 1 mark)

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5. Two sets of data, A and B, have been plotted as box plots.

Which data set has the smallest inter-quartile range?

Why is only one characteristic “whisker” shown for data set B?

The lower quartile is the same as the smallest piece of data.

Compare the distributions of A and B.

Set B had a smaller range.


Set A had a smaller interquartile range.
Sets A and B had the same highest data entry.

(1 mark, 1 mark, 2 marks)

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6. 5 friends measure their heights and the results are shown below.

156cm, 153cm, 151cm, 150cm, 170cm

A box plot is to be made from this data.

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using a box plot based on this data. Discuss
the sample size and any outliers.

A box plot is a time-consuming method for representing such a small set of


data. Because of the small set of data, the box plot won’t be useful for
comparing with other sets of data.

It is however easy to draw the box plot, because each result is one of the 5 parts
required.

(2 marks)

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7. Tom kept a record of the amount of time robins spend in his garden over one year.
The table below shows his summary statistics for the period.

Robins Minutes
Lowest time 20
Range 60
Median 45
Lower Quartile 30
Upper Quartile 58

On the grid below, draw a box plot to represent this information.

Tom logs some extra data - this has been shown below.

Robins: 20 mins, 25 mins, 27 mins

Comment on how this will likely affect the shape of the box plot above.

Neither the lowest nor highest amounts will change, meaning neither will the
range.

These values are less than the lower quartile, so it is likely that the lower
quartile smaller, increasing the interquartile range.

(3 marks, 2 marks)

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